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Originally posted by ed
You can buy a pretty damn good light aircraft for about £60k all in and leave it parked up in a farmers field for less than £1k a year though. You've got to do the sums though, usually you need to do over 100hrs a year to make solely owning your own aircraft make financially sensible - you'd normally own a fraction of it.

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wouldnt mind turning up to work in an aeroplance

You can buy a pretty damn good light aircraft for about £60k all in and leave it parked up in a farmers field for less than £1k a year though. You've got to do the sums though, usually you need to do over 100hrs a year to make solely owning your own aircraft make financially sensible - you'd normally own a fraction of it.

I'd like to see Paul_J's opinion, if possible in comparison to the Moller version.

the more i think about it, the more i can se it isnt a flying car, but a aircraft that can be used on the road

we you consider the cost of hanger space, this can be £100-600 a month, depending on 1) type/size of aircraft 2) facilities available/size of airfield

if you were a pilot not wanting to be priced out of your hobby this would be ideal, would fit in a garage, and can be driven to an airfield as required.

a brilliant idea, but only when approached from the aero side rather than the auto side

:lol: cool

Apple would improve existing options. Not design something that didn't exist.

Isn't this like the 20th flying car that's been made now?

Obviously not going to catch on until you can do a hover conversion from back to the future

Lol I can see it now Corsa B with LET and hover conversion retro fit haha

if apple made a car it would....

Until they make a VTOL car that uses free energy and is affordable, it won't catch on.

Tbh that is fucking cool. I love the rear blades the way they fold up.

Dread to think how much it is though.

Electric cars need to be made 1st before all this flying car crap..

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Originally posted by ed
Why do people keep trying to design these stupid things?

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Why do people keep trying to design these stupid things?

My prediction is that things like this will never take off (no pun intended).
Cars should stay cars, and flying things should stay as flying things.

Can't see it catchig on tbh :lol:

fuel consumption will be horrific

be fu to get an mot on aswell

the flying car

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-17592648

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A Dutch company is launching a vehicle which can be driven on land, or flown in the air.

The Personal Air and Land Vehicle (PAL-V) can be configured as a gyrocopter, requiring a 165m (540 ft) runway to take-off, or as a three wheeled car.

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