Transforming AirCar certified to fly by Slovak Civil Aviation Authority

https://newatlas.com ^ | January 24, 2022 | By Paul Ridden

[Red Badger]

VIDEO AT LINK!..........................

[Red Badger]

Flying Car Pingy!....................

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Why? Suboptimal plane and suboptimal car.

Just fly a regular plane and call Uber at your destination.

[Intar]

[Ken H]

At last, flying cars!

[Seruzawa]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hGjl3zcJMk

[E. Pluribus Unum]

What could possibly go wrong?

[Psalm 73]

Not to slight anybody, but the phrase: "Certificate of Airworthiness by the Slovak Transport Authority" doesn't instill a great deal of confidence.

I know that the Czeks have a great aviation heritage, but....

[Paladin2]

[AZJeep]

This is actually pretty cool!
I would get one.
Probably out of my price range though.

[Regulator]

You’re right of course but...it’s still cool.

Way better looking then the old Molt Taylor AeroCar.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Yes, high cool factor and it will appeal to people who have more money than they know what to do with.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Yes, high cool factor and it will appeal to people who have more money than they know what to do with.

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...and a death wish!

[Hazwaste]

Swell. But is it as good as a Moller SkyCar? /s

[outofsalt]

“And we would certainly not be surprised to learn there’s enough of those out there to buy the first 500-unit production run, despite the vehicle’s €1.2 to 1.5 million (US$1.3 to $1.6 million) price tag.”
From a hotlink within the article, but I note, it takes premium gas.

[Stanwood_Dave]

Bravo, Bravo, well said. Buy this person a dinner & of course drinks.

[Hardastarboard]

Great. Now the murderously insane @$$holes where I live can pass me illegally in three dimensions.

[TangoLimaSierra]

I saw that. Had to back up and read it. Hoped it said Brandon, but...

[noiseman]

…despite the vehicle’s €1.2 to 1.5 million (US$1.3 to $1.6 million) price tag.

Not surprised at the cost at all. I just saw yesterday that the price of a new Cessna 172 is expected to top $500,000 this year. That’s insane. The 172 is a nearly 70-year-old design, and is a very basic airplane with low performance, yet it now costs half a million dollars. The avionics and a few minor features have been upgraded, but it’s still the same old airframe.

Cessna has said that the company’s liability insurance costs “well into six figures” for every 172 manufactured, which explains a large part of the obscene price. I remember flying a brand new 172 back in the mid-80s, right before liability costs forced Cessna to temporarily stop manufacturing single-engine aircraft, and I also remember it’s price: $76,000. If you parked that 172 next to one manufactured in 2022, you’d be hard pressed to tell them apart. It’s just insane what GA aircraft cost these days, with small piston engine airplanes going for what turboprops or corporate jets cost years ago.

[AZJeep]

Yes, the lawyers killed the small plane industry.
I knew a lot of people who used to have a small plane, some even for daily commute.
Now, I guess, you have to build it yourself.