I'm sure we'll see something like this, just as soon as someone invents that weightless, infinite-capacity battery that's just around the corner.

I won't even begin to discuss just how anxious -I- am to see all those moronic drivers -flying-. Or the lack of safety features, or cargo capacity, or visibility (laying facedown isn't a really good way to see what's ahead). Frankly, this is more appropriate to an episode of the Jetsons than it is to anything NASA should be doing.

This is too cool. I seriously want one of those, but I do have a few questions to be answered before:

- How long is the battery expected to last?
- What sort of airspeed is it capable of?
- Max altitude?
- Pressurized cabin, if max altitude is high?
- Is it possible to land horizontally? The VTOL doesn't seem possible in the event of an engine failure or if the battery runs out.
- What type of license would be required in order to fly one of these? A cross between a plane and a helicopter, multi-engine aircraft.
- Communications? Avionics? Access to any of those seems sort of limited in the position you'll be flying in.
- Field of view: You'd be looking straight down for most of the flight. Anything coming from above you will be very hard to notice.
- How does it handle itself in bad weather?
- Can it taxi by itself?

Either way, I'm in love with the design. It's just beautiful.

Lots of your questions answered here:
http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-01/nasas-puffin-aircraft-stealthy-one-man-vtol-aircraft

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