Flying car completes maiden flight successfully

[Derrick]

Flying car maiden flight a success

The Dutch-made “flying car” has successfully completed its maiden flight...

 

[Toitjie]

clearly not what the average person had in mind...

dammit we want flying cars like in fifth element...

 

[falcon786]

I was expecting a car but it seems to be more a helicopter with wheels.......nice start though

 

[Peder]

why are we working with miles in this article when the original article actually give km?

But awesome invention none the less.

 

[hellfire]

I was expecting a car but it seems to be more a helicopter with wheels.......nice start though

Yeah - really does look like a gyrocopter. I'm more interested then in the car's road performance...

why are we working with miles in this article when the original article actually give km?

But awesome invention none the less.

Don't know where you saw that in the original article... it's all in miles

 

[Toitjie]

who cares if the original is in miles or km?

surely all articles here should have both values, as ZA uses km..

so maybe pull up your socks and do some work when posting articles and convert it... its not hard.

miles(km) or km(miles)... either way... just do it..

 

[Fudzy]

Another Flying Dutchman

 

[Fudzy]

A chopper car? Really?

Wouldn't like to be in the bus next to that thing when it's landing.

 

[Chevron]

Does it come with a Mr. Fusion?

 

[Roadrunner]

This one has been around for quite a while, but as far as I can tell it has not reached the production stage as yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeQL-dUjlOg

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

That rear wing looks like something out of Brakpan.

 

[jikajoe1]

That rear wing looks like something out of Brakpan.

why Brakpan lol . . . just interested *wink*

 

[jannievanzyl]

A chopper car? Really?

Wouldn't like to be in the bus next to that thing when it's landing.

It's not a helicopter. The engine does not drive the rotor.

This is one of the most practical car/plane hybrids I've seen so far. All other attempts were either too complex, too expensive or too difficult to fly.

 

[fdaniels]

That thing has one heck of a blindspot.

 

[d0b33]

This will be great for flying enthusiasts but won't replace a car.

 

[Gatecrasher]

Perfect for flying over e-toll gantries.

 

[kilobits]

Perfect for flying over e-toll gantries.

It is a heck of a lot more practical than other designs;

 

[fdaniels]

Indeed. I thought that this was about the car in the second picture