Roadable, Vertical-Takeoff Aircraft Is Eager To Hit the Battlefield 87
Zothecula writes "When someone mentions flying cars, it conjures up images of a sporty little number that takes to the air like something out of the Jetsons. But what about one that's a cross between a 4x4, an octocopter, and a blackhawk helicopter? That's what Advanced Tactics of El Segundo, California is seeing with its ambitions to produce a roadable VTOL aircraft capable of unmanned autonomous operations as a more flexible way to recover casualties, move supplies, and support special forces."
Re:And here's your flying car. (Score:3, Informative)
Re:A terrible idea. (Score:4, Informative)
>And since when is "roadable" a word? It always comes off as a pathetic attempt to legitimize a concept; the idea that something is so new and so awesome they had to make up a new term.
The early 1920's.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/roadable [reference.com]