 John the OFM  | 29 Jun 2010 7:43 a.m. PST |
link Hopefully I can get mine before Historicon, and save on PA Turnpike tolls. |
| SgtPain | 29 Jun 2010 8:01 a.m. PST |
Good luck with that John. But don't hold your breath, I've been waiting to buy one since I was a kid in the 60's! :) |
| CeruLucifus | 29 Jun 2010 8:48 a.m. PST |
Awesome. Must have a hellacious set of blind spots when used as a car. No rearview mirror, I presume, since there's no rear window. I don't see any side mirrors. Maybe a camera system with a video display mounted where the rear view miror would normally be? Still, I'd love to have one. |
combatpainter  | 29 Jun 2010 10:12 a.m. PST |
Lol…Ain't gonna happen any time soon. They can't even clean up the Gulf---sad…. |
| Jovian1 | 29 Jun 2010 10:37 a.m. PST |
I've got one on order – expected delivery date 2040  That is a joke – but I wouldn't expect to see one out before then. Can you imagine the insurance policy on that sucker? |
| SECURITY MINISTER CRITTER | 29 Jun 2010 10:50 a.m. PST |
They did that years back with a conversion kit for a Chevy
Vega IIRC. |
| Lion in the Stars | 29 Jun 2010 11:01 a.m. PST |
I'm really surprised the FAA let them slide on the weight rules. The FAA is usually *very* strict about that kind of thing. However, $200k for a 30mpg car that tops out at 115mph seems a bit extreme, especially for a Light Sport Aircraft. If they could have figured a way to power the car differently, they might have been able to save that 200lbs. Can you imagine the insurance policy on that sucker? Probably wouldn't be too much worse than the insurance policy on a motorcycle, barring the $200k replacement cost of the beast. Call it 4x the cost of the motorcycle insurance, per month. |
| Top Gun Ace | 29 Jun 2010 11:44 a.m. PST |
What an ugly little beast. |
| UltraOrk | 29 Jun 2010 12:35 p.m. PST |
People around my part of the country can't even drive in the lanes painted on the street and now they are about to start selling these things?!?!?! Can you imagine getting cut off in traffic by someone dropping out of the sky?!?!?! If you don't have a convertible or sun/moon roof you'll never see him until you've rear ended into the propeller and it will be your fault when the police arrive for 'following too close'. I'll be happy if we never have flying cars. |
| Dances With Words | 29 Jun 2010 4:04 p.m. PST |
would talking on cell-phone and texting while FLYING your car…or not wearing seat belts be considered a 'faux paux?' forget that stuff…I want SUPERCAR! If it was good enough for Mike Mercury and the monkey, it's good enough for ME! picture |
 McKinstry | 29 Jun 2010 4:30 p.m. PST |
Flying car my backside, I'm holding out for my promised personal jet pack. |
| Mr Elmo | 29 Jun 2010 4:45 p.m. PST |
One needs to think of it more as an airplane that can go on roads rather than a car that flies. You still need all the normal pilot training which would weed out the vast majority of flying car people. |
| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 29 Jun 2010 5:06 p.m. PST |
The article says you only need a "lite" pilots license, with 20 hours flight time. Makes no difference to me, they won't even let me drive a car these days lol! |
| skinkmasterreturns | 30 Jun 2010 1:39 a.m. PST |
Everyone seems to forget that Monsieur Scaramanga flew one around Hong Kong(with blonde bombshells in his trunk)in the 70's. |
| Mr Elmo | 30 Jun 2010 4:41 p.m. PST |
only need a "lite" pilots license, with 20 hours flight time. Sport pilot completion rates are still only around 50% Plus you still have biennial flight reviews and all the other attendant regulations |
| flicking wargamer | 01 Jul 2010 5:47 a.m. PST |
Yeah, but Scaramanga had to bolt on the wings and tail. This one would have let him take off without being tailed to that big warehouse. Just add landing and take off lanes to the highways and these will work fine. Of course, you need enough of them to make that cost effective. Eh. If you got the money to buy one you have the money to repair, maintain, and insure one. More power to them. |
