Learn to fly Larry Pages seaplane flying car in under an hour.

https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/06/learn-to-fly-larry-pages-seaplane-flying-car-in-under-an-hour.html

Somehow, the idea of an electric PIGE craft doesn't seem to mix with.... water.

Can't go underwater though.

Posted By: Angus

The 250-pound Flyer can fly up to 20 mph and flies between three and 10 feet above the water. It can stay in the air for 20 minutes at a time for about 7-mile range.

Ha. A multirotor ekranoplan. (I guess we can't call it exactly WIGE).Somebody had to do it.

I'm assuming no headwind. A strong one might leave you in the drink.

Posted By: AngusVery useful for crossing small rivers less than seven miles wide.

But then what do you do with it when the battery's exhausted? That's a pretty heavy hunk of hardware to pack around.

The crocodiles would take care of you.

Just a note. Regional airports that are "downtown" are highly valuable land and have been under conversion to other things for fifty years as new airports have been constructed miles out, only to be buried in the advancing suburbs.

Posted By: TrimThree-Dimensional Travel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEYU8aojy3I

As opposed to what? Two dimensional cars that run in one dimensional tubes?

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The computer has had a stroke! Or maybe a heart attack, epileptic fit, diabetic collapse, drunken outburst. Or maybe it's digital road rage or some cute algorithm just waved, or it forgot its charger or...

A human driver would be much safer.