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Yes, Flying Cars Are Coming. Here Are 7 That Are Hitting the Skies Soon.
• Robb ReportIt may not be long before you can look up to the skies and see cars flying overhead. Companies around the world are trying to solve the problem of urban congestion by lifting travelers above the traffic. Plus, it's just a cool way to travel.
One firm in Florida already has a flying car on the market and three others are close to ushering their concepts into production. Most will require a standard driver's license and some type of drone or pilot's license.
Unlike eVTOLs, flying cars actually fit into existing regulatory structures. According to Dr. Kyriakos Kourousis, program director at the University of Limerick program in airworthiness and fellow at the Royal Aeronautical Society: "The market could be bigger than that corresponding to ultralight/light and general aviation aircraft." That translates to thousands of flying cars.
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1 Comments in Response to Yes, Flying Cars Are Coming. Here Are 7 That Are Hitting the Skies Soon.
It's not necessary to drive with a drivers license, or the vehicle licensed if it is your private property. There are not many people who do this, because the court battle is strenuous, even though many win. https://wearechange.org/u-s-supreme-court-says-no-license-necessary-to-drive-automobile-on-public-highwaysstreets/ In a similar way it will not be illegal to fly your flying car without a license. Think of all the people without licenses who could unexpectedly literally drop in onto your property. --- Sometime open up a torque converter from an automatic transmission. (try a GM late 1950s torque converter.) It might take a cutting torch. Notice the shape of the 'fan' inside of it. If air fans were developed with a similar design, we would have practical air-cars all over the place. Helicopters would be a thing of the past. Hell's Angels would be dropping in wherever they wanted.