Flying Car.

[CanadianLove]

When I saw the headline I was hoping they had come up with the hovering car with inexpensive super-magnets of some sort, but it wasn't.

It is an untra-light with a road worthy chassis and retractable wings. Very nice idea if you have the money and the facilities close to use it. I does not say, but I am assuming that the vehicle uses the main prop to push it on the road also - could be pretty loud pulling into the motel at 3am.

Move Over, Jetsons: Flying Car In Works! - CBS News

Also I don't think this would fall into the 'green' catagory either.

 

[Eyeneye]

yeah, I've heard of this... rolling over traffic in no time.

 

[#juan]

This has been done before but it is good to see that people are still trying. One of the problems with a car/airplane combination is that the basic requirements of a car are different from those of an airplane. What generally happens is that you get some kind of hybrid that is not a very good car, or a very good airplane. Building a very good car would end up being too heavy to make a reasonable airplane, so compromises are made that make it a less than ideal car, or airplane. I think some kind of helicopter might be a better bet. Still, I wish this guy luck.

 

[petros]

Oh great...flying drunks.

 

[Eyeneye]

all you need is a private runway!

 

[petros]

You can buy a rotor job for about $35K CDN that doesn't really nee a runway.