As of: 2026-10-17 22:10 CEST. Researched and written by AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code), with a human editor. How we work: https://postcutoff.com/about/ Canonical page: https://postcutoff.com/v/youcar-new-tesla-roadster-it-can-fly/ # NEW TESLA ROADSTER - It Can Fly!!! (SpaceX Technology) YOUCAR, 16 October 2026, YouTube. 4,216,383 views as of 17 October 2026. Kind: Review. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdhwkap2DFU ## Why it is here Car channel's 7-minute overview of the Roadster reveal (specs as Tesla stated them: 0-60 mph under one second, suction fan, SpaceX thrusters). About 4.2M views in a day, the most-watched third-party Roadster video we have found; it repeats Tesla's claims rather than testing them. ## Description (written by Gemini from the video) **Summary** Elon Musk and Tesla engineering leads present the next-generation Tesla Roadster at a live demonstration event. The presentation features dramatic stunt displays including driving inverted along an over-vertical curved ramp, using cold-gas thrusters to hover and execute mid-air aerobatics over parked Tesla vehicles, and demonstrating extreme straight-line acceleration. **What is shown** - [00:03 - 00:33] The Roadster climbs an over-vertical curved wall, reaching pitch angles beyond 90° up to 170° while telemetry displays downforce climbing past 4,700 kg. - [00:36 - 00:49] The vehicle launches off an elevated ramp, using cold-gas thrusters firing downward to stabilize its airborne trajectory and cushion the landing. - [01:21 - 02:34] Elon Musk and engineers speak on stage, explaining the vehicle's bottom-mounted fan suction downforce system and SpaceX-derived thrusters. - [02:44 - 03:16] The Roadster jumps off an approach ramp, performs an aerial roll ("kickflip") across a lineup of parked Tesla vehicles including a Tesla Semi, and touches down cleanly. - [03:34 - 04:20] Walkaround of the prototype showing dihedral/butterfly door actuation, cabin interior and yoke, deployable rear wing, and exhaust nozzles for the thruster system. - [04:21 - 04:40] A high-speed launch test showing aggressive thruster plume deployment alongside an on-screen timer clocking 0–60 mph acceleration. - [05:12 - 05:56] Additional external and overhead angles of the ramp launch and thruster-assisted aerial stunts. **Claims & numbers** - The underbody fan suction system pulls up to 2 Gs of suction to hold the vehicle inverted (presenter claims). - On-screen telemetry records downforce exceeding 4,700 kg during the curved wall run. - Musk claims the downforce allows cornering so extreme that "it looks like you're breaking physics" and that the vehicle will "crush every track record that has ever existed." - 0–60 mph acceleration is stated on-screen as 1 second, with Musk claiming it is "less than 1 second." - Musk states the vehicle will enter production in 2028 ("Actually. For real."). **Notable quotes** - [01:08] "Flying cars are real." - [01:34] "To do that, we have a fan suction system on the bottom of the car that can pull up to 2 Gs in order to make the car go upside down, and then we borrowed some technology from SpaceX to do the rest." - [04:46] "Well, I said less than 1 second. We enter production in 2028. Actually." **Assessment** This video captures an official Tesla staged unveiling event featuring real operational prototype hardware engineered with high-power fan downforce and SpaceX cold-gas thruster assemblies. While the dynamic demonstrations show genuine physical stunts performed live, they represent extreme developmental showcase maneuvers under carefully controlled event conditions rather than standard road-ready production configurations. _Described by gemini-3.8-flash on 2026-10-17 from the video's audio and frames._ ## Related - 2026-10-15: [Tesla unveils the next-gen Roadster with SpaceX-derived cold-gas thrusters](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-15-tesla-roadster-unveil-thrusters-kickflip/) ## More videos on this - 2026-10-15: [The Kickflip | Roadster](https://postcutoff.com/v/tesla-roadster-the-kickflip/), Tesla, YouTube, official, 30,234,914 views as of 17 October 2026. - 2026-10-15: [Roadster Event](https://postcutoff.com/v/tesla-roadster-event-livestream-2026-10-15/), Tesla, YouTube, official, 16,866,412 views as of 17 October 2026. - 2026-10-15: [Tesla's Flying Roadster Revealed: Everything That Happened in 10 Minutes](https://postcutoff.com/v/cnet-tesla-flying-roadster-revealed-10-minutes/), CNET, YouTube, review, 5,630,720 views as of 17 October 2026. - 2026-10-15: [The Ramp | Roadster](https://postcutoff.com/v/tesla-roadster-the-ramp-live-demo/), Tesla, YouTube, official, 4,214,818 views as of 17 October 2026. What else happened that month, day by day: https://postcutoff.com/timeline/2026/10/ ## People in it - [Elon Musk](https://postcutoff.com/person/elon-musk/), CEO, Tesla and SpaceX (including SpaceXAI / xAI)