Terrafugia's Historic First Flight

[nacho210210]

Martinelli,the president of Panama should have one of this for sure! It will help him run away from the photographers!

[528jkl]

if i have one of these , @ night my neighbour cuts the wing .

[EdeNSkiNHeaD69]

Nop es viable porque no tengo una pista en mi casa

[tattette]

yes a runway....f u get into traffic..goodluck.!... its best for travellig though you need not buy a ticket......

[xpez]

too many parts to manage...one day the wings will fall off...OOOPS forgot to check if the bolts were tight...

[emmon72cz3x]

Wanted... One mechanic stupid enough to lay one hand on this vehicle and FOREVER be liable for any future malfunction.

[tcmjr24]

this is stupid. u cant just land in even a medium sized parking lot because i needs a runway. they need to make it be able to land/takoff vertically.

[Friendsofthefruits]

MOM!!!!!! I K NOW WHAT I WANT FOR MY BDAY!!!!

[jkingsbeer]

wow!! I NEED one of these!

[roshanram]

I am looking forward to the reviews of this vehicle that will eventually appear on epicfail.com

[vality1]

i wish the cockpit was as simple as the icon a5

[ibaligas]

This is the beginning, evolution is in progress, come on guys, just give them an oportunity sont be so pesimist..!!!

[crazyryan]

hope the wings dont fold....

[charlenekarras]

omg there will be anarchy!!! terrorists everywhere!!!! dont sell this to the public!!!

[MaxBlight]

now we just need to this things get longer time flying.

I dont wanna buy this thing if I know it wont fly over the pacific :P

[DonTruman]

I can imagine some nice benefits to a vehicle such as this.

E.g., you fly into a small airport in a small rural town, and then you'd like to drive into town for lunch, and maybe visit a historic site 5 miles out, and then take off to the next stop on your vacation-tour.

But I suspect that the cargo space and weight capacity is much less than a small private airplane, and highway driving is substandard. And it's probably expensive to buy. IOW, lots of compromises to get that convertibility.

[3000tomas]

looks like a normal aircraft not how a car  pff

[ThunderAppeal]

Lovely, if there arent enough idiots on the road, now they'll be flying.

[Theriomalstrom]

I couldn't agree more. The concept is foolish.

[72narutofan72]

@ThunderAppeal  you are just copying what everyone is saying so shut up!!!

[magedogtag]

@ThunderAppeal from what i've read, you will still need a private pilot license to fly it. so only a few idiots will be in the air.

[acharad]

Too big for two passenger transport

[PLISKEN12]

theres no need for car mode. its not practical. u dont really take that out for a drive. only when ur about to fly. but more practical to just tow it. the 4 wheel car like design isnt good.

[gerpegerpe]

Well think of it as inter city transport, say you had 4oo km between citys, in a car it would be roughly 3.5 hours, with all the speed restrictions, but in this, you could probably do it in 2 hours, no restrictions, no trains or buses to catch to and from the airport, just drive in, fly off, and drive out, this just maybe the way forward for executive travel.

[PLISKEN12]

icon is better

[ViciousCuts]

yeah, If you live near a lake

[PLISKEN12]

@ViciousCuts it works on water and land

[musician2598]

I think it looks great, but this is only the beginning. Wait until BMW improves it so you get super stability while driving as well. I wouldnt buy the first kind of this, but gladly some improved version. I think it still might get a little more volume so you can fly a couple of hours before having to go down for refueling. Then comes the need of a system that controlles all new flying cars so we don´t get a mess above big cities...

[Xiber1]

If I get stuck in the traffic, I can just extend the wings and take off?

[TheBlakest1]

@Xiber1 Yeah! Cause you can take off from a standstill just like in a real airplane!

[MasTArrrRR]

@Xiber1 Great question! Now I doubt that since it needs a runway to take off & there for traffic doesn't really offer such a luxurious runway to work with. I have a question though. Does the potential owner need a pilot's license or is it dummy proof & you can take off knowing basics, & drive the car just as easily? If people would need to start hiring private pilots, the project won't take off as expected, resulting in a similar clientele like people that own planes. They exist but not in bulk.

[magedogtag]

@Xiber1 when was the last time you saw a runway length opening three lanes wide in a traffic jam? just askin. you're better off on a motorcycle.

[shariar1995]

@Xiber1 ur gonna need enough length to speedup and then u can take of.. so if u r stuck in traffic .. u cant

[tcmjr24]

@Xiber1 no u need a runway.

[bucho2k]

This is awesome! I assume this is geared towards the committed flyers who fly the Cessna for sport? Or for an older couple looking to go on vacation who doesn't want to deal with traffic.