ha, I’m just heading over to my neighbor’s house. 6 mile drive but 1 mile as the crow flies. Sure would be handy to have that thing.
It is cool but it’s not a car.
How do they get the propellers to make all that energetic violin music? It would be worth it just to go for a spin and hear the symphonic notes.
Never saw it on the road. Between the FAA and federal safety standards this ain’t ever gonna be a thang
There are some limitations, however. Its range is limited to 25 miles and speed to 62 mph in the U.S. Without restrictions, the specs call for 40-plus hours at 80 mph or more. Flying requires good weather with dry conditions, temperatures above freezing and minimal winds for take-off and landing. Its classification as an ultralight vehicle also means it can’t fly at night or over urban areas in the U.S.
Just back from Gillespie Field
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Working on a 1940’s Tailwind.
Blackfly is next.
Where do you put the wife and kids?
Checked their web page and could not find information about price. “Similar to a sports car” could be anything from $30k (Mazda Miata) to a cool $ million and a half (Ferrari). But would love to take one out for a test flight.
Aside from the fact that, like almost all flying vehicles, it uses about 12 gallons of gas, or its equivalent, for just 10 minutes of flight, it’s cool.
I’m not going to buy a machine that costs about $50 bucks for 10 minutes of flying. I’m not that flush.
Does it have air conditioning? Looks hot with your head in that bubble.
Most average,(or below average) people have a tough enough time negotiating a wally-world parking lot let alone trying to cope with urban air traffic. I worked at a private jet charter company for twelve years in Charlevoix Michigan, and I can say from those thousands of hours around light aircraft and high performance jets as the hangar manager, that ninety-nine percent of people are totally incapable of the highly intelligent, multi-tasking thought processes it takes to fly an aircraft.
Black fly would be a hit with S.W.A.T.
nope I’ll stick to what I’m flying now. this is a very limited and expensive toy. You can learn to fly and buy a used 172 for that kind of money.
People will fly the same way that they drive. I can just see the types of drunk driving accidents in the air. Planes will be falling out of the sky.
But on the other hand it might be Darwin’s way of thinning out the herd.