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BlackFly: The Flying Car Anyone Can Drive
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Posted on 07/15/2018 4:28:17 PM PDT by Windflier

BlackFly is a flying car that anyone can 'drive'.

These vehicles perform amazingly. I'd fly one any day.


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To: Jonty30

100 octane av gas here is close to 6.00 per gallon.


21 posted on 07/15/2018 6:40:22 PM PDT by narses ( For the Son of man shall come ... and then will he render to every man according to his works.)
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To: narses

Which only makes it worse, because I was assuming a price of about $4/gallon.


22 posted on 07/15/2018 6:51:54 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cults.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

I found its weight at 313 lb (assuming w/o pilot because they talk about 200 lbs. payloadd). Ultra light is max 254 lbs. w/o pilot. This might be able to meet “light sport” classification and I cannot find a minimum weight for light sport. However, Light Sport is described as unpowered or single engine piston. Back Fly is multi motor electric. Light Sport classification would lift a lot of the restrictions. But I do not think there is an existing class that this actually fits. Don’t forget that gravity thing, it has worked every time I have used it.


23 posted on 07/15/2018 7:10:41 PM PDT by Neverlift (When someone says "you just can't make this stuff up" odds are good, somebody did.)
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To: IgnaciKat

It’s classified as ultralight by FAS. It is an electric that can fly 25 miles at a top speed of 62 mph

It ain’t a car. And with those limitations it ain’t going anywhere. Once again Larry’s been drinking

Oh and it’s a start up


24 posted on 07/15/2018 7:21:02 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Windflier

Black fly would be a hit with S.W.A.T.


25 posted on 07/15/2018 7:23:48 PM PDT by HighSierra5
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To: Pollard

Range is only 25 miles. Good thing your friend lives close.


26 posted on 07/15/2018 7:31:49 PM PDT by JaguarXKE (Liberalism is a cancer on our nation.)
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To: hoagy62
Not only that, but if it’s going to be used as a personal transportation vehicle, where would you park it?

Tie it to a lamp post and leave it running.

~Steven Wright

27 posted on 07/15/2018 8:16:00 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: Nifster

If it is not flying in G Airspace the FAA will not allow it to happen. Their is little to no G Airspace around cities. You will still need a license from the FAA.

Aint gonna happen and it should not happen.


28 posted on 07/15/2018 10:19:33 PM PDT by cpdiii (Cane Cutter, Roughneck, Geologist, Pilot, Pharmacist: THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR!)
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To: Windflier

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.


29 posted on 07/15/2018 10:33:33 PM PDT by oldenuff35
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To: cpdiii

Correct. You still need an ultralight license.

Agreed with the rest


30 posted on 07/16/2018 1:06:00 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: Windflier

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.


31 posted on 07/16/2018 7:12:55 PM PDT by seawolf101 (Member LES DEPLORABLES)
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