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I am imagining a car, a bit like an ekranoplan, but never leaves the ground so the wheels always drive the car. Steering angle sensors, wheel slip sensors and brake pedal sensors cause the lift to stop and spoilers to create downforce pop up. Turning at speed can be assisted by aerodynamic aids.
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You're not the first. Off hand I can think of two predecessors, Jocko Johnson and Buckminster Fuller.
Jocko Johnson's Triple Nickel
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Bucky Fuller's Dymaxion
Both cases are a tadpole trike that fly the one rear wheel.
With the advent of self driving cars, the mechanistic prediction of impending events is actualized.