World’s First Flying Car In Production
If you’re anything like me you vividly remember Back to the Future’s promise of hover boards and flying cars around 2015. The problem is that I still haven’t seen a flying Delorean overhead with T-Minus 8 years to go; until now.
The Moller M200G Volantor is entering production at a whopping height of 10 feet and max speeds of up to 50mph for 90 minute flights. Although this bad boy won’t be turning heads on the highway just yet, it is being marketed as a form of off roading. Dr. Moller is quoted,
It’s not a hovercraft, although its operation is just as easy. You can speed over rocks, swampland, fences, or log infested waterways with ease because you’re not limited by the surface. The electronics keep the craft stabilized at no more than 10 feet altitude, which places the craft within ground effect where extra lift is obtained from operating near the ground. This lets you glide over terrain at 50 mph that would stop most other vehicles.
It seems as if the crafts have ample orders, counting in at 67. Maximum payload is 250 pounds at a cost of about $90,000.
Maybe we are on track, now if we could just dig up a prototype hover board.
Link: Moller International
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Dan said
am July 27 2007 @ 11:12 pm
Pretty awesome. But I think I still want a hoverboard first!
Jerad Kaliher said
am July 28 2007 @ 2:14 am
Dan, I agree with you, but I guess we’ll have to deal with a simple flying car for now.
Stephan Smith said
am July 30 2007 @ 6:37 am
Those cars aren’t that attractive.
I’ll go with you guys and get that hoverboard.
But I going to need a helmet…and knee pads…and a pain reliever.
Zath said
am October 26 2007 @ 11:34 am
Always good to read about advances in technology such as this, especially the BTTF-related ones!
I wouldn’t worry about how those cars look, prototypes often look awful, the main thing is that people are trying to refine the technology that might some day make a big difference!
Jerad Kaliher said
am October 27 2007 @ 11:25 am
@Zath, to tell you the truth I think the idea of flying cars might not be a functional one. People can hardly drive on marked streets well enough these days. There would have to be some system that automates the experience like in the Jetsons.
Victor said
am January 5 2008 @ 2:59 pm
I have a numerous amut of layouts to creat the hover board, i keep telling people its not that hard, with same technology this guy, ducted fans and a reliable powersource but just condensed in size, all i need is a little funding to put it to action….
Jerad Kaliher said
am January 5 2008 @ 5:45 pm
@Victor, it seems that the funding is where it’s at. The most difficult part of any invention is getting people to believe in your product and your dream.
I think the biggest problem with a flying car is that it just doesn’t appeal to the mainstream. People can hardly stay on the road when they are sober, it’s hard to imagine people up in the sky.
Zorgon said
am May 12 2008 @ 10:34 pm
@Zath
That is old technology… Look up the Avro Car from the fifties… Same principle, same design, only this one is smaller