Posted on 02/15/2017 1:17:27 PM PST by TBP
A Dutch company called PAL-V is taking orders right now for the world’s first commercial flying car called the Liberty.
Mike Opelka feels that this is a great and appropriate name for a flying car. He illustrates how if you want to avoid sitting in traffic, then fire up the Liberty. The company informs their full compliance with the global safety regulations and deliveries will begin in less than two years. In the “Pioneer Edition” of the Liberty there will be 90 units, personalizations, and costs $599,000 whereas the Liberty Sport will cost $399,000. Mike breaks down the specifications and the rules to these innovative new age vehicles.
Color me unimpressed.
It’s an Autogyro, not a helicopter...which isn’t bad, but it’s no Jetsons flivver...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J56pML_CTgw
Whatever happened to the AeroMobil?
Autogyro. 85 year old technology. Yawn.
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I dunno!
I liked that silly thing. Better then a Bensen.
Got nothing against Autogyros, not a bad solution - and their foldup rotor is a good idea. Think the AeroMobil you had to fold the wings and trailer them. Don’t recall.
But $500K?!
Ducted Fan technology is the right way to go for a real aerocar, but that’s expensive too...unless you build millions of them, which would be an ongoing circus of aerial disasters...
It appears that the wings and tail are power folded, no trailering necessary.
Who knows what the price tag will be, and being a car instead of a 'motorcycle' it has more of an uphill battle for road certification.
I want one with jet engines so I can fry the tailgaters as I take off.
Would you actually trust a democrat to navigate in three dimensions? They are a disaster waiting to happen in two.
Massive numbers of flying vehicles have to be pilotless guidance, via GPS based vectoring.
However, it will be years before at least one passenger is not also a pilot.
I was thinking the same thing. It looks like a gyrocopter to me.
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