The only thing I consider to be a flying car is when the technology is completely different from what we have now.
Tired of these plane/copter/drone-type vehicles that they claim are also cars.
We need Star Wars/Fifth Element/Back to the Future II/Blade Runner-type vehicles.
If it’s a flying CAR, how come it has to be towed to and from it’s designated take off and landing sites? The whole point of a flying car is that you can go from ground travel to air travel without much effort.
This isn’t a expensive flying car. It’s a cheap aircraft that an inexperienced and untrained pilot is going to be allowed to fly if they can cough up $200k.
There is no legal definition for a flying car, so they can use the term if they want. It’s like the term AI that gets thrown around a lot, but actually people mean an LLM, but technically even a checkers program is in the AI category.
The USA industry term is a “roadable aircraft” and legal is also moving to that term. In Europe the legal term is FlyDrive vehicle. And the thing in the article is an SC-VTOL (special condition) in Europe and powered-lift aircraft in USA.
I don’t think that’s the point of the comment.
Buyers don’t need a pilot’s license to operate the aircraft, though they must complete training and take an FAA knowledge test.
That’s absolutely fucking insane. How did the FAA approve this? The only saving grace here is that the $200k price tag means few, if any, will be sold to random idiots who want a flying car.
It’s an ultralight. You don’t need a pilots license to fly one in the US. You can even build one yourself if you want to. You don’t even need any inspection or airworthiness certificate. Since they can’t legally be flown over populated areas, it’s unlikely for anyone except the pilot to get injured or killed.
There are lots of fairly standard high end cars that go for more money than that. So the potential is quite high for these to sell well
That’s horrifying to think about. Most people seem to barely be able to handle 2 dimensions while driving a car.
Because anything and everything about this administration is for sale.
It also means the people operating them will have a high threshold for consequences and maybe not care so much about the community.
People will die, rather quickly, and that will be the end of it.
These should be banned in cities immediately. The danger here seems insane.
