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Comments · 8

  1. Re:What's wrong with helicopters? by weilawei · · Score: 1 · on A Production-Ready Flying Car Is Coming This Month

    That's pretty awesome, but the website is incredibly sparse on pictures. Like a souped-up quadcopter for humans. With an exercise ball for a seat.

  2. Re:What's wrong with helicopters? by jcr · · Score: 2, Informative · on A Production-Ready Flying Car Is Coming This Month

    Something like this?

    -jcr

  3. For something that's actually happening.. by jcr · · Score: 1 · on Will This Flying Car Get Crowdfunded?

    If you want a flying car, check out e-volo. They've flown their prototypes, they've got the cooperation of the German government, and apparently adequate funding to bring it to market.

    -jcr

  4. Re:Lame by rpstrong · · Score: 1 · on Sochi Drones Are Shooting the Olympics, Not Terrorists

    ut an 8 engined helicopter? You're right, that would be pretty crazy.

    You're right - eight is hardly enough. Try eighteen, instead: http://www.e-volo.com/

  5. Already done. by jcr · · Score: 3, Interesting · on Hyundai's Flying Car Flies For an Audience

    A group of German engineers did this a couple of years ago.

    http://e-volo.com/

    -jcr

  6. Screw golf by SpaceMonkies · · Score: 1 · on Golf Channel Testing Out New Octo-copter Drone To Film Golfers This Weekend

    Screw golf, this is Slashdot. I want a how-to for building a personal octo copter like the Velo: http://www.e-volo.com/

  7. Re:No. by jcr · · Score: 1 · on Could Flying Cars Actually Be On Their Way?

    The "biggest problem" is power-to-weight ratio.

    That's been solved for quite a long time. Check these guys out, for example.

    -jcr

  8. Re:I want to see it scaled up. by jcr · · Score: 1 · on Flying Robots Flip, Swarm and Move In Formation At UPenn

    The vehicle is a solved problem. What's left to do is the software I mentioned above.

    -jcr