GTP Cool Wall: 1947 Convair Model 118 Prototype

[Jahgee]

1947 Convair Model 118 Prototype nominated by @Adamgp

Body Style: 2 Door Coupe
Engine: Car - 44 c.i. (0.7L) I4, Plane - 7.1L Flat 6
Power Output: Car - 25 HP, Plane - 190 HP
Transmission: 3 Speed Manual
Drivetrain: Rear Engine, Rear Wheel Drive
Additional Information: Only 2 were made. Unit cost was $1500. Plane bits were fully detachable. Both models made crashed, but they both had successful flights prior to the crash.

 

[Space Dynamics]

wat

 

[Mikeybc]

Uncool because crash, unreliable.

 

[NotThePrez]

Could you drive around with just the aircraft engine?

 

[Wiegert]

I imagine that this is what aerial drones performing car deliveries will look like in the future. With slightly more grace than a flying AMC Matador.

 

[Liquid]

No question. SU.

 

[GTPorsche]

Seriously Uncool.

 

[Adamgp]

Sub Zero.

It's a flying car that looks like an actual car. Not like a puddle jumper airplane that had an accident on the taxiway.

 

[Roger the Horse]

I'd be more worried that it was going to fall out of the sky than anything.

 

[GranTurismo916]

It's one of the first cars I learned about, weirdly. Sub-Zero.

 

[Dagger311]

Wow... That's definitely weird.

Not sure if I should vote SZ because there's an airplane on top, or SU because there's a friggin airplane on top!

 

[Sage Ages]

One of the few cool ways to get yourself killed.

 

[Dagger311]

Did this thing actually fly? If so, how fast?

 

[Northstar]

Seriously Uncool. I never got the point of plane/boat-cars as they always seem to fail at both being a car and a boat/plane, which isn't cool in the slightest.

 

[dylansan]

If something like this were designed today, it would be pretty boring. But since this looks like it was taken from a universe where everyone is spies, Sub Zero.

I guarantee you'd never forget a flight in this. Probably because you tend to remember the times you almost die.

There's also something to be said about these experimental modes of transport. Would you really want to live in a world where this concept was never concieved?

 

[Dagger311]

I gave it SZ. It's so absolutely insane it's equally as cool.

 

[All Your Base]

SU.

Why? It's just your average car fitted with a wing and plane engines.

 

[Joey D]

Seriously Uncool. This whole car is a nerd fest.

 

[MoLiEG]

Gentlemen, Welcome to the Future!!! In the distant year of 2003...

You get the idea

Cool.

 

[JMoney]

Stupid idea. Must've weighed well over two tons, so driving on the road was slow, and flying had to be slow as well because it's a plane carrying a car.

Buuuuut it gets points for the engineering that went into it.

Uncool.

 

[LivingWithGames]

Instant-SU.

 

[Doodle]

Flying cars will always be sub zero.

 

[CTznOfTime]

It sucks as a car, it sucks as a plane...

It doesnt know what it wants to be...

MEH...

Imagine you have to find parking at the mall...
Or taking off, you would be the laugh stock of every other proper airplane...

UNCOOL...

The more i talk about it...
Lets just stop here...

Did it crash as a car? Or did it crash as an aircraft operating on the ground...

 

[JAHHAJ]

Seriously Uncool, planes are for flying cars need to stay on the ground.

 

[ScottPuss20]

How is that legit? Seriously Uncool

 

[Legro]

It's not just seriously uncool car, it's also seriously uncool airplane.

 

[Katiegan]

Sub zero. It's a flying car.

It's also adorable as hell.

 

[E28]

What happens when a Cessna crashes into some weird little car? This I suppose.

Sub-Zero. Just kidding, seriously uncool.

 

[SVT Cobra GT]

Meh.

Yes it crashed but yes it actually flew.

 

[Adamgp]

Did it crash as a car? Or did it crash as an aircraft operating on the ground...

Actually, only the first prototype crashed in flight due to pilot error. They didn't put enough fuel in before take off. The car was totaled, but the wing part was reused on a 2nd car.

Here are a few pictures of the wings and car separated: