well traveling through commercial airlines is a lot safer my guess is because there are less planes than cars but if these go out in mass production then i guess your statement would be correct
the real risk of driving a car comes from other commuters and their lack of safety or attention to the road. eliminating the other commuters from the situation leaves little to go wrong, and this is why flying would be safer than driving a car. this, of course, is going without saying that the flying technology has to be safe as well.
@I'm into Fitness The stupid thing is, they'll not make sales by marketing it as a "flying car". Sure, that's what attracts funding for the startup from the likes of Google as mentioned in the broadcast, but nobody will buy a flying car when the project is complete and R&D costs need paying back. If they'd just call it a high performance/STOL electric ultralight (which it is) they'd make sales, as there's a surprisingly big market for experimental aircraft like this. It's already been proven in hanggliding and paramotoring that electric is the way to go if you want lightweight, low maintenance flight. This would be extremely appealing to the ultralight kit plane market at the correct price, but they are probably ruining their chances with their most likely customers by trying to sell a flying car, as opposed to what it actually is - an ultralight.
especially people late for work.. holly shit... Someone flew up on me, pass me and 4 others on the shoulder of the road when no cars were oncoming, then crashed 5 miles down the road behind a guard rail... fucking moron deserved it and every ticket for driving like a complete maniac.
The only way this will go mainstream is to make them completely autonomous, build an "air highway" system, and make them very quiet. The sound pollution from thousands of these in each city won't go over well.
As a pilot I can tell you that this is BS. The vast majority of people would in all probability be unable to ever use this as they live in urban centres where the obstacle clearance criterion for a flying machine would not be met. And apart from regulations, an electric / engine failure at any significant altitude would result in instant death since that thing doesn’t have the aerodynamic characteristics to glide to safety (found on all certified aeroplanes). Oh and there are kit built aircraft you can buy today at half the price of an SUV.
Armando Silvier id rather chose safety over awe and wonder, I’m afraid. While excessive government regulation can be frustrating, you seem to be missing the point. If a car engine fails, you pull over on the side of the road and call for help. If an a/c engine fails, you have to glide to a safe landing spot. An a/c which cannot glide crashes, with disastrous results. The ability to glide for the a/c shown seems highly suspect and they’d need to remedy that before somebody like myself who flies planes for a living gets enthusiastic about this.
I want to explain why this wont be possible in my opinion, firstly we do NOT have enough lithium to make enough batteries to make enough crafts for everyone in the world (not even for a billion people), it will have to use an engine, and without any math i can say thats impossible because a drone like that with an engine is essentialy a small helicopter which exist for a long time now and i wonder why everyone arent flying them, oh yeah cuz they burn 100* more fuel than a car, expencive, loud, hard t ocontrol, need a landing pad. This idea is retarded.
So many experts on here :) first of all a few things to clarify: The Trax said: The vast majority of people would in all probability be unable to ever use this as they live in urban centres where the obstacle clearance criterion for a flying machine would not be met. /// Correct, in congested areas (1000 feet vertical, 2000 feet horizontal from any person or obstacle, non congested is 500 vertical and 2000 horizontal and anywhere other 500 feet bubble all the way around. And apart from regulations, an electric / engine failure at any significant altitude would result in instant death since that thing doesn’t have the aerodynamic characteristics to glide to safety (found on all certified aeroplanes). ///mmm you are mentioning 2 things here, propulsion has nothing to do with glide slope. The design of this aircraft is very problematic as it does not have a vertical stabilizer (rudder) so it would need Elevons (elevator and aileron ) control plus power to fly SAFELY. This craft is considered an ultra light, it can fly but there are several restrictions.
@Armando Silvier Once you become a pilot of any category of Ballon, Glider, Air ship, air craft or rotorcraft you will undoubtedly become humble and realize safety is key, A good pilot is always looking for a place to land, has situational awareness, the safety of him/her and crew is right there, so tho this is cool, not practical in these conditions, we want more safety measures in place.
Electric motors are very reliable though, they are so simple in design. Battery tech for lithium is getting better soon to be no more exploding battery, once you get the software down the safety will be there. Obviously will not work in any urban centres unless you are rich and have a private helipad, and really at that point you probably would have a private pilot and a helicopter lol.
its basically a drone with a cockpit. ive seen this coming for a decade now. cant wait for the technology to become more affordable so we can all crash an burn.
you know what they call a drone with a cockpit? A Helicopter. its a cheap small helicopter which is designed with zero buttons in the cockpit, cause computers will assist you in the background. and can only be 20 minutes in the air
Impossible to make ANYTHING idiot proof, redundant rotors and an automatic landing and shut down protocol would take care of emergency landing capability, it has computer capable of autonomous landing already. But no passenger aircraft has a parachute does it?
@@Kaiyats Helicopter is in fact the simplest and cheapest construction possible. One large rotor(and a stabilizer tail fan), or a double rotor. I don't think it is possible to improve that unless anti gravity is discovered ;-)
"And we have been experiencing a new record rainfall of 5 days in row, grounding all flying cars resorting in people not able to fly to work and things are moving slowly. Back to you Tom!"
I have enjoyed reading some of the comments here talking about how this is impractical, it doesn't fly very far, it cant drive on the road(LOL). Lets all reflect on the time people told the Wright brothers that a plane was stupid and would not work. I could just imagine peoples faces when someone said they were going to build a metal box that contains explosions and connect it to wheels so that people can move around faster; look at our world now. lets not forget all the people who said wireless communication was impossible. now everybody has a mobile computer camera phone in their pocket. Also to all the people who say they are not going to be buying one of these; guess what? It was never meant for you. I can agree that there will be only a handful of applications for this vehicle in the beginning. However, if you think that the technology and applications wont increase over the next 10 years you are playing yourself.
Consumer flying cars are vastly more complicated than motorized vehicles, smart phones or even airliners. The technology is likely feasible. BUT, The FAA or any aviation authority is not going to let millions of people fly wherever they feel like in the airspace. The only way "flying cars" will become mainstream and legal is through: 1) Automation. Strict adherence to predetermined routes or "flyways" hard coded into the craft. No manual control allowed without a pilots license and flight plan. No matter how easy it is to fly people will still crash into things. (you may be thinking that ultralight aircraft don't need a license, wait until more than handful of people start flying these, that'll change) 2) Proven technology and safety standards. Can you say redundant systems? There WILL be mechanical failures, no tech is perfect. Every failure could be disastrous. Consumers will not buy these unless there are a hundred different ways to prevent them falling out of the sky. These two steps (and probably more) will need to be achieved before mainstream adoption is to occur, until then they will just be a toy for the adventurous. I'd say it's much more than 10 years away.
LuuShus Comparing this to the wright brothers is not the same thing, not even close... The comments never said anything about 50 to 100 years from now, they are talking about now because NOW is the topic. You are twisting comments so you can argue about what people typed and yet you argue about things that has nothing to do with this vid and or comments.
I get what your saying, but this really is impractical. We already have the practical version of this. It is called a helicopter. This being used as a flying car is impractical, the noise it would cause is ridiculous, the wind power, and i know he says its easy to fly but safety concerns for the everyday person too get one and fly is very high risk.
OK , let's be honest here , this is going to be just another commercial failure. With that being said , those motors produce ridiculous amount of torque. They should sell them to Dewalt or Milwakuee , so they can finally put out a decent battery powered tool.
Karlo Moharić I love how they say it will be available 2019! Lol. These will never go in production. As long as there are gas and oil companies, it’s not happening. Also, it would take years to adapt our surrounding roadways and environment (phone lines etc) to be safe for these. Don’t get me wrong, we have the technology to do it.. it’s possible! But big businesses won’t let it.
Karlo Moharić sure. But remember what they said about the internet. It would not succeed. Or any other new invention for that matter... This new tech may suck. But it will build the road or should I say sky for future and much better technology... remember you crawl before you can walk.
You have an EXCELLENT idea. They should make a heavy duty one for fire department to rescue people on the 100th floor. Think 9/11. Some of those people could have been saved. Police could use this to zip to crimes or paramedics.
Price of an SUV that you can't fly on a windy day, or at night, or over anything but a field or water. Never near an airport. 25 mile range, with the wind.
Once we get high duration, high output batteries figured out (likely using graphene and nitrogen-doped graphene allotropes, we'll have the power supply to go 3x as far. Can't wait!!
But have there ever been so many billionaires and companies actively funding and racing to be first. I doubt it before it was all renderings and animations. Now we have working prototypes. You cant just put a bunch of imperfect humans that crash on land driving cars enough as it is in flying vehicles.
As a former Navy Jet Mechanic, I have to say. Shit the bed, this is cool as grits. I want one. As I watched this, I was thinking of tec that could keep this little bird in the air. We had a devise on our A7-E, Corsair Two's called an EPP, Emergency Power Pack. When the engine would go out, there was no electrical power. So this panel would drop open on the side of the aircraft and the air moving over the air frame would turn the propeller on this EPP which in turn, turned a generator, which created electrical power which allowed the pilot to restart the aircraft. Or perhaps solar cells over exposed areas of the craft. I believe some are light weight and if you could find some that at least produce just a smidge over what these motors need, you'd have enough to keep a battery charged. I'm just spit balling here. This is some very exciting stuff. Very Jetson's.
@Armando Silvier It doesn't have to completely die, it just has to have the voltage drop enough to cause failure. Even if you had software to prevent that or give lots of warning a lot of people are stupid. Look at how many warnings there are on cars and people still ignore all the flashing lights.
@Armando Silvier Nobody worries about the engine suddenly stopping in regular cars because if it does you just pull over to the side of the road. Regular cars do break down, no doubt they have gotten much more reliable but breakdowns still do occur. The big difference is a breakdown when you are on the road is different that a breakdown when you are flying over someones house or something.
@@Subjagator If you had ever lost power on the highway you would never refer to dealing with that as "Just pulling over." Try to merge on a busy highway without acceleration.
that's what they've said: that everyone who tried this project before failed because of the lack of computer science. Everyone here says: "people can barely drive, don't let them fly!" well, I think what they tell us in the clip is that the computer will do most of the physics calculations to keep you in the air, the raw flying force you need to understand when flying WW2 planes is now being understood and worked out by the computers, so probably even if you are about to ram something/someone, the machines will have some sensors that will keep everyone safe, it has a button for landing, it won't be too hard to learn to fly. After witnessing such a fast evolution of our race, if would be odd to say that we won't be able to integrate "flying" among daily actions, especially because we acknowledge the impact this new means of transportation could have on our evolution.
Trohan there are many new technologies just on the horizon of being commercially available solid state batteries (up to three times battery life for the same form factor), graphene superconductors and all sorts of other compounds. It is one of the most interesting fields of technological development currently because of the high rate of innovation and huge potential it brings. What makes me assume all of this is that I’m not an uneducated and pretentious 6 year old.
How come in the whole video with it flying, there is no audio from the aircraft? Oh ya, because the motors are super loud as they showed earlier in the tests., so imagine a world with thousands of these zipping around. You could not have these zipping around anywhere near any neighborhood, even high up they would make a lot of noise
I could see these being approved to fly over water or in semi rural areas. but not cities, at least for a while. if you live on an island and work in a field it's a great way to commute.
Theyd have to be autonomous, have a structural based safety system like gliding when things go wrong, and their batteries would have to come from future technology to be mass produced due to lithium ion density constraints and resource constraints
Yea no license needed lol. Its just a magic button learn it in 5 minutes lol. Engine dyes in the air your death meat . I rather continue standing on the side of the road when my engine fails
2nd engine like in some helicopters. But I still agree, this is not going to happen for a while, if at all. Cars are just much easier and more economical to be replaced by something like this.
A lot of people here are talking about engine failures. First, this thing doesn't have engines. It has eight electric motors. If one of the motors fails, the control scheme should be able to be adjusted for limited continued flight followed by a safe descent.
Oh i forgot to mention in my below posts about inclement or severe weather? How do these things perform in severe wind gusts? what about wind shear phenomenon and worse still microbursts? Pilots are trained to fly so as to avoid severe weather conditions and if on the fringe of them - how to handle them. People WILL eventually find themselves in these nightmare conditions or may not realise they are heading into it. Could you imagine the terror for the average Jo if he were in one of these severe conditions?
Actually its an H-configuration Octocopter with airfoils and control surfaces. Basically if an airplane and a drone spawned offspring, this would be the little abomination it produced.
It should be easy to rob a bank cause I’m sure cops are going to buy them or require the department to have them but not before people rob banks run out and fly away 😂 y’all know I’m right
WicKked WiazZard dont fool me they are connected to satellites (at least gps) and can be tracked down and greeted by police when their battery runs out
WicKked WiazZard Lol you know me so well but shit the police aren't gonna bond my cousin out. And they enjoy putting adults who engage in mutual transaction only involving those 2 in jail for no reason other than "to protect them" which is another way of saying we don't want you making money in ways we can't tax
Wake up call, this will never happen for the mass population. People are just to lame. Crashes would be everywhere ! As a weekend sport possibly.. Besides they say secret? What secret, it's just simple props, motors, and flight controllers.
It a toy. Just like speedboat and other ride that you not used often. Pretty sure best is some kind of ride you can ferry or have someone take u out for holiday ride.
@@hrxmotive8311 - No different than RC multirotors just scaled up In fact larger aircraft of any kind always offer more stability the flight controller has an easier time
For everyone saying oh no people are gonna die, people are already dying in car accidents every day. This would most likely be autonomous, like an uber without a driver.
This would be illegal because I can’t feel comfortable in a gathering and these stuffs fly above my head back and forth, imagine when someone’s flying car breaks down just the way regular cars do, it would crash on my God damn head .🤣🤣🤣🤣 This won’t fit in folks.
Everybody’s dissing this, but I see it’s potential. You definitely won’t be able to fly it in 5 minutes, but it might be no more than what it takes to drive a car.
Beautiful and brilliant, an elegant solution to the prospect of oil and gas dependency for millions. Has anyone thought about what the oil and gas industry will do to scuttle such efforts to create a cleaner planet ? Of course not !!!
25mile range but still quite impressive, If these become as popular as cars unless authorised most would have to be only rideable above certain motorways or along safe coastlines routes below 250ft & anywhere below normal heights on land with owners authorisation,also drunk driving in these the penalties would have to be higher& no self driving by your home-heavily populated areas unless on autopilot.
How come this thing never went up for sake? We are stuck with our 140 year old technology and the government has anti gravity machines and earth magnet free power in Las Vegas casinos and we are stuck paying for ours
Reporters always fail to ask the brass tacks q's. What happens when it runs out of charge? Or if combustion runs out of fuel? Collision avoidance with other planes, and ground objects? Flying in Fog, Rain, Clouds or worse still at night- this is known as IMC-instrument meteorological conditions for which you need a instrument rating. A road car will just pull over. A plane will crash. Even if it has low fuel level rectification it still has to land somewhere. Could you imagine being critically low on battery and having nothing but poor choices below you- highways, power lines (which are almost invisible ).
Before people jump to conclusions that its not safe. Remember if you were to go back in time when the automobile wasn't around and you told people that were on horses that there would be 2 ton metal objects zooming people around at speeds that could exceed 100 mph and the only thing separating them from running into each other was a painted line on the ground, they would have said humanity cant handle that.
Never mind the fact that in order to operate one you need a commercial pilot licence, or operation over city/residential requires regular permission and permits not to mention a minimum of 10-20 million dollars payout worth of public liability insurance. Cheapest part of the exercise is the actual cost of the vehicle and running costs plus maintenance. Oh, and qualified safety checks. Oh, and regular updates back and forth between air traffic control and government agencies, rules and regulations. Hell, I could go on all day. I'd rather ride a bike.
Yeh this is exactly what we need in this world. As much as I’d want one and think it’d be really cool. History has shown most people don’t need one lol
If there a emergency ejector and inflatable bubble for crashed flight it be good for people but in the meantime I would only use it to Patrol the landscape
It looks like a lot of fun...however...I find it a little suspicious when there is no motor noise, and just the sound of BGM in their video. I think this must have a very high powered buzzing noise, like drones multiplied by 10. It would be a little invasive, although a lot of fun for the passengers, for many of these cars to be flying above head.
it would be cool if you could go over the Atlantic in the morning, Charge it for a few hours and then just press the home button later that day. Wake me up when we're there!
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Flying cars? People can barely drive regular cars.
ya but flying is safer
@@j.m1807 how so?
well traveling through commercial airlines is a lot safer my guess is because there are less planes than cars but if these go out in mass production then i guess your statement would be correct
the real risk of driving a car comes from other commuters and their lack of safety or attention to the road. eliminating the other commuters from the situation leaves little to go wrong, and this is why flying would be safer than driving a car. this, of course, is going without saying that the flying technology has to be safe as well.
Do you know how many hours of flight training and flight time commercial airline pilots receive before being allowed to fly.
Can anyone tell me how its called flying car ! Its electric plane
Car just means carriage, to carry something or someone
@I'm into Fitness The stupid thing is, they'll not make sales by marketing it as a "flying car". Sure, that's what attracts funding for the startup from the likes of Google as mentioned in the broadcast, but nobody will buy a flying car when the project is complete and R&D costs need paying back. If they'd just call it a high performance/STOL electric ultralight (which it is) they'd make sales, as there's a surprisingly big market for experimental aircraft like this. It's already been proven in hanggliding and paramotoring that electric is the way to go if you want lightweight, low maintenance flight. This would be extremely appealing to the ultralight kit plane market at the correct price, but they are probably ruining their chances with their most likely customers by trying to sell a flying car, as opposed to what it actually is - an ultralight.
Its a drone
@@earthwalker007 so ships are cars too?
It's not a plane
People can hardly drive, just imagine if they started flying. LOL
electronicsNmore Accidents in 3 dimensions
😂😂😂
especially people late for work.. holly shit... Someone flew up on me, pass me and 4 others on the shoulder of the road when no cars were oncoming, then crashed 5 miles down the road behind a guard rail...
fucking moron deserved it and every ticket for driving like a complete maniac.
Probably safer than these traffic infested death traps..
Computers.
Nothing like having someone drop in threw your roof.
Morning neighbor!
In order to not need pilot licensee you can not fly very high. Ultralight also not allow in urban area. So what the point of this thing?
The only way this will go mainstream is to make them completely autonomous, build an "air highway" system, and make them very quiet. The sound pollution from thousands of these in each city won't go over well.
And what will the insurance cost?... if you can even get any.
@@FightCollective 2 dolla
Good luck making it quiet.
That thing is moving a LOT of wind.
There is one from a different company that makes the same amount of noise as an electric car.
Gee, normal car right next to me or somewhat louder flying car 200 feet away. Which would annoy me more.
Is there an aux cord?
Tyrone Mawela Sarcasm has not clearly caught up with you
It comes with an aux cord but the vehicle do not equip any aux port.
Tyrone Mawela If you think aux cords are obsolete you're a dumbass
G shit i dont want no flying car if i cant vibe in it
Anon 100 no
1960: I bet we will have flying cars in the future!
2019: Flying cars
**Is there a headphone jack?**
Haha sick iphone reference babe.
😂
no
why would you need a headphone jack as long as you have a gyroscopic cup holder and sippy cup lid for your coffee
Better yet, a cup holder?😏
As a pilot I can tell you that this is BS.
The vast majority of people would in all probability be unable to ever use this as they live in urban centres where the obstacle clearance criterion for a flying machine would not be met.
And apart from regulations, an electric / engine failure at any significant altitude would result in instant death since that thing doesn’t have the aerodynamic characteristics to glide to safety (found on all certified aeroplanes).
Oh and there are kit built aircraft you can buy today at half the price of an SUV.
Armando Silvier id rather chose safety over awe and wonder, I’m afraid. While excessive government regulation can be frustrating, you seem to be missing the point. If a car engine fails, you pull over on the side of the road and call for help. If an a/c engine fails, you have to glide to a safe landing spot. An a/c which cannot glide crashes, with disastrous results. The ability to glide for the a/c shown seems highly suspect and they’d need to remedy that before somebody like myself who flies planes for a living gets enthusiastic about this.
I want to explain why this wont be possible in my opinion, firstly we do NOT have enough lithium to make enough batteries to make enough crafts for everyone in the world (not even for a billion people), it will have to use an engine, and without any math i can say thats impossible because a drone like that with an engine is essentialy a small helicopter which exist for a long time now and i wonder why everyone arent flying them, oh yeah cuz they burn 100* more fuel than a car, expencive, loud, hard t ocontrol, need a landing pad. This idea is retarded.
So many experts on here :) first of all a few things to clarify:
The Trax said:
The vast majority of people would in all probability be unable to ever use this as they live in urban centres where the obstacle clearance criterion for a flying machine would not be met.
/// Correct, in congested areas (1000 feet vertical, 2000 feet horizontal from any person or obstacle, non congested is 500 vertical and 2000 horizontal and anywhere other 500 feet bubble all the way around.
And apart from regulations, an electric / engine failure at any significant altitude would result in instant death since that thing doesn’t have the aerodynamic characteristics to glide to safety (found on all certified aeroplanes). ///mmm you are mentioning 2 things here, propulsion has nothing to do with glide slope. The design of this aircraft is very problematic as it does not have a vertical stabilizer (rudder) so it would need Elevons (elevator and aileron ) control plus power to fly SAFELY.
This craft is considered an ultra light, it can fly but there are several restrictions.
@Armando Silvier Once you become a pilot of any category of Ballon, Glider, Air ship, air craft or rotorcraft you will undoubtedly become humble and realize safety is key, A good pilot is always looking for a place to land, has situational awareness, the safety of him/her and crew is right there, so tho this is cool, not practical in these conditions, we want more safety measures in place.
Electric motors are very reliable though, they are so simple in design. Battery tech for lithium is getting better soon to be no more exploding battery, once you get the software down the safety will be there. Obviously will not work in any urban centres unless you are rich and have a private helipad, and really at that point you probably would have a private pilot and a helicopter lol.
its basically a drone with a cockpit. ive seen this coming for a decade now. cant wait for the technology to become more affordable so we can all crash an burn.
Lol
you know what they call a drone with a cockpit? A Helicopter. its a cheap small helicopter which is designed with zero buttons in the cockpit, cause computers will assist you in the background. and can only be 20 minutes in the air
Traxxe s dumb
Traxxe s your dumb
The technical term is VTOL.
Small Parachute safety mechanism. Then I’m a buyer.
i think some kind of emergency propulsive boosters would be better, like on the spacex dragon. ua-cam.com/video/07Pm8ZY0XJI/v-deo.html
Don't need it with 8 separate motors and 8 separate battery packs, tell me how it could fail (besides pilot error).
Impossible to make ANYTHING idiot proof, redundant rotors and an automatic landing and shut down protocol would take care of emergency landing capability, it has computer capable of autonomous landing already.
But no passenger aircraft has a parachute does it?
Paul Schena just get a paramotor they are out now and 10k investment for everything brand new.
Paul Schena It doesn't go high enough for a parachute to be effective.
25 miles? well i can make it to wal-mart, but not back lol.
NPC exactly..
You live in a dead zone if walmart is more than 25 miles away.
My 2000$ evolve skateboard will beat that!
Wal-Mart is 30 miles from my house I'm screwed 😂
Well it is a prototype. I'm pretty sure they intend to give more range or make it easier to refuel.
Can't wait for my house to shake me awake every morning at 5am as my neighbors start up their flying rock concert 'cars' for their work commutes.
We have flying cars that are already widely used today. They're called helicopters.
VoiceOfMan And super expensive
@@Kaiyats Helicopter is in fact the simplest and cheapest construction possible. One large rotor(and a stabilizer tail fan), or a double rotor. I don't think it is possible to improve that unless anti gravity is discovered ;-)
Kain Weir you can get helicopters for less than $10k
They're not cars though.
VoiceOfMan have u ever been in a fucking helicopter
"And we have been experiencing a new record rainfall of 5 days in row, grounding all flying cars resorting in people not able to fly to work and things are moving slowly. Back to you Tom!"
I already see it happening DRINKING AND FLYNG
FUI
Shiiat getting my cup ready 🤣
Dan Ascencio How high can you fly drunk or stoned?
Already happening. Commercial aviation
DWF
I have enjoyed reading some of the comments here talking about how this is impractical, it doesn't fly very far, it cant drive on the road(LOL). Lets all reflect on the time people told the Wright brothers that a plane was stupid and would not work. I could just imagine peoples faces when someone said they were going to build a metal box that contains explosions and connect it to wheels so that people can move around faster; look at our world now. lets not forget all the people who said wireless communication was impossible. now everybody has a mobile computer camera phone in their pocket. Also to all the people who say they are not going to be buying one of these; guess what? It was never meant for you. I can agree that there will be only a handful of applications for this vehicle in the beginning. However, if you think that the technology and applications wont increase over the next 10 years you are playing yourself.
Consumer flying cars are vastly more complicated than motorized vehicles, smart phones or even airliners.
The technology is likely feasible. BUT, The FAA or any aviation authority is not going to let millions of people fly wherever they feel like in the airspace. The only way "flying cars" will become mainstream and legal is through:
1) Automation. Strict adherence to predetermined routes or "flyways" hard coded into the craft. No manual control allowed without a pilots license and flight plan. No matter how easy it is to fly people will still crash into things. (you may be thinking that ultralight aircraft don't need a license, wait until more than handful of people start flying these, that'll change)
2) Proven technology and safety standards. Can you say redundant systems? There WILL be mechanical failures, no tech is perfect. Every failure could be disastrous. Consumers will not buy these unless there are a hundred different ways to prevent them falling out of the sky.
These two steps (and probably more) will need to be achieved before mainstream adoption is to occur, until then they will just be a toy for the adventurous. I'd say it's much more than 10 years away.
LuuShus
Comparing this to the wright brothers is not the same thing, not even close... The comments never said anything about 50 to 100 years from now, they are talking about now because NOW is the topic. You are twisting comments so you can argue about what people typed and yet you argue about things that has nothing to do with this vid and or comments.
I agree the future is close
It has a lot to do with everything your just a dumbass lol
I get what your saying, but this really is impractical. We already have the practical version of this. It is called a helicopter. This being used as a flying car is impractical, the noise it would cause is ridiculous, the wind power, and i know he says its easy to fly but safety concerns for the everyday person too get one and fly is very high risk.
OK , let's be honest here , this is going to be just another commercial failure. With that being said , those motors produce ridiculous amount of torque. They should sell them to Dewalt or Milwakuee , so they can finally put out a decent battery powered tool.
Karlo Moharić haha nice
Karlo Moharić Yeah. I’m from Milwaukee btw
The place or company ?
Karlo Moharić I love how they say it will be available 2019! Lol. These will never go in production. As long as there are gas and oil companies, it’s not happening. Also, it would take years to adapt our surrounding roadways and environment (phone lines etc) to be safe for these. Don’t get me wrong, we have the technology to do it.. it’s possible! But big businesses won’t let it.
Karlo Moharić sure. But remember what they said about the internet. It would not succeed. Or any other new invention for that matter... This new tech may suck. But it will build the road or should I say sky for future and much better technology... remember you crawl before you can walk.
1970’s: We would have fly- Oh wait this joke does not work in this video
A 200 lb. payload? I'll have to get 2 of them!
At least one and a half
@Mykel Hardin lol lose weight to drive wow guess you really thought about it ..huh good job
@Mykel Hardin A lot of people would have to amputate to get under 200 lb.s.
Average american
I'm in damn good shape and I weight over 200.
Some people just aren't anorexic skinny vegans..
I'm waiting for the flying car traffic on the 100th floor in down town NY
agree and air advertisement Tokyo style
You have an EXCELLENT idea. They should make a heavy duty one for fire department to rescue people on the 100th floor. Think 9/11. Some of those people could have been saved. Police could use this to zip to crimes or paramedics.
Price of an SUV that you can't fly on a windy day, or at night, or over anything but a field or water. Never near an airport. 25 mile range, with the wind.
Mike M get a paramotor. Your welcome.
LMAO.... Yeah... do all the new Bullshit drones laws apply to this flying Death machine?
who cares. id be happy with that..its a good start tbh
@@TroubleMedia1 yepp takes new ways to get rid of people
Incoming!
Once we get high duration, high output batteries figured out (likely using graphene and nitrogen-doped graphene allotropes, we'll have the power supply to go 3x as far. Can't wait!!
Ya! put big batteries in it!
Add a small backup gas generator to Keep the batteries charged increase your flight distance. Add a parachute safety System. I’m in
I'm convinced! I have the means and I'm ready to fly. Can't wait!!!!....
1. Needs more range
2. More space
3. Need regulations
4. Need usability in the dark
It’s almost there
1. Helicopter and accompanying license and instrument rating to fly in poor visibility and at night. It already exists.
1:18 that's the most Epic! I'm Glad there's no Flying Wig on the Scene. 😂😂🤣🤣
I'm 54, been hearing this same shit 40 years or so, total bs!
Rick Watkins 😂😂😂
But have there ever been so many billionaires and companies actively funding and racing to be first. I doubt it before it was all renderings and animations. Now we have working prototypes. You cant just put a bunch of imperfect humans that crash on land driving cars enough as it is in flying vehicles.
Damn you’re old..
😂😂
Rick Watkins bloody agree.
Only problem is noise pollution. If they can make them about as noisy as the average car it's good.
Pollution and rich idiots$$$$$ greed is good idiots flying ...damn the End is near
People won't even notice the sound at it's flying altitude.
Omg am I the only one who thinks this is super cool? I want one ASAP
Lo Sweet Nope I can't believe this !! 😮
Nope. I WANT ONE TOO!!!!!! OMG 🛸🛸
For a second I thought you were the only one.
Nope,I think its great!
Lo Sweet Oh hell yeah
As a former Navy Jet Mechanic, I have to say. Shit the bed, this is cool as grits. I want one. As I watched this, I was thinking of tec that could keep this little bird in the air. We had a devise on our A7-E, Corsair Two's called an EPP, Emergency Power Pack. When the engine would go out, there was no electrical power. So this panel would drop open on the side of the aircraft and the air moving over the air frame would turn the propeller on this EPP which in turn, turned a generator, which created electrical power which allowed the pilot to restart the aircraft.
Or perhaps solar cells over exposed areas of the craft. I believe some are light weight and if you could find some that at least produce just a smidge over what these motors need, you'd have enough to keep a battery charged. I'm just spit balling here. This is some very exciting stuff. Very Jetson's.
OMG Awesome 😀 I've been waiting since childhood for this.
Cupholders?
Classic! Got to have cupholders...America FLYS on Duncan! Lol
1950: We will have flying cars in the future.
2019: This meme is dead now.
what if ur in the air and the battery dies... what then? cause i dont see any wheels... or landing gear...
@Armando Silvier
It doesn't have to completely die, it just has to have the voltage drop enough to cause failure. Even if you had software to prevent that or give lots of warning a lot of people are stupid. Look at how many warnings there are on cars and people still ignore all the flashing lights.
@Armando Silvier
Nobody worries about the engine suddenly stopping in regular cars because if it does you just pull over to the side of the road. Regular cars do break down, no doubt they have gotten much more reliable but breakdowns still do occur. The big difference is a breakdown when you are on the road is different that a breakdown when you are flying over someones house or something.
Tats the risk one takes
No risk no rewards
Parachutes
@@Subjagator If you had ever lost power on the highway you would never refer to dealing with that as "Just pulling over." Try to merge on a busy highway without acceleration.
that's what they've said: that everyone who tried this project before failed because of the lack of computer science. Everyone here says: "people can barely drive, don't let them fly!" well, I think what they tell us in the clip is that the computer will do most of the physics calculations to keep you in the air, the raw flying force you need to understand when flying WW2 planes is now being understood and worked out by the computers, so probably even if you are about to ram something/someone, the machines will have some sensors that will keep everyone safe, it has a button for landing, it won't be too hard to learn to fly. After witnessing such a fast evolution of our race, if would be odd to say that we won't be able to integrate "flying" among daily actions, especially because we acknowledge the impact this new means of transportation could have on our evolution.
1958: In 2018, we'll have flying cars!
2018:
2020: do you remember that video that announced flying cars?
1980: our wishes have been fulfilled, thank you
Memers: dang it, that meme's dead
Yeah, but does it fold up into a suitcase.
lol
1960: i bet in the future we'll have flying Cars
2019: this
When new battery technologies become commercially available this projects will start to get more feasible and make more sense.
What makes you assume we dont have that available already? Have you done extensive research or are you talking out if your ass?
Trohan there are many new technologies just on the horizon of being commercially available solid state batteries (up to three times battery life for the same form factor), graphene superconductors and all sorts of other compounds. It is one of the most interesting fields of technological development currently because of the high rate of innovation and huge potential it brings. What makes me assume all of this is that I’m not an uneducated and pretentious 6 year old.
itd most likely be capacitor technology over better battary technology
Alex Prince yeh I agree but that’s further away
Just a very large powerful drone
Would it be possible to cut the music and hear the aircraft?
They don't want you to know how loud it is.
Would it be possible for you to quit bitching like a little girl?
Only if you stop being a pain in the ass and shut up...he had a legitimate request to hear what it sounds like. Go away!
I love this, could see my self having one, if it flew longer lets say, 1-2 hours flights + I could recharge it in half a day or so.
Rodovan Ra look up paramotor. Your welcome
How come in the whole video with it flying, there is no audio from the aircraft?
Oh ya, because the motors are super loud as they showed earlier in the tests., so imagine a world with thousands of these zipping around. You could not have these zipping around anywhere near any neighborhood, even high up they would make a lot of noise
That is why the restrictions make sense.
Right. I’ve had people complain about how loud my 2 pound drone is.
I could see these being approved to fly over water or in semi rural areas. but not cities, at least for a while. if you live on an island and work in a field it's a great way to commute.
Theyd have to be autonomous, have a structural based safety system like gliding when things go wrong, and their batteries would have to come from future technology to be mass produced due to lithium ion density constraints and resource constraints
Who's watching second half of 2019 and this shit still not for sale
Yea no license needed lol. Its just a magic button learn it in 5 minutes lol. Engine dyes in the air your death meat . I rather continue standing on the side of the road when my engine fails
EXACTLY
but you also avoid traffic lol California traffic sucks
2nd engine like in some helicopters. But I still agree, this is not going to happen for a while, if at all. Cars are just much easier and more economical to be replaced by something like this.
ANY engine failure and you are dead... and so are the people below you who you crash down onto.
it has 10 engines, now go learn probability theory.
Police flying around. Pull over, pull over. Never going to happen
PUPULICIOUS YE Lmao yes this would be amazing to get away from police
Pull over where!?!? You’re in the air.
@@tteett that's what the comment is saying
Hope they come with programs that avoid incidents
A lot of people here are talking about engine failures. First, this thing doesn't have engines. It has eight electric motors. If one of the motors fails, the control scheme should be able to be adjusted for limited continued flight followed by a safe descent.
Noise pollution much?
That won't be an issue in 2 or so years aftee further modifications to perfect it!...
Generation Sigma cool
port How about the Jack offs that drive around with no muffler because they think they are cool?
I don't think they said "Silicon Valley" enough, my god.
JPxKillz made in china
@@dman3438 - Not made in China actually. 100% made in the USA.
I will never own one of these death traps, imagine if you hit one bird....
Oh i forgot to mention in my below posts about inclement or severe weather? How do these things perform in severe wind gusts? what about wind shear phenomenon and worse still microbursts? Pilots are trained to fly so as to avoid severe weather conditions and if on the fringe of them - how to handle them. People WILL eventually find themselves in these nightmare conditions or may not realise they are heading into it. Could you imagine the terror for the average Jo if he were in one of these severe conditions?
1950: in the future we'll have flying cars
2019: oh
Awesome cant wait for all the lawsuits from FLYING ROCKS AND DEBRIS.
I can see this misused and fighter jets blowing these out the sky
They're cool but impractical.
I don’t want a flying car, if a normal car dies, I just hop off. A flying car dies, I die with it.
what a time to be alive.
BIG YES YES from drug traffickers.
Nithanth Karthik & bank robbers too
Dat not a car it's an airplane woowooo
WikiTool no, it’s far from a plane trust me
That not dat
More drone like
Its only one seat..... What if Im trynna join the mile high club. Guess I got my hand. Lolll
Any videos of the PLANE/COPTER with SOUND? Imagine those rotors going full power in the middle of a city.
1980: we will have flying cars in 2019
2019: flying cars
This is still an airplane. It is NOT a flying car.......
Actually its an H-configuration Octocopter with airfoils and control surfaces.
Basically if an airplane and a drone spawned offspring, this would be the little abomination it produced.
It should be easy to rob a bank cause I’m sure cops are going to buy them or require the department to have them but not before people rob banks run out and fly away 😂 y’all know I’m right
WicKked WiazZard dont fool me they are connected to satellites (at least gps) and can be tracked down and greeted by police when their battery runs out
WicKked WiazZard Lol you know me so well but shit the police aren't gonna bond my cousin out. And they enjoy putting adults who engage in mutual transaction only involving those 2 in jail for no reason other than "to protect them" which is another way of saying we don't want you making money in ways we can't tax
Wake up call, this will never happen for the mass population. People are just to lame. Crashes would be everywhere !
As a weekend sport possibly..
Besides they say secret?
What secret, it's just simple props, motors, and flight controllers.
It a toy. Just like speedboat and other ride that you not used often. Pretty sure best is some kind of ride you can ferry or have someone take u out for holiday ride.
Lol nothing secret here... just a bunch of flying machines. They would have called us Gods 500 years ago...
@@hrxmotive8311 - No different than RC multirotors just scaled up In fact larger aircraft of any kind always offer more stability the flight controller has an easier time
Hope these become mainstream soon! I hate being on the ground stuck in stupid traffic with other cars. Let's utilize the air space!
For everyone saying oh no people are gonna die, people are already dying in car accidents every day. This would most likely be autonomous, like an uber without a driver.
This would be illegal because I can’t feel comfortable in a gathering and these stuffs fly above my head back and forth, imagine when someone’s flying car breaks down just the way regular cars do, it would crash on my God damn head .🤣🤣🤣🤣 This won’t fit in folks.
Everybody’s dissing this, but I see it’s potential. You definitely won’t be able to fly it in 5 minutes, but it might be no more than what it takes to drive a car.
-increase the range from 25miles to 250miles
-decrease the noise by 55% or more
-have it be A.I. controlled
I'd love to have one to commute to work. The straight shot is nearly have the paved road distance. Put a gyrocopter blade on it so you crash safer.
what if motors fail? I think dependent of the altitude, it can have a parachute, for the highs, and airbag protection for the lows.
Beautiful and brilliant, an elegant solution to the prospect of oil and gas dependency for millions. Has anyone thought about what the oil and gas industry will do to scuttle such efforts to create a cleaner planet ? Of course not !!!
Don't ask about glide slope or autorotation. Something goes wrong, your headed straight down, fast
25mile range but still quite impressive, If these become as popular as cars unless authorised most would have to be only rideable above certain motorways or along safe coastlines routes below 250ft & anywhere below normal heights on land with owners authorisation,also drunk driving in these the penalties would have to be higher& no self driving by your home-heavily populated areas unless on autopilot.
How come this thing never went up for sake? We are stuck with our 140 year old technology and the government has anti gravity machines and earth magnet free power in Las Vegas casinos and we are stuck paying for ours
It's an amphibious ultralight folks, no license is needed cuz you are allowed to fly in your back yard or maybe across a small river.
It has to be autonomous... You enter in your destination and press Start route.
This is what all the people from the 50’s were waiting for.
We will have to have floating traffic lights and then floating police cars just hanging around in the sky to give us a ticket 😂
Reporters always fail to ask the brass tacks q's. What happens when it runs out of charge? Or if combustion runs out of fuel? Collision avoidance with other planes, and ground objects? Flying in Fog, Rain, Clouds or worse still at night- this is known as IMC-instrument meteorological conditions for which you need a instrument rating. A road car will just pull over. A plane will crash. Even if it has low fuel level rectification it still has to land somewhere. Could you imagine being critically low on battery and having nothing but poor choices below you- highways, power lines (which are almost invisible ).
I have been seeing this in the news since 7-8 years now. I am not holding my breath.
Love how it’s propped up by a cinder block
I'd end up landing on a rock and puncturing the fuselage. I'm a fan of landing gear already.
Before people jump to conclusions that its not safe. Remember if you were to go back in time when the automobile wasn't around and you told people that were on horses that there would be 2 ton metal objects zooming people around at speeds that could exceed 100 mph and the only thing separating them from running into each other was a painted line on the ground, they would have said humanity cant handle that.
really smart design, no need to mechanically rotate the propeller or the wings !!!
1920s we will have flying cars in the future, with very futuristic cities.
2019: *hold* *my* *beer*
Never mind the fact that in order to operate one you need a commercial pilot licence, or operation over city/residential requires regular permission and permits not to mention a minimum of 10-20 million dollars payout worth of public liability insurance. Cheapest part of the exercise is the actual cost of the vehicle and running costs plus maintenance. Oh, and qualified safety checks. Oh, and regular updates back and forth between air traffic control and government agencies, rules and regulations. Hell, I could go on all day. I'd rather ride a bike.
If they never had people in it. How do they show video of people in it ?
These look cool, AND FUN ! How long before the fist "texting and flying" fatality?
Yeh this is exactly what we need in this world. As much as I’d want one and think it’d be really cool. History has shown most people don’t need one lol
If there a emergency ejector and inflatable bubble for crashed flight it be good for people but in the meantime I would only use it to Patrol the landscape
1980 : I bet there will be flying cars in the future.
2019 : flying cars for real.
It looks like a lot of fun...however...I find it a little suspicious when there is no motor noise, and just the sound of BGM in their video. I think this must have a very high powered buzzing noise, like drones multiplied by 10. It would be a little invasive, although a lot of fun for the passengers, for many of these cars to be flying above head.
it would be cool if you could go over the Atlantic in the morning, Charge it for a few hours and then just press the home button later that day. Wake me up when we're there!
For this to work it must be 'fully automated' with a lot of backup systems in place.
The tech is advancing fast and furious. Auto & AI and neuro tech are all either a blessing or threat for humanity.