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Personal, manned quadcopters are probably the most promising candidates for "flying cars" right now and there are quite a few of them vying to be first to market. Here's an example list -- you'll recognize such names as Boeing, Airbus, and Uber. (That's not a complete list, either. Here's one from NEC.) Toyota is backing its own horse in the form of the SkyDrive SD-03, which has made it's first public flight:
www.engadget.com
For a giant quadcopter, it looks pretty slick; but then you see it take off and realize it only gets two or three feet off the ground. Maybe it's capable of greater altitudes and out of an abundance of caution the test pilot was restricted to this "altitude"; but if this is a true demonstration of the SD-03's capability then I can't understand the point. You won't be flying over traffic in it, nor could you safely wander too far away from roads into urban or wooded areas.
Feel free to point me to the really promising manned quadcopters.
Watch a Toyota-backed flying car's first public, piloted test flight
Toyota-backed SkyDrive has conducted its first piloted test flight for a flying car, edging closer to airborne taxis.
www.engadget.com
For a giant quadcopter, it looks pretty slick; but then you see it take off and realize it only gets two or three feet off the ground. Maybe it's capable of greater altitudes and out of an abundance of caution the test pilot was restricted to this "altitude"; but if this is a true demonstration of the SD-03's capability then I can't understand the point. You won't be flying over traffic in it, nor could you safely wander too far away from roads into urban or wooded areas.
Feel free to point me to the really promising manned quadcopters.
