2012-04-03, 05:01 AM
As long as it requires a strip to take off and land, it can't be used for the most pressing need for a flying car: circumventing traffic jams.
If it were a proper chopper it could land on the roofs of many buildings in big cities (given permits and whatever), but as it is, it can't take you to work and back.
It also can't take you on vacation, because apparently it has barely enough room for one person, and no significant luggage. I suppose if they develop a "family model" that can carry 5 people + luggage like an ordinary sedan, and carry them in relative comfort (small planes are baaaad for people with motion sickness) a distance that makes the extra cost worth it...
Anyway, the proof of concept is nice, but as we've seen above, "pocket helicopters" have been proposed before.
I'm waiting to see the mass-production model.
If it were a proper chopper it could land on the roofs of many buildings in big cities (given permits and whatever), but as it is, it can't take you to work and back.
It also can't take you on vacation, because apparently it has barely enough room for one person, and no significant luggage. I suppose if they develop a "family model" that can carry 5 people + luggage like an ordinary sedan, and carry them in relative comfort (small planes are baaaad for people with motion sickness) a distance that makes the extra cost worth it...
Anyway, the proof of concept is nice, but as we've seen above, "pocket helicopters" have been proposed before.
I'm waiting to see the mass-production model.