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Elon Musk: New Tesla Roadster will use Thrusters to Float Above the Ground

posted by martyb on Saturday January 12 2019, @09:42AM   Printer-friendly
from the how-is-Moller's-Skycar-doing? dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for AndyTheAbsurd

Elon Musk has a knack for tweeting out some real eyebrow-raisers. On Wednesday afternoon, he delivered, once again:

The new Roadster will actually do something like this https://t.co/fIsTAYa4x8

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 9, 2019

So, is Musk just joking around?

“I’m not,” Musk replied on Twitter TWTR, -0.66% to the delight of his fan base. “Will use SpaceX cold gas thruster system with ultrahigh pressure air in a composite over-wrapped pressure vessel in place of the 2 rear seats.”

Can't help but think Musk is full of crap here - even with the "removal of the rear seats" idea, I doubt that a tank of that size using cold gas only could hover a car for more than a handful of seconds.

Source: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/elon-musk-new-tesla-roadster-will-use-thrusters-to-float-above-the-ground-2019-01-10

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday January 12 2019, @11:23AM (1 child)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Saturday January 12 2019, @11:23AM (#785459) Homepage Journal

    As a former HVAC guy, I know exactly what you're talking about. Hell, anyone who's ever used a can of compressed air to blow the dust out of their computer should. On the other hand though, think of the potato guncannon you could mount on the hood if you used that thing as your pressure vessel.

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 12 2019, @04:06PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday January 12 2019, @04:06PM (#785551)

    A full auto potato cannon instead of a horn. I like it.