So who wants to buy me a Moller Skycar M400?

[edesignuk]

I have seen this on TV before, but I didn't know they were selling them! :eek:

http://www.firebox.com/pic/p415b.jpg
£324,000 from Firebox.com (http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=415) :D

All donations accepted :p

[Gymnut]

Yeah I've seen those on tv too. I wonder what the guidelines are for driving/flying one of those things about town.

[edesignuk]

No idea, but I'd like to see the police try and pull me over for speeding in this thing! (380mph @ 20,000ft!)

[Gymnut]

Haha, I'd like to touch down right in front of my office. Maybe fly by my building and wave to the rest of the tenants.

[Powerbook G5]

It couldn't be easy to park one of those things.

[Chip NoVaMac]

Originally posted by Gymnut
Yeah I've seen those on tv too. I wonder what the guidelines are for driving/flying one of those things about town.

If I remember right, you have to have a pilots license at this point. The FAA is working with these folks on a modified license program. Eventually they see GPS as a means of mass market appeal. The "flight" would then be automatic.

[jrv3034]

Originally posted by Chip NoVaMac
Eventually they see GPS as a means of mass market appeal. The "flight" would then be automatic.

Very cool. Hopefully it doesn't run on Windows CE...:eek:

[Dale Sorel]

http://www.cybercomm.nl/~ivo/index.GIF

[Sun Baked]

Sorry, not enough money in loose pocket change here to get you airborne in one of those.

Maybe if I and another member get together we can try launching you into space by strapping a load a bottle rockets to your tail.

[patrick0brien]

-All

The flight tests were successful on this? It's viable?

[Mr. Anderson]

They haven't done any test without a tether yet and those top speeds are a lot less than the original design plan :D

It will be a while before you see these things flying around...

D

[Sayhey]

Their website used to have clips of the tests of these "flying cars." As I recall the noise level of these things is tremendous. That and a few safety concerns will keep me in more conventional vehicles for a while.

[Dale Sorel]

Originally posted by Sayhey
As I recall the noise level of these things is tremendous.

The engines are small Wankels, which are about as noisy as a leaf blower :o

[Sayhey]

Originally posted by Dale Sorel
The engines are small Wankels, which are about as noisy as a leaf blower :o

When was the last time you used a couple of leaf blowers together? ;) Noisy little suckers aren't they? Seriously, I don't remember the noise levels exactly, I'm only going on what I remember from their site. I'll try and look it up and post it.

[themadchemist]

Wow. Now I have to think of a way to become rich in order to buy that thing. That is awesome. Jeez. That rocks. I really can't express how incredible that things seems.

edit: OK, so I decided to read the rest of the thread. OK, so it's kind of a sketchy flight...By the time I'm out in the real world, they'll have worked the kinks out, and by the time I have enough money to buy one, the human race will be extinct.

[sethypoo]

Buy one and give me a ride!