Russian inventor creates a car that flies.

[Alessandro]

As useful as the Möller flying cars...

[z740]

Hey now, bricks are perfectly useful.

Yes, indeed they are.
Modern Art:


Behold the mighty brick!!!

-Chris

[JordanD]

That thing is not a flying car. It maybe an enclosed para glider but it is in no way a "flying car" Some of the things cars need that that thing lacks

7. Turn signals

Pah, American drivers don't use those anyway.

[Dmmoore]

He's talking about airspeed's between 15 and 160 KPH using a para-sail. That requires the ability to change the shape of the sail while in flight. If he has a reliable way to do that, he has done something unique.

In the late 1960's I flew para-sails. They typically had a 10 knot difference between max and min cruise airspeed's. You can land, re-trim and take off again with the a faster or slower speed setting but still the same 10 knot speed range while airborne.


We usually had ours set up for a typical play day around the sand box (where we flew them most, El Mirage Dry Lake) 20 knot forward speed at lift off, 30 knot cruise. One of my partners wanted to do a cross country (El Mirage to California City) so we set it up for a 50 knot cruise (about 40 knots at lift off) scared him so bad on take off that he aborted the trip. Forty knots is moving right along when your but is that close to the sand.

[Cloudhopper]

That thing is not a flying car. It maybe an enclosed para glider but it is in no way a "flying car" Some of the things cars need that that thing lacks

1. Lights
2. Bumpers
3. Safety (that fan will chop a courious kid in 2
4. Windshield wipers
5. Brakes
6. Doors
7. Turn signals, brake lights
8. Wheel splash guards

My thoughts.

[Airfoilsguy]

That thing is not a flying car. It maybe an enclosed para glider but it is in no way a "flying car" Some of the things cars need that that thing lacks

1. Lights
2. Bumpers
3. Safety (that fan will chop a courious kid in 2
4. Windshield wipers
5. Brakes
6. Doors
7. Turn signals, brake lights
8. Wheel splash guards

[MaxPower]

It looks like a modified push-cart.

[FireLight]

The car part seems a bit questionable.

I'm not sure it'd be a good idea to pull into the local Wal-Mart with that big fan open to the world. You'd definitely want to keep children and small pets away from it.

[turbotraker]

I know I was surprised to see it fly too. It uses a parachute as a wing and.. umm.. 'flies'
There's a vid, sorry for non-english site:

http://wptv.wp.pl/moto.html?wid=9757639

So (as already stated), all he has done in invent something that is already 'there'? Just tarted it up a little!
Way to go....

What would be more interesting is if he could strap a V8 to it....

[ASpilot2be]

That looks about as usefull as a brick.

Hey now, bricks are perfectly useful.

[Leftseat86]

That looks about as usefull as a brick.

[Star Alliance]

Wow! He just invented the Ultralight!

[z740]

Big deal. It just looks like a powered parachute with a fancier go-kart.

Here's one with a less-fancy go-kart.

http://www.powrachute.com/pegasus.htm

In-flight:

It's only $19,300!!!

-Chris

[JordanD]

Big deal. It just looks like a powered parachute with a fancier go-kart.

I know I was surprised to see it fly too. It uses a parachute as a wing and.. umm.. 'flies'
There's a vid, sorry for non-english site:

http://wptv.wp.pl/moto.html?wid=9757639