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Trending: the 'Flying' Tesla Roadster

The 'Flying' Tesla Roadster, Explained — Elon Musk's trending 'flying car' (revealed 15 Oct 2026) in 9 short reels: what happened, how air thrusters, carbon-fibre tanks and fan suction work, the maths, the myths and the history.

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  1. 01 Trending · Flying Roadster Part 1: Did Elon Musk just make a car fly?15 Oct 2026 near Waco: upside down on a suction ramp, a flip and a landing on air thrusters, a 27-ft jump and 0-60 mph in 0.81 s (Tesla says); production planned 2028. EP.120 · 24 s
  2. 02 Trending · Flying Roadster Part 2: How can a car fly with just air?Air pushed out one way pushes the car the other way (Newton's 3rd law); about 10 nozzles, nothing burns. EP.121 · 24 s
  3. 03 Trending · Flying Roadster Part 3: What holds all that air?COPVs hold air at about 380 bar (170x a car tyre): about 600 L of tanks and 250 kg of air that empty in seconds. EP.122 · 24 s
  4. 05 PLANNEDMyth or Fact: Tesla built a real flying carHALF TRUE: it leaves the ground for seconds, but it can't fly from A to B and has no aircraft approval.
  5. 06 PLANNEDQuiz: 0-60 mph in 0.81 s is how many g?26.8 m/s / 0.81 s = 33 m/s^2 = about 3.4 g, nearly 3x what tyres alone can grip.
  6. 07 PLANNEDWhat a 27-foot jump really takes8.2 m high needs about 12.7 m/s straight up and about 2.6 s in the air: v = sqrt(2gh).
  7. 08 PLANNEDFlying cars that already exist (but you can't buy)Klein Vision AirCar (2022), Alef Model A (FAA special certificate 2023), EHang EH216-S (China 2023) vs the jumping Roadster.
  8. 09 PLANNEDThe Roadster's wild 9-year story2008 first Roadster, 2017 promise, 2018 SpaceX package and Starman in space, 2026 thruster demo, 2028 production.