| Coelacanth | 15 May 2014 4:17 p.m. PST |
For real! link For some pretty real money, too.  Ron |
| Caesar | 15 May 2014 4:48 p.m. PST |
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| kallman | 15 May 2014 6:38 p.m. PST |
I want one. Well it is a promising start. Perhaps in ten years we will see these on the highway at a price folks can afford. |
| Mithmee | 15 May 2014 6:55 p.m. PST |
Three things First – It needs fly higher Second – It needs to fly faster Third – It needs Lasers |
 Parzival  | 15 May 2014 7:16 p.m. PST |
I recall that when we discussed this two years ago, they claimed a much higher potential ceiling (10K feet, IIRC) and higher speeds as well, and they weren't going to make a commercial version; their target was the military market. So either the original claims were simply projections, and/or someone convinced them that the prototype stats were good enough for the leisure market. But I'm also betting that the low flight ceiling and speed allows the device to avoid FAA and highway vehicle regulations and licensing issues. Back to the Future IIoke at the end of the article or not, I actually am curious as to what happens with the thing over water. Probably kicks up an unbelievable amount of spray. |
| Zephyr1 | 15 May 2014 8:15 p.m. PST |
Y'know, after the pilot/driver flips that thing over and smashes into the ground, it'll probably make a unique splatter pattern…. And given how people already do stupid things with cars, I don't see the general public being any more safer or responsible airborne, so I doubt flying cars will be allowed much…. |
| Lupulus | 16 May 2014 6:08 a.m. PST |
With that title, I was expecting a flying popemobile, but that works too. |
| corporalpat | 16 May 2014 7:50 a.m. PST |
Oh yeah, release them to the general public…that will end well. |
 javelin98 | 16 May 2014 8:52 a.m. PST |
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| Augustus | 16 May 2014 9:24 a.m. PST |
People can't drive right and now this. C'mon. From a tech standpoint, I do not see this much more advanced than the Avro car. |
| BelgianRay | 16 May 2014 2:38 p.m. PST |
I'm convinced this is the future. Remember does click-open cell phones of Star Trek, well they now are obsolete… |
| Toaster | 16 May 2014 3:00 p.m. PST |
When they announced they weren't going commercial I figured someone would leak the plans on the net and you'd start to see home-built, guess they figured out there was a demand, how long before the cheap knockoffs from some Asian country hit the market? Robert |
| Artraccoon | 19 May 2014 9:52 p.m. PST |
It's like the Zeon Hover Scout, but real. If they could only make it like theirs… link |
| boy wundyr x | 22 Aug 2014 10:45 a.m. PST |
Just came across this venture on the personal hoverbike front: YouTube link |
| Lion in the Stars | 22 Aug 2014 2:36 p.m. PST |
Honestly, I want the Harrier jetcycle, not a manned quadrotor. I think the guys trying to build the harrier jetcycle never did get ahold of one of those Williams RJ44 cruise missile engines like they wanted. |
