It drives at highway speeds, handles like a go-kart, transforms from drive to fly mode in three seconds, takes off vertically, and can fly for up to three hours on a hybrid powertrain. This remarkable road-going rotorcraft company is moving to Vegas.
Effectively, it’s a small, single-seat helicopter with automatic quick-fold rotor blades,
The fear of the swinging blades of death on top are going to mean take off and landings will end up regulated to private land, airfields, or helicoptor pads. That isn’t saying they are a terrible idea, since they are little helicoptors you can drive on the road, but it isn’t going to be something that will be allowed to land in a parking lot around the general public for an easy transition from flying to driving.
That, and marketing these as flying “cars” is always nonsensical to begin with. Such a thing is not and never will be for general public use. People already can’t drive safely in two dimensions, so anyone expects motherfuckers to be able to operate in three? Forget it.
The fear of the swinging blades of death on top are going to mean take off and landings will end up regulated to private land, airfields, or helicoptor pads. That isn’t saying they are a terrible idea, since they are little helicoptors you can drive on the road, but it isn’t going to be something that will be allowed to land in a parking lot around the general public for an easy transition from flying to driving.
That, and marketing these as flying “cars” is always nonsensical to begin with. Such a thing is not and never will be for general public use. People already can’t drive safely in two dimensions, so anyone expects motherfuckers to be able to operate in three? Forget it.