Flying Car Makes Successful Maiden Flight 249
MistrX writes "The Dutch company PAL-V completed its first series of test flights with its flying car, the PAL-V One, successfully. The PAL-V One flies like a gyrocopter, with a minimal runway length of 165 meters, and drives around like a trike on the road. Furthermore it offers 2 passengers a maximum speed of 180km/h both on land and in the air. The company aims with the PAL-V One at usage within the United States, China, the United Kingdom, Germany and France, because private flying is more commonplace."
Video (Score:5, Informative)
As the linked article is basically a wall of text, here's the website which has a video of the maiden flight on the front page:
http://pal-v.com/
Re:Not a flying car (Score:5, Informative)
You are correct - and it's not a car. It's a two seater trike.
Re:Not a flying car (Score:3, Informative)
No quick getaways (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Not a flying car (Score:5, Informative)
In all of science fiction flying cars have flown directly from the starting point to destination with no driving to or from airports in between (except some Asimov works where the world is apparently littered with runways). So to follow that definition, this is not a "flying car."
Re:MPG? (Score:3, Informative)
MPG?
38 mpg on the road, 21 mpg in the air (calculated). I pulled stats from the chart here: googleusercontent.com [googleusercontent.com]
But, according to the newer page here: pal-v.com [pal-v.com], we have 28 mpg on the ground and about 12 mpg in the air (calculated).
Um, subby.... (Score:5, Informative)
How about a link to their website instead of a dumbass yahoo article without even a photo of the thing?
http://pal-v.com/ [pal-v.com]
Re:Not a flying car (Score:5, Informative)