It seems as technology progresses, the Skycar idea gets closer to becoming a viable reality. It has been tossed around since the '50's........the current implementation of the idea makes the cover of Popular Mechanics at least once a decade.
Remember the Bond movie that had the wing adaptor that attached to a car, making it a "flying car?" It existed......didn't work too well, but it did exist.
This will continue to be vaporware for the rest of us........flying takes a completely different set of skills than driving does. Ever consider why flying lessons exist, and how expensive they are? Ever try to recover from a stall or spin?
This will continue to be just a playtoy for the bored engineer......will never become a viable alternative transportation system for the rest of us until flying is taught in school.
RSI........while volant has as its primary definition "flying or capable of flying", a secondary definition is "agile; moving quickly or nimbly", and a third is "Heraldry. Depicted with the wings extended as in flying" . American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition, p. 2001.
Remember the Bond movie that had the wing adaptor that attached to a car, making it a "flying car?" It existed......didn't work too well, but it did exist.
This will continue to be vaporware for the rest of us........flying takes a completely different set of skills than driving does. Ever consider why flying lessons exist, and how expensive they are? Ever try to recover from a stall or spin?
This will continue to be just a playtoy for the bored engineer......will never become a viable alternative transportation system for the rest of us until flying is taught in school.
RSI........while volant has as its primary definition "flying or capable of flying", a secondary definition is "agile; moving quickly or nimbly", and a third is "Heraldry. Depicted with the wings extended as in flying" . American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition, p. 2001.
I guess it all depends on how advanced it gets, Imagine if the onboard computer calculated all the necessary data and made adjustments by itself, such things as wind speed, stalls, spins and the like might not even be a problem. I'm assuming that it would be much different than flying a plane. More like an X-Wing or T16 Skyhopper.. Luke never had any trouble 
at some point people will adapt to the technology around them, Kids learn about driving cars from watching their parents(maybe thats not always a good thing) and Kids learn computers early on become Whiz Kids without any formal training(Look at Anand for instance, Grew up around computers, and pretty much adapted to them) OK im not saying you don't have to actively seek out the knowledge
but if they are a part of your everyday life you learn without even knowing it! Its a cool world we live in isn't it??
at some point people will adapt to the technology around them, Kids learn about driving cars from watching their parents(maybe thats not always a good thing) and Kids learn computers early on become Whiz Kids without any formal training(Look at Anand for instance, Grew up around computers, and pretty much adapted to them) OK im not saying you don't have to actively seek out the knowledgebut if they are a part of your everyday life you learn without even knowing it! Its a cool world we live in isn't it??
500,000 bux, when it first comes out, i was soo thinking, cause im in the market for a car. . dang
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