That makes no sense. If you dont trust them on the road, you wont trust them in the air? But you still drive on the road right? Around all those people you dont trust right? There is something wrong with you i think.
The difference is that generally speaking when you are off roadways, you are safe from being hit by a car. Because this thing is not restricted to roadways, you could be hit almost anywhere, which is why I am guessing it's not legal to fly over residential areas/cities.
lavapix ( Landscapers) “ Hey Juan,” “ Que Pasa? “ “ Can you blow the keaves from the front of the house?” “ No Problema”, ( turns on the big One) “ Ok I’m done! “ .
LMAO! You;re riught of course. But I don't think the Russian govenrment will be stupid enough to let people fly those things in large numbers.ONly in America can this be done. We're the only nation foolish enough to let it happen.
Very cool. But, even though they're electric, they still make a lot of noise. If you get thousands of these in the air at the same time, there will be a constant drone that will make freeway noise seem refreshing.
@@alisachu.mp3 but it's pointless because they said they were gonna start selling them in late 2019 Now it's already 2021 and they said absolutely nothing . They just went silent
It doesn't fly like a helicopter or an airplane. So what type of license would you get? Having a pilots license would be irrelevant to flying this thing. In general, licensing is a form of tax and a way for professions to control how many people are allowed to enter into a profession. It's debatable whether licensing is truly a safety benefit. Do you really think getting your driver's license made you a safer driver? I don't. Further, no license is required to fly other, existing ultralight aircraft and you don't hear about the "carnage" from all these unlicensed ultralight pilots crashing into things. So, maybe it's not as much of a problem as you think.
this might work if people aren't really 'in control' - meaning you tell it where to go and it flies for you (home, work, mall) meaning you have no control over aircraft stability and steering
ReallyBigBadAndy76 Yeah.. you might want to read up on all the restrictions ultralight pilots have on their operations. If you really think that the FAA and pilots licenses only exist to charge people money you're delusional. And if you think that this "flying car" could get certified to fly in the US over a populated area without requiring a license, you're double-delusional.
Mappz is right. And never mind the price.....which I guarantee you will be FAR more than the price of an SUV. Probably closer to the price of a used Bentley. And nobody in their right mind is paying 6 figures for a vehicle that can't be flown at night or over urban areas, and only goes 25 miles between charges. Not unless you have loads of cash to spend on what is effectively a toy. In which case you'd probably rather have an actual plane/jet, or a Bentley.
This is less of a flying a vehicle, and more telling computer where you want it to go, which might already make it safer than some drivers in Cali. And odds are, by the time this hits mainstream market, it will be entirely autonomous. That seems to be the direction that virtually every company working on these things wants it to go. Self-flying vehicles are way easier than self-driving cars. No construction, no pedestrians, no bicycles.
Konstantin Khitrin n that my good man is how they though when the 1 st cars 🚗 were made the Henry Ford came n the game changed. I’m gonna enjoy what clear skies we have now minus the jets & planes ✈️
And these aren't flying cars, as there is no way you can make something street legal that can't meet car crash safety standards, which are becoming more and more strict every year increasing vehicle weight. Aircraft can't be designed for crashes like that, and you also can't have rotating blades of death near people in a parking lot. This is idiotic. What they really mean is that they want to create affordable drones that can carry a person, and that way only limited pilot training is needed.
I expect that the computer will take over if you do something too dumb, like fly too close to something, or to obstacles. Even road cars are starting to do this sort of thing.
Which means 9/11 didn’t happen, which means flying doesn’t actually exist! Which ultimately means we have been in an ice age for the last 2 zillion centuries! My big toe is seriously baffled by this discovery.
It's a Bird... It's a Plane !! It's a safety hazard!! lol I think the self driving car technology which also includes and anti-collision system will eventually get these aerial vehicles off the ground (so to speak). As is, it's not for the common folks to fly them, but if you just punch in a destination coordinate (GPS) to take you there, then with the anti-collision system it would be a viable and safe solution.
BOTTOM LINE: Its an electric "Aerial Vehicle"..... it is NOT an airplane and NOT a car. It has more in common with ultralight helicopters, but not nearly so complicated as a helicopter. Personal aerial vehicles are not new.... but this design (while still in its infancy) shows more promise then most others.
Eric McQuisten like every other flying car, it will get killed in impractically and certification. Everyone who doesn't understand this overlooks the problem where a "flying car" has to operate in controlled airspace over populated areas to be useful. And that means a trained pilot, and a much smaller potential market.
+mappz Actually there are many personal aerial vehicles out there, but none so practical as this one (electric & self-driving).... and just like ultralight aircraft, it is a niche market. It is not impractical, just because its not meant for the general masses. You obviously don't own an aircraft of any sort, and so you believe anything outside your little bubbly isn't real. Try again, there are hundreds-of-thousands of licensed owners of aircraft (private airplanes, helicopters, ultralights, aerial vehicles, experimentals, etc.). Time to get educated on the subject matter, before posting comments about a subject you seem to know little about..... and time to learn the definition of what "niche" means.
aaahhhh. so renaming a flying machine to an aerial vehicle means the laws of physics and the managing the complexities of a rotor failure (engine failure to those in the business) will no longer apply?
+Karl Lucas "flying machine"? .... that could be any aircraft on the planet..... clearly you have never flown (piloted) anything in your life. The laws of physics apply universally..... including the concepts of auto-rotation for helicopters, and the laws of aerodynamics, lift, and gravity for all aircraft (a few concepts you may want to learn about). A lightweight (carbon fiber) aerodynamic vehicle like this, with 8 electric motors, means the thing is ultralight, and also means the chance of all 8 engines failing at once, is stupidly low. But perhaps you believe that all 8 engines will fail at the same time. Short of a major EMP blast, it is just not likely (at least in the realm of reality). Electric motors are more reliable then their fuel-based counterparts (internal combustion engines, turbine engine, rotary engine, ramjet, etc.).... and a lot safer then a solid rocket engine (as far as combustibility is concerned). And the fact these things can be made self-driving, means it will follow the same model as UAVs that take off, follow through way-points, & land on their own, without the risk of pilot (human) error. Seeing how Tesla's land vehicles drive safer then most human drivers, I will put my money on these types of vehicles, over your typical recreational pilot..... but comparing these to high-flying jets, is like comparing apples & oranges.... they are very different beasts.
Dean...Agreed. 30 years equals 3 decades. Furthermore, one could say he covered this topic during 4 different decades - the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s.
DjSmileyofLasVegas i think she is a dumb chick that gets paid to look pretty in front of a camera and read a teleprompter. I don't think her math skills had anything to do with her sitting at that desk.
As an ultralight, this will not need a pilot's license, however like the video says you will not be able to fly at night or fly over Urban areas. I.E... cities towns etc.. They need to get it moved up to a light sport aircraft or experimental and maybe work for a license for a simple Helicopter certificate. The increase that personal flying vehicles will put on the need for Air Traffic Control will be the holding back factor on wide use for these. Just look at how long the FAA is taking on figuring out Drone flight.
The problem with flying cars will always be: minor failures in a car mean you drift over to the side of the road and wait for a tow truck; minor failures in a flying car mean you fall out of the sky. They're neat toys, but they're entirely luxuries, and I don't expect them to ever replace cars.
Call it whatever you like... flying car, drone, octo-copter. These things will never go mainstream if you can't solve it big fundamental issues: noise and the powerful downdraft that would mess things up on landing and takeoff.
I love how the person is showing off a prototype that is "one step closer to a flying car" and everyone jumps on it like it's being advertised AS the flying car we've always wanted. It doesn't have wheels and it doesn't have enough power to substitute for either a flying drone or a car just yet. The point was that the drone vehicle is easy to fly to the point where air space crashes will be rare from pilot error. That's a key feature that plagues every flying car prototype today.
We don't need cars (ie: wheels). We need something like this that take you from point A to point B like an helicopter. This is perfect, and the fact that it has 25 miles range doesn't matter, cause it is designed for the city. For long distances, you should use a big airplane at an airport. The only thing that worries me is that I agree this needs to be autonomous. The risk is just too high. And we need a way to control air trafic, so I'm thinking that a great way to solve this would be to use vehicles like this one that go from certain point to another one, preconfigured. Like a bus or a train would do, but using 3 dimensions (height). Maybe in the future we would be able to have flying vehicles that can talk to each other so efficiently that collisions would be almost no existent, but until then, the risk is just too high.
Except it isn't allowed to fly over urban areas, as you can hear at 3:10. So not exactly designed for the city. Definitly needs to be autonomous though.
That being said, if there are no city flying regulations, someone could easily fly this into a building or crowd of people in a massacre attempt. We must remember that the values of life and morals are diminishing
This technology would not take over wheel based cars just help get people to work ,shopping, day's out . Great idea would like to see this idea world wide 🤔 rule do need updated 🎯
Richard Rude: For very good reason, it doesnt take a corrupt politician to see that a bunch of flying cars zippin around up in the sky is a very bad idea, safety wise
@Dutchmen I am 150% positive, that people said the same thing about automobiles from their horse-drawn buggies. You either adapt with the times, or become consumed by it.
They'll have to invent a new charge... Drink Flying... FUI - Flying Under the Influence. I can never see these coming to the UK unless our government can find a way to tax them like they do with our cars.
No infrastructure exists to support the use of these as a functional source of transportation for most people. This will be a hobby for people with enough money just as ultralights already are. Nonetheless it’s a great step forward.
Yes it *could* take off from a parking lot. And so could other helicopters. You would need permission from the property owner to *legally* land it. Then you should consider any potential hazards. Light posts, small debris on the ground that could blow into other peoples property and cause damage and also the weather conditions. All the laws regarding ultralight helicopters apply to this vehicle. I wish it were different though to give it a little more freedom.
that's not a problem at all. you seem to underestimate the influence of money and the power of resources. the only problem with this would be safety issues because people who can afford useless toys and useless gadgets, luxurious transportation or just being "above others" (in this case literally) value their lifes way to much to take any sort of risk. as far as functionality goes, do you really think these people have the same daily routine as you? no. they only go to fancy places. shopping at fancy places, eating at fancy places, sleeping at fancy places. and these kind of places can provide fancy parking spaces for air-vehicles. it wouldn't be a problem. if it becomes a thing then every fancy place will have parking spaces for them, because you want to attract those fancy customers if you're a fancy company/shop/hotel w/e.
Your right, there will be too many complaints. That is why it won't scale. Elon has already thought about this and doing the boring tunnel. It's fun, but there are other FUN stuff to do. It will have to be a remote location just to have fun and will cost a lot.
The major problem is the very limited flight time. BTW it uses motors not engines. You can thank the RC community for the flight controller technology use in the computer for this type of aircraft.
I can see it working in niche circumstances. Insurance companies, regulatory bodies, private companies (who wants flying boulders near their building) will say no for a very long time. imagine hundreds of thousands of these over your head with the type of noise pollution of 0:55 , that alone is why its not gonna happen.
renegadepb263 it won't matter in overseas or another country that got Lacs regulation only in the United States we get Nanny to death about a f****** drone which is nothing but a toy helicopter
I just want their motors to be for sale, the market needs more small high power electric motors for a multitude of reasons, one of which being electric motorcycles.
We been waiting for 100 years to fly cars, and all you care about is a motorcycle buwahahaha Lol I love my cycle too, I dont blame you. Im kinda worried about an eletric motor, on a motorcycle, being so close to my bait and tackle though...
It does look stupid for someone who expects a jet/airplane, but thats how physics work mate. They didnt intend it to look like that, its just how the laws of physics allow it to work on affordable costs.
It´s not really a flying car if it doesn´t do car-things.. Such as, you know... Drive. It´s still a cool looking small personal aircraft, but it ain´t no flying car.
@@sheriffaboubakar9720 Perhaps in order for aerial vehicles flown by people without a license to not crash into each other, maybe magnetic fields can be harnessed to repel other aerial vehicles. There's always a way.
Yep.. and people talk range anxiety when discussing electric cars. Now consider that you will be 3,000 feet above the ground. That turns into range fright.
We had a workable personal flying vehicle in the 50's. It is called a gyrocopter. It is stable, and hard to crash. Then the FAA took a look at the idea of thousands of amateurs making their own flight plans over populated areas, possibly crashing, or crashing into commercial aviation, and banned the vehicle for more than hobby use. Those rules have been in place since then, which is why personal flying vehicles have not emerged.
This type of vehicle will never be used in civilian life for personal travel... not to say that it can't have it's uses. Could be useful for ranchers, farmers, or those who have a lot of land to navigate.
What happens with a broken prop or engine outage? It doesn’t appear at all to have gliding properties. I think I’ll stick with paramotors for now. Safer, engine out no problem, cheap on fuel, cheaper to own and, you can fly for hours at a time if you’re so inclined, you can land practically anywhere, and the same FAR 103 regulations apply. Even with an ultralight glider you can still touch down with an engine out although your landing options are more limited. Yes a paramotor requires training and certain weather conditions, and although I’ve never flown one of these I can almost guarantee a paramotor is a lot more fun. Eventually this could be practical with advanced AI, automated traffic avoidance, flexible charging options, higher run time, and some engine outage or prop damage recovery, but I think it has a way to go. Definitely a closer step to flying personal vehicles en masse though, certainly cool.
Single engine failures are already handled by multi rotor drones with 6 or more propellers. They shut down a symmetrically opposed propeller to the one that failed and proceed to emergency landing with the remaining working engines in a nearest clear spot. Sure all expected emergency procedures require to be programmed in computer, and having redundant flight computers, and >33% reserve power, but such complications are all obtainable. This particular boat-shaped design allows even horizontal flight landing on a nearby lake or river. By having wings, they already maintain horizontal flight with reduced power. And keep in mind that beyond redundancy these engines are mechanically very simple, just a fixed stator, a magnet rotor with a couple bearings - without gears, fuel lines, gaskets, piston rings, carburetors, timing belts, spark plugs, injectors nor cooling fluid/radiators that each may fail in many ways in normal gas engines.
I have a feeling there are some flaws with safety. If those blades and engines are so powerful, if anything hits the spinning blades will it explode the blade like shrapnel? Can the blades stop instantly if they hit flesh like those new table saws? Though, I'd like to fly one.
Jonathan Ryals no, there's no real way to do that with a propellor. What you could do is mount a big cage around the prop and instead bump into your flying pedestrians. No more worries.
25 mile range? Great. Under current rules you can fly from the middle of nowhere to 25 miles further into the middle of nowhere where there's no charging station.
Ya how will we ever charge up these new fangled machines electricity you say? If only we had a power grid all around our country so we could charge them...hmmm OH WAIT!
It's very cool. I think it's interesting how it tilts itself rather than having mechanical tiltrotor or tiltwing systems. Also, it's very interesting to see a 103 VTOL.
My prediction: you'll never see 'em. Considering how badly people drive on the ground, do you really want 'em buzzing over your house? And, the reason such things are now possible is because of computers? Oh, wonderful. Anyone who's ever had a "black box" or a computer chip suddenly fail on their ground vehicle (car, motorcycle, or scooter) will see the drawback to that, right away. And "affordable" depends on your tax bracket, I guess. Most of us can barely afford a beat-up used car these days.
the problem with your theory is the following. in germany noone drives (newer) american muscle cars or german performance cars either, yet they are still being built. noone drives ferraris, aston martins and such yet their shops in this country will never close. that's because there's a part of society (not more than 10%) who can afford this stuff, and an even smaller part (
so the only REAL problem with this is that people who can afford toys or transportation like this value their lifes a lot and are not willing to take risks because they can't take their money with them when they die so they rather burn it or waste as much of it as possible than to make ("earn") it without enjoying to spend it carelessly, and they certainly have no intentions to share it with others except their friends and family.
This is the one and only reason needed right here , not because computers will fail but if anyone has been near a helicopter or even a drone, imaginea drone big enough to carry a 200lb person, quiet mode will require sound dampinging headphones, and the down force....pfft, blow your weave back. We will see em though, there will be flying cars. People are dumb and selfish, so the attention they get from this thing, even though it'll be negative to the ones around, its still attention.
I was just thinking the same thing. Motorcycles have the 5 gallon tank for gas regulation, and decent electric versions already. A flying bike could probably move thru federal oversight faster than this concept.
3:40 She says one decade, then she says 1988, then she says two decades, then she asks "How far have we come?". Well, I guess probably around three decades!!! Lol.
As a glider pilot I have never landed in a field (I have 150 hours of flying time) and know over 50 glider pilots and they have never landed in a filed either, but yes they do if they are in a contest, but you are trained to pick a place to land that won't cause damage or injury. Also a 2 place glider only weighs about 850 lbs and lands at about 25 to 30 miles per hour and in a distance of about 300 feet.
The problem is more than telephone (power) lines . Under FAA rules you can land on your own property if you have enough land if you have enough room....BUT only on occasion, if you want land on a regular basis you need to have authorization from the FAA.
As a pilot I fully support STOL and VTOL aircraft designs like the one in the video. It is freaking awesome! But also as a pilot...I HATE the idea of 'flying cars'. The thought of aviation being offered to everyone and lowering the required training to fly is terrifying. It is pointless and most of all dangerous. On one hand, if everyone needs a pilot's license to fly one, it negates the need for it to be a "car". On the other hand, the dream of people who design and want flying cars is a future where highways are lanes in the sky over lapping each other. The problem is, we are not close enough to making cars drive themselves safely. And I don't trust busy people or drunks or texting teens to fly unless they either have full pilot training (and thus won't be a hazard) or they travel in fully automated craft. It is just too dangerous to give flight to everybody.
I don't trust people on the road. No way I trust them above my head.
lol
That makes no sense. If you dont trust them on the road, you wont trust them in the air? But you still drive on the road right? Around all those people you dont trust right? There is something wrong with you i think.
oh they wont be driving johnny.
skynet will be.
The difference is that generally speaking when you are off roadways, you are safe from being hit by a car. Because this thing is not restricted to roadways, you could be hit almost anywhere, which is why I am guessing it's not legal to fly over residential areas/cities.
The blowback from that electric motor would be a landscapers leafblower dream. Clears the yard in 0.5 seconds.
lavapix I wonder if it can be a snow thrower too.
Create your own blizzard and bury your neighbor's car in an instant.
lavapix ( Landscapers) “ Hey Juan,” “ Que Pasa? “ “ Can you blow the keaves from the front of the house?” “ No Problema”, ( turns on the big One) “ Ok I’m done! “ .
I work grounds keeping at a golf course and we've got what is basically a towable jet engine that can clear an entire fairway in about 2 passes.
I'm pretty sure I hear it every morning at 5am :-)
"This can produce 130 WHIRRRRRRR" lmao. The guy behind the controls was having fun.
200 lb capacity?? that leaves out most of the country.
That was the testing weight used in RC tests not the max capacity.
He said payload, not max capacity...
Hep . That one of the reason why our fked up Government want all of us to be fat , stupid and mixed bread .
Probably best to sell them to the Chinese and let them cause the chaos in their airspace then we can learn from them!
@@SCOTTSTALLARDBERMUDA the chinese have a much better model already .
Can't wait for the "How not to fly your air vehicles in Russia" videos.
CYKA *crashes* BYAT
LMAO! You;re riught of course. But I don't think the Russian govenrment will be stupid enough to let people fly those things in large numbers.ONly in America can this be done. We're the only nation foolish enough to let it happen.
Nolsp #metoo
czcams.com/video/Mop3t6nVHuk/video.html Plane Stops At The Russian Local Gas Station
I totally trust one of these (Which I can fly) over stupid self drive cars which have been having no end to bumps n crashes...
Very cool. But, even though they're electric, they still make a lot of noise. If you get thousands of these in the air at the same time, there will be a constant drone that will make freeway noise seem refreshing.
thats where millions of dollars in R&D to make quiet ducted fans and elec motors comes in
Cities will sound like giant hornet's nests... (shudder)
It's easy to make quiet electric motors-most already are-but very difficult to quell a high-velocity air jet.
Obviously...you’ve never lived near a freeway
Initial reaction ? The best design I have seen anywhere. Sharp looks.
Yes, I was just going to say this!
Truly said! ngl there are some really ugly designs out there but this one just nailed it
@@alisachu.mp3 but it's pointless because they said they were gonna start selling them in late 2019
Now it's already 2021 and they said absolutely nothing .
They just went silent
Should NEVER be made available to the general public... only to certified pilots or sport pilots. Great concept! Can't wait to fly one!
3:44 It's not 2 decades it's 3 decades. 88 - 98, 98 - 2008, 2008 - 2018.
She's murican... basic math is tuff..give her a break
She was live to nearly 10 million people at the time. We have all made little mistakes while anxious.
She's pretty, CBS didn't hire her for number crunching.
You are really smart
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Please stop calling this a "Flying car"!!! It is an electric ultralight aircraft!!!
Alejandro Irausquin aka a flying car.
Light craft is a neater name.
Neat, but not related to any regulation. It even doesn't implies that it flies.
Alejandro Irausquin I was gonna say the same thing, it's not a flying car if you can't drive it down the interstate.
6:13 Aerial vehicle
1980: I bet we’ll have flying cars in the future!
2018: Flying cars
Flying cars are only 10 years away! ...and always will be.
mark Schippel search for PAL-V Liberty, Transition and TF-2. It's not like we've imagine flying cars but it is just the beginning.
Imagine having a crash in mid air
Old news.
Which is a good thing given the noise they make.
Is that a challenge?
Did they just say no pilot's license needed? Yeah okay I can't see anything going wrong with this plan.
It doesn't fly like a helicopter or an airplane. So what type of license would you get? Having a pilots license would be irrelevant to flying this thing. In general, licensing is a form of tax and a way for professions to control how many people are allowed to enter into a profession. It's debatable whether licensing is truly a safety benefit. Do you really think getting your driver's license made you a safer driver? I don't. Further, no license is required to fly other, existing ultralight aircraft and you don't hear about the "carnage" from all these unlicensed ultralight pilots crashing into things. So, maybe it's not as much of a problem as you think.
this might work if people aren't really 'in control' - meaning you tell it where to go and it flies for you (home, work, mall) meaning you have no control over aircraft stability and steering
ReallyBigBadAndy76 Yeah.. you might want to read up on all the restrictions ultralight pilots have on their operations. If you really think that the FAA and pilots licenses only exist to charge people money you're delusional. And if you think that this "flying car" could get certified to fly in the US over a populated area without requiring a license, you're double-delusional.
Mappz is right. And never mind the price.....which I guarantee you will be FAR more than the price of an SUV. Probably closer to the price of a used Bentley.
And nobody in their right mind is paying 6 figures for a vehicle that can't be flown at night or over urban areas, and only goes 25 miles between charges. Not unless you have loads of cash to spend on what is effectively a toy. In which case you'd probably rather have an actual plane/jet, or a Bentley.
There will be Ai Air Control And toturial Points for Free Mod. My Favorit! love to buy it. living in Germany !
really most cant even drive cars.
This is less of a flying a vehicle, and more telling computer where you want it to go, which might already make it safer than some drivers in Cali. And odds are, by the time this hits mainstream market, it will be entirely autonomous. That seems to be the direction that virtually every company working on these things wants it to go. Self-flying vehicles are way easier than self-driving cars. No construction, no pedestrians, no bicycles.
Konstantin Khitrin n that my good man is how they though when the 1 st cars 🚗 were made the Henry Ford came n the game changed. I’m gonna enjoy what clear skies we have now minus the jets & planes ✈️
And these aren't flying cars, as there is no way you can make something street legal that can't meet car crash safety standards, which are becoming more and more strict every year increasing vehicle weight. Aircraft can't be designed for crashes like that, and you also can't have rotating blades of death near people in a parking lot. This is idiotic. What they really mean is that they want to create affordable drones that can carry a person, and that way only limited pilot training is needed.
Exactly. Not. Over. My. House.
Pra Autoss a very good point!
"Flying cars" won't be a thing for this exact reason 0:55
just imagine a car making all that mess at 5:30 AM when the owner has to go to work
Marco Matta exactly.
We already have flying cars. They are called helicopters and they are loud and dangerous.
Look at how many car accidents there are, imagine how many of these will be crashed by just plain dumb people getting their hands on one.
Guitar Demo Vlogs that's why they should Come with body bags and a life insurance policy.
I expect that the computer will take over if you do something too dumb, like fly too close to something, or to obstacles. Even road cars are starting to do this sort of thing.
Guitar Demo Vlogs Flying under the influence
We can hope
If people had the same mentality as you when the first cars were made, the cars would never have been allowed to leave the factory.
so basically police chases will now be dogfights ! xD
DaSnipy doesn't that sound great. It's the future.
Brilliant!!!!!
LMAO
Lol
Yeah!
Everyone: we will have flying cars in the future!
Some engineer guy: helicopter
Everyone: lol wut
Going on sale next year?
Alright cant wait for 2079!!
1988? That's THREE decades.
Which means 9/11 didn’t happen, which means flying doesn’t actually exist! Which ultimately means we have been in an ice age for the last 2 zillion centuries! My big toe is seriously baffled by this discovery.
Its not a car its a drone
loren young I’d fly that oversized drone. No problem
It's a Bird... It's a Plane !! It's a safety hazard!! lol
I think the self driving car technology which also includes and anti-collision system will eventually get these aerial vehicles off the ground (so to speak). As is, it's not for the common folks to fly them, but if you just punch in a destination coordinate (GPS) to take you there, then with the anti-collision system it would be a viable and safe solution.
It's not automated, so it's better considered an ultralight octocopter.
it's a helicopter, but with small rotors
Drones are unmaned so techincally when they were testing it was a drone if you pilot it then its no longer classified as a drone
1965: I bet we will have Lil Pump and Fortnite in the future.
2019:
i loved the 1965 fortnite trailer it looked so cool and the gucci gang preview song was perfect
(joke)
*"Great Scott! Forget traveling through time from 1985 to 2015!"*
BOTTOM LINE: Its an electric "Aerial Vehicle"..... it is NOT an airplane and NOT a car.
It has more in common with ultralight helicopters, but not nearly so complicated as a helicopter.
Personal aerial vehicles are not new.... but this design (while still in its infancy) shows more promise then most others.
Eric McQuisten like every other flying car, it will get killed in impractically and certification. Everyone who doesn't understand this overlooks the problem where a "flying car" has to operate in controlled airspace over populated areas to be useful. And that means a trained pilot, and a much smaller potential market.
+mappz
Actually there are many personal aerial vehicles out there, but none so practical as this one (electric & self-driving).... and just like ultralight aircraft, it is a niche market.
It is not impractical, just because its not meant for the general masses. You obviously don't own an aircraft of any sort, and so you believe anything outside your little bubbly isn't real. Try again, there are hundreds-of-thousands of licensed owners of aircraft (private airplanes, helicopters, ultralights, aerial vehicles, experimentals, etc.). Time to get educated on the subject matter, before posting comments about a subject you seem to know little about..... and time to learn the definition of what "niche" means.
aaahhhh. so renaming a flying machine to an aerial vehicle means the laws of physics and the managing the complexities of a rotor failure (engine failure to those in the business) will no longer apply?
+Karl Lucas
"flying machine"? .... that could be any aircraft on the planet..... clearly you have never flown (piloted) anything in your life.
The laws of physics apply universally..... including the concepts of auto-rotation for helicopters, and the laws of aerodynamics, lift, and gravity for all aircraft (a few concepts you may want to learn about).
A lightweight (carbon fiber) aerodynamic vehicle like this, with 8 electric motors, means the thing is ultralight, and also means the chance of all 8 engines failing at once, is stupidly low.
But perhaps you believe that all 8 engines will fail at the same time. Short of a major EMP blast, it is just not likely (at least in the realm of reality). Electric motors are more reliable then their fuel-based counterparts (internal combustion engines, turbine engine, rotary engine, ramjet, etc.).... and a lot safer then a solid rocket engine (as far as combustibility is concerned). And the fact these things can be made self-driving, means it will follow the same model as UAVs that take off, follow through way-points, & land on their own, without the risk of pilot (human) error.
Seeing how Tesla's land vehicles drive safer then most human drivers, I will put my money on these types of vehicles, over your typical recreational pilot..... but comparing these to high-flying jets, is like comparing apples & oranges.... they are very different beasts.
most people should have mastered the way of helicopters before these flying cars hit the market
Looks great until everybody has one and it is raining and windy at 10 pm.
It's gonna be catastrophic like that scene in deadpool 2 where they jumped out of the plane and everyone died except domino and deadpool.
"These giant drones are pretty cool but i'm afraid nobody will buy it" "Let's call them flying cars!"
1919: in 2019 we will have flying cars
2019: true
the problem is only one, that if it falls, this vehicle has no aerodynamics
All you need is a disclaimer ;/
That would be three decades: 1988 to 2018. Jeesh, even with two tries you failed at simple math!
Dean...Agreed. 30 years equals 3 decades. Furthermore, one could say he covered this topic during 4 different decades - the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s.
Glad I'm not the only one who noticed.
I think she was trying to be nice not to say"you a old fukn geezer" lol
DjSmileyofLasVegas i think she is a dumb chick that gets paid to look pretty in front of a camera and read a teleprompter. I don't think her math skills had anything to do with her sitting at that desk.
Education in Murica...
1975: We'll have flying cars in the future
2018:
2019...
1930: We will have flying cars in the future!
2018 - 2019: *Oh.*
*its a big drone*
This is not a flying cars there's no wheels. Just call it a fyling machine
It's a "mini drone" supersized to fit a human. Not bad, but it needs wheels to be a car...
Askformoreinfo whichyouwontget basically just a mini helicopter or airplane
Askformoreinfo whichyouwontget Planes have wheels are they cars? Great logic
Thank you for this explanation.
thomascampr they don't drive on public roads and are not intended to. So no they are not cars.
John T good point
This video just shows you how far behind we actually are from our imagination
John was the kid who disappeared for hours when his Popular Mechanics magazine arrived in the mailbox.
What goes up must come down. Now add terrible drivers who now want to pilot their very own flying vehicle.
I mean what could really go wrong?
If you fly too poorly I expect that the computer will take control
Don't need a pilots license. Let's put 500 up in the air in one city and see what the FAA does.
They're gonna have a field day with regulations, inspections and maintenance.
btw look up ultra light aircrafts you dont need any license for those that is most likely what this aircraft falls under
That's right, that's what he said in the video. Maybe you missed it.
yeah I most likely did, oops.
As an ultralight, this will not need a pilot's license, however like the video says you will not be able to fly at night or fly over Urban areas. I.E... cities towns etc.. They need to get it moved up to a light sport aircraft or experimental and maybe work for a license for a simple Helicopter certificate. The increase that personal flying vehicles will put on the need for Air Traffic Control will be the holding back factor on wide use for these. Just look at how long the FAA is taking on figuring out Drone flight.
The problem with flying cars will always be: minor failures in a car mean you drift over to the side of the road and wait for a tow truck; minor failures in a flying car mean you fall out of the sky.
They're neat toys, but they're entirely luxuries, and I don't expect them to ever replace cars.
Call it whatever you like... flying car, drone, octo-copter. These things will never go mainstream if you can't solve it big fundamental issues: noise and the powerful downdraft that would mess things up on landing and takeoff.
And safety.
Electric engine = Motor
Yes. You can tell who doesn't get some simple principles when they call an electric motor an engine.
This is specific to english language, in other languages (french, german, espagnol,etc...) no difference between electric or other: all are motors
An electric engine is also called a generator. Will charge if the slaves spin the blades.
I love how the person is showing off a prototype that is "one step closer to a flying car" and everyone jumps on it like it's being advertised AS the flying car we've always wanted. It doesn't have wheels and it doesn't have enough power to substitute for either a flying drone or a car just yet. The point was that the drone vehicle is easy to fly to the point where air space crashes will be rare from pilot error. That's a key feature that plagues every flying car prototype today.
We don't need cars (ie: wheels). We need something like this that take you from point A to point B like an helicopter. This is perfect, and the fact that it has 25 miles range doesn't matter, cause it is designed for the city. For long distances, you should use a big airplane at an airport. The only thing that worries me is that I agree this needs to be autonomous. The risk is just too high. And we need a way to control air trafic, so I'm thinking that a great way to solve this would be to use vehicles like this one that go from certain point to another one, preconfigured. Like a bus or a train would do, but using 3 dimensions (height). Maybe in the future we would be able to have flying vehicles that can talk to each other so efficiently that collisions would be almost no existent, but until then, the risk is just too high.
There is the issue with noise. Imagine thousands of these in a small area. People would go deaf or insane.
Except it isn't allowed to fly over urban areas, as you can hear at 3:10. So not exactly designed for the city. Definitly needs to be autonomous though.
curnath but that's because of legislation. The technology is all here ready to go, we're just waiting on the government to let us advance
That being said, if there are no city flying regulations, someone could easily fly this into a building or crowd of people in a massacre attempt. We must remember that the values of life and morals are diminishing
To many regulations that overcome with corrupt politicians stopping innovation
This technology would not take over wheel based cars just help get people to work ,shopping, day's out . Great idea would like to see this idea world wide 🤔 rule do need updated 🎯
Richard Rude: For very good reason, it doesnt take a corrupt politician to see that a bunch of flying cars zippin around up in the sky is a very bad idea, safety wise
Would sell graitlly
This would sell by the thousands anywhere on the rest of planet
@Dutchmen I am 150% positive, that people said the same thing about automobiles from their horse-drawn buggies.
You either adapt with the times, or become consumed by it.
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They haven't said anything ever since
Great. Now the drunk's will crash into me at my cabin in the woods.
exactly
Why you think there is so many u.f.o. crashes
They'll have to invent a new charge... Drink Flying... FUI - Flying Under the Influence.
I can never see these coming to the UK unless our government can find a way to tax them like they do with our cars.
No infrastructure exists to support the use of these as a functional source of transportation for most people. This will be a hobby for people with enough money just as ultralights already are. Nonetheless it’s a great step forward.
Electric cars can park in a standard parking space. Can’t really whip out the ol’ Blackfly and take a trip to Walmart to grab a gallon of milk.
Did you see how much space it needed to take off? If could fly right out of a parking spot!
Yes it *could* take off from a parking lot. And so could other helicopters. You would need permission from the property owner to *legally* land it. Then you should consider any potential hazards. Light posts, small debris on the ground that could blow into other peoples property and cause damage and also the weather conditions. All the laws regarding ultralight helicopters apply to this vehicle. I wish it were different though to give it a little more freedom.
Are you aware that an ultralight can be bought for the price of a used car.
that's not a problem at all. you seem to underestimate the influence of money and the power of resources. the only problem with this would be safety issues because people who can afford useless toys and useless gadgets, luxurious transportation or just being "above others" (in this case literally) value their lifes way to much to take any sort of risk. as far as functionality goes, do you really think these people have the same daily routine as you? no. they only go to fancy places. shopping at fancy places, eating at fancy places, sleeping at fancy places. and these kind of places can provide fancy parking spaces for air-vehicles. it wouldn't be a problem. if it becomes a thing then every fancy place will have parking spaces for them, because you want to attract those fancy customers if you're a fancy company/shop/hotel w/e.
Imagine how many smart people would try to make technology change society. I respect scientist's talent.
Imagine the noise when your neighbor starts this up
It's not as loud as most motorcycles.
Your right, there will be too many complaints. That is why it won't scale. Elon has already thought about this and doing the boring tunnel. It's fun, but there are other FUN stuff to do. It will have to be a remote location just to have fun and will cost a lot.
Bet a lot of people thought they saw a UFO when they were testing this lol
This idea is never going to "fly".
that was bad and you should be ashamed of yourself
The major problem is the very limited flight time. BTW it uses motors not engines.
You can thank the RC community for the flight controller technology use in the computer for this type of aircraft.
3:37 from 1988 to 2018 if you do the math it is 3 decades not 2
Now all the flat earthers can marvel at the place where we live
This thing won't get high enough to see the curvature of the earth.
Wow its only been 2 decades sense 1988?!?! Wow i could be a news persona, standards seem to be well bellow what i got to offer!!
If you do the math
I can see it working in niche circumstances. Insurance companies, regulatory bodies, private companies (who wants flying boulders near their building) will say no for a very long time.
imagine hundreds of thousands of these over your head with the type of noise pollution of 0:55 , that alone is why its not gonna happen.
wow this is amazing. I wonder what will be the air traffic rules for these
“It’s not a decade, it’s 20 years” cringe...
myk hence the cringe, Gold star bud.
She can't even do basic math!!!
Is this clip from 2008...how is it 2 decades?
renegadepb263 it won't matter in overseas or another country that got Lacs regulation only in the United States we get Nanny to death about a f****** drone which is nothing but a toy helicopter
Looked for this comment! Lol
Its been 30yrs
I just want their motors to be for sale, the market needs more small high power electric motors for a multitude of reasons, one of which being electric motorcycles.
There is no mass production for thses motors. They are expensive and made specific to a cause.
We been waiting for 100 years to fly cars, and all you care about is a motorcycle buwahahaha
Lol I love my cycle too, I dont blame you. Im kinda worried about an eletric motor, on a motorcycle, being so close to my bait and tackle though...
Waking up in the middle of the night to the sound of a flying car dropping through your roof.
It's a cool idea (obviously more than that), but I just imagine it's 2:00 AM and a "car" crashes into my ROOF!! Got to be some FLYING ZONES.
Looks more like a flying boat than car.
It does not float
Insurance and liability will stop it early.
Like they said, it's not a "flying car".
yep, looks kind of stupid to me, great concept though
It does look stupid for someone who expects a jet/airplane, but thats how physics work mate. They didnt intend it to look like that, its just how the laws of physics allow it to work on affordable costs.
Pilot: Takes 2 years to get license
Marcus Leng: Im going to end this man's entire carrer
1920:flying cars
2019:cars flying
Bad car drivers,
now horrible pilots.
And then you gonna say:
1900s: FLYING CARS IN 2018
2018: *MEMES*
1960: I bet we'll have flying cars in the future!
2018: finally flying cars
It´s not really a flying car if it doesn´t do car-things.. Such as, you know... Drive.
It´s still a cool looking small personal aircraft, but it ain´t no flying car.
Exactly. It's just an ultralight with electric motors. Unless it can convert to a car, it's an airplane.
Getting rid of having a landing gear simplified it a bit, good move!
zapfanzapfan that was pretty cool/smart though, right!?
flying car is a misleading clickbait title
Cryptomined -agreed. No driving capability whatsoever, therefore, clearly a"lite-aircraft" 🙄
Therefore, clearly click-bait title
And it's not practical, 25min? Giant drone, nothing more, it could be something you rent to have fun for 25 min.
Semantics
A drone you can RIDE. That's pretty rad.
What did you expect?
1980: "In 2018 we'll have flying cars"
2018:
Not a flying car. Also flying cars are stupid.
Khal Drogo Why?
"Is mayonnaise a gender?"
@@sheriffaboubakar9720 Perhaps in order for aerial vehicles flown by people without a license to not crash into each other, maybe magnetic fields can be harnessed to repel other aerial vehicles. There's always a way.
also flying submarines!
'Payload of 200 pounds' yup, perfect for USA lol
dangerriff 😹😹😹
They could always just make a stronger model to fat tax all you pillsbury dough boys
The range is the issue. 25 miles turnes it into an expesive toy. We don't have batteries powerful enough.
We have it :) they are just super expensive.
@@bulgarianadventures no they are super heavy 😂 not expensive
Yep.. and people talk range anxiety when discussing electric cars. Now consider that you will be 3,000 feet above the ground. That turns into range fright.
Make it one mile maximum, and I am still buying it, if possible.
Imagine putting women in these things!!!!!!!!! CARNAGE.
Hugh Mungus
*9/11 flashbacks*
naming atang what?
yes people trolling online is obviously worse than cars flying into buildings
Hugh Mungus I was thinking more like...Mile High😎
Keep fighting the good fight hugh
Atc is gonna blow their brains out when these become the norm.
We had a workable personal flying vehicle in the 50's. It is called a gyrocopter. It is stable, and hard to crash. Then the FAA took a look at the idea of thousands of amateurs making their own flight plans over populated areas, possibly crashing, or crashing into commercial aviation, and banned the vehicle for more than hobby use. Those rules have been in place since then, which is why personal flying vehicles have not emerged.
This type of vehicle will never be used in civilian life for personal travel... not to say that it can't have it's uses. Could be useful for ranchers, farmers, or those who have a lot of land to navigate.
What happens with a broken prop or engine outage? It doesn’t appear at all to have gliding properties. I think I’ll stick with paramotors for now. Safer, engine out no problem, cheap on fuel, cheaper to own and, you can fly for hours at a time if you’re so inclined, you can land practically anywhere, and the same FAR 103 regulations apply. Even with an ultralight glider you can still touch down with an engine out although your landing options are more limited. Yes a paramotor requires training and certain weather conditions, and although I’ve never flown one of these I can almost guarantee a paramotor is a lot more fun. Eventually this could be practical with advanced AI, automated traffic avoidance, flexible charging options, higher run time, and some engine outage or prop damage recovery, but I think it has a way to go. Definitely a closer step to flying personal vehicles en masse though, certainly cool.
Single engine failures are already handled by multi rotor drones with 6 or more propellers. They shut down a symmetrically opposed propeller to the one that failed and proceed to emergency landing with the remaining working engines in a nearest clear spot. Sure all expected emergency procedures require to be programmed in computer, and having redundant flight computers, and >33% reserve power, but such complications are all obtainable. This particular boat-shaped design allows even horizontal flight landing on a nearby lake or river. By having wings, they already maintain horizontal flight with reduced power. And keep in mind that beyond redundancy these engines are mechanically very simple, just a fixed stator, a magnet rotor with a couple bearings - without gears, fuel lines, gaskets, piston rings, carburetors, timing belts, spark plugs, injectors nor cooling fluid/radiators that each may fail in many ways in normal gas engines.
This is going to make Paul Moller go crazy.
We should take note and take some Q's
all we need is a bigger version of this and then at least 4 seats with autopilot
Paramotors are probably the cheapest way of flying, plus they aren't instantly fatal if the engine dies.
In fact turning the engine off during flight is standard procedure for landing. The only drawback is paramotors are not idiot proof.
I would fly it... :)
Your the one making rent go high supporting these non Silicon Valley citizens
If it doesn’t have wheels, it’s not a car
Jonas Karlsson I didn’t say it did, I said that because you cannot drive it on the road like a car, it shouldn’t be called one
Jonas Karlsson chill out a car has wheels ok? If it doesn’t it’s a plane/helicopter/drone. Or just make up a name, I’m not gonna argue with you
Jonas Karlsson listen if no one agrees with you then you must be wrong
Jonas Karlsson it will be used as a plane in the air. I’m not gonna argue with you
Jonas Karlsson look up the definition disabled kid, it’s a ROAD vehicle which typically has four WHEELS. It IS a road vehicle not an air vehicle
So basically it's an electric powered VTOL aircraft?
flying cars?nah...i want them to invent teleportation device
I have a feeling there are some flaws with safety. If those blades and engines are so powerful, if anything hits the spinning blades will it explode the blade like shrapnel? Can the blades stop instantly if they hit flesh like those new table saws? Though, I'd like to fly one.
they could fit grills around it so you couldnt touch the blades.
Jonathan Ryals no, there's no real way to do that with a propellor. What you could do is mount a big cage around the prop and instead bump into your flying pedestrians. No more worries.
25 mile range? Great. Under current rules you can fly from the middle of nowhere to 25 miles further into the middle of nowhere where there's no charging station.
Wonderful government regulations, always ahead of the game. Haha
You're right. Let's scrap this dumb idea and stick with roads
Eric Sade "Where we are going, we dont need roads" Marty we gotta get back to 1985.
If this ever takes off (pun not intended lol) I bet Tesla would be able to handle the battery part.
Ya how will we ever charge up these new fangled machines electricity you say? If only we had a power grid all around our country so we could charge them...hmmm OH WAIT!
All while our military reverse engineered ufos back in the freakin day lol
It's very cool. I think it's interesting how it tilts itself rather than having mechanical tiltrotor or tiltwing systems. Also, it's very interesting to see a 103 VTOL.
My prediction: you'll never see 'em. Considering how badly people drive on the ground, do you really want 'em buzzing over your house? And, the reason such things are now possible is because of computers? Oh, wonderful. Anyone who's ever had a "black box" or a computer chip suddenly fail on their ground vehicle (car, motorcycle, or scooter) will see the drawback to that, right away. And "affordable" depends on your tax bracket, I guess. Most of us can barely afford a beat-up used car these days.
the problem with your theory is the following. in germany noone drives (newer) american muscle cars or german performance cars either, yet they are still being built. noone drives ferraris, aston martins and such yet their shops in this country will never close. that's because there's a part of society (not more than 10%) who can afford this stuff, and an even smaller part (
so the only REAL problem with this is that people who can afford toys or transportation like this value their lifes a lot and are not willing to take risks because they can't take their money with them when they die so they rather burn it or waste as much of it as possible than to make ("earn") it without enjoying to spend it carelessly, and they certainly have no intentions to share it with others except their friends and family.
Oh, they may build a few for the super-rich, but I still wouldn't want them flying around over my house -- for the reasons mentioned.
This is the one and only reason needed right here , not because computers will fail but if anyone has been near a helicopter or even a drone, imaginea drone big enough to carry a 200lb person, quiet mode will require sound dampinging headphones, and the down force....pfft, blow your weave back. We will see em though, there will be flying cars. People are dumb and selfish, so the attention they get from this thing, even though it'll be negative to the ones around, its still attention.
I like it, the oil lobby needs to diminish in importance, they have a stranglehold on nations.
Please share your wealth and secrets with me. I need a chance.
They've got nothing on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Damn right!
1980: "I bet there will be flying cars in the future
2018:
I just want a quadcopter style hover bike.
I was just thinking the same thing. Motorcycles have the 5 gallon tank for gas regulation, and decent electric versions already. A flying bike could probably move thru federal oversight faster than this concept.
I can't tell if you guys are nonchalantly talking about the Dubai hoverbike or don't know they already exist
No, in the U.S. and for people, all respect due to the cops in Dubai.
Collin Furze has got you covered
his version is too bulky, he needs to redesign it like this one
price of an suv..so dacia duster or bentley bentayga ?
Why would you need flying cars when there are helicopters and harriers
3:40
She says one decade, then she says 1988, then she says two decades, then she asks "How far have we come?". Well, I guess probably around three decades!!! Lol.
She can't count. It's 3 decades back.
Due to telephone lines this will be regulated to air fields or country homes.
Rubbish what about gliders ? They fly all the time and land in fields .
How high are the telephone lines where you live?
As a glider pilot I have never landed in a field (I have 150 hours of flying time) and know over 50 glider pilots and they have never landed in a filed either, but yes they do if they are in a contest, but you are trained to pick a place to land that won't cause damage or injury. Also a 2 place glider only weighs about 850 lbs and lands at about 25 to 30 miles per hour and in a distance of about 300 feet.
Telephone lines are buried were I live. Power poles that telephone companies used to pay to install there lines might be a problem.
The problem is more than telephone (power) lines . Under FAA rules you can land on your own property if you have enough land if you have enough room....BUT only on occasion, if you want land on a regular basis you need to have authorization from the FAA.
You wouldn't want your neighbour to have a flying car.
As a pilot I fully support STOL and VTOL aircraft designs like the one in the video. It is freaking awesome!
But also as a pilot...I HATE the idea of 'flying cars'. The thought of aviation being offered to everyone and lowering the required training to fly is terrifying. It is pointless and most of all dangerous. On one hand, if everyone needs a pilot's license to fly one, it negates the need for it to be a "car". On the other hand, the dream of people who design and want flying cars is a future where highways are lanes in the sky over lapping each other. The problem is, we are not close enough to making cars drive themselves safely. And I don't trust busy people or drunks or texting teens to fly unless they either have full pilot training (and thus won't be a hazard) or they travel in fully automated craft. It is just too dangerous to give flight to everybody.