Flying Cars: One step closer to reality

[@KevinZhang-uh1il]

200 lbs or less? 70% + of the American market is disqualified right there

[@adampark5768]

Maybe if the business concept works, they can manufacture a slightly more expensive GT model that can carry a heavier person with the same experience, and a lighter person could go even faster. I don't know how these machines will fit the climate change global fear agenda, but I guess we'll see how it goes as this story unfolds.

[@pauls2613]

Lol

[@zaslerp]

Tall bodybuilders are also disqualified

[@gravityslave5811]

That's a bigoted statement

[@benanders4412]

This will only be for the mega rich. They will never let the majority of "normal" people have this. The people in power are too afraid someone will fly it into a government building. There is almost no defense against that. This would make it possible for everyone to commit their own 9-11. Non of us will ever own this.

[@thelastword71]

Amazing technology, just imagine the increase of speed when it comes to everything we do. Not only will this make our lives easier but the transference of ideas within a flying conveyance, our world will forever change

[@benanders4412]

This will only be for the mega rich. They will never let the majority of "normal" people have this. The people in power are too afraid someone will fly it into a government building. There is almost no defense against that. This would make it possible for everyone to commit their own 9-11. Non of us will ever own this.

[@thelastword71]

@@benanders4412 Speak for yourself Mr. Ben, air park neighborhoods exist in California with average incomes around 100,000 and housing prices hovering around 900,000. Heck, some of these houses with massive hangars had sold for less than 650,000 dollars a few years prior. You don’t have to be a billionaire to be exited or even participate within personalized aircraft travel. People have been taxiing from their personal hangars since the 1940s. This is just about making short distance air travel ubiquitous. Passive income isn’t rocket science Ben. I don’t know what constitutes “normal people” to you Ben but damn you seem to have a pretty pessimistic view on humans. 😂

[@thelastword71]

@@benanders4412 911 has nothing to do with the American citizenry, I will never understand you negative 20th century people.

[@benanders4412]

​@@thelastword71 Well, i,m European. It's safe to say that the government is already waging a war on it's own people here. I doubt they would be stupid enough to give us a weapon like that. Let's hope i,m wrong.

[@electricaviationchannelvid7863]

@@benanders4412 Corporations will take over governments/nations soon...that is what happening on that note...but it is a different subject...

[@JJs_playground]

I've seen these drones for a few years, i had no idea it was Canadian. WoW, glad to see some Canadian engineering at work.

[@john5311]

@Francis thats what i was thinking

[@electricaviationchannelvid7863]

Ooohh yeahh....

[@thomasrudder9639]

It’s not Canadian

[@electricaviationchannelvid7863]

@@thomasrudder9639 The starter company and location was in Canada...now they moved to the US...

[@JJs_playground]

@Francis lol. You're right that does seem like world of craft. It was a typo.

[@kevinbrisebois4142]

Me as a child : I truly dream of flying one day Marcus : Yes

[@bobmcl2406]

Since most people already seem to struggle with 2-dimensional motion on normal roads, I can hardly wait to watch the shenanigans if this concept ever takes off (see what I did there, eh eh?)

[@mikewade1604]

No. I have difficulties with directions.

[@bradley1128]

Good one……….Bob

[@dwightschrutee]

there are still a people who don't know how to ride a horse, and so many of them are driving a car

[@NDwhITeBoYZ]

If it were ever made public on a scale like that, it would come default with autopilot.

[@alexanderwong1069]

the earth is flat

[@Hibanaiam]

Imagine someone Flying their car into a building on accident Because I fell asleep Or were drinking

[@JoseGonzales-nv5bo]

Yeah because there was probably a Morrow just like you

[@quincexl1279]

Or looking down on their phone texting.

[@dreddmann9292]

Something happening like that is possible that's for sure, but should that mean we shouldn't continue to move forward? If you aren't one that wants to innovate and evolve then that's fine, you don't have to if you don't want to. As for the rest if us that want to are going to and there's nothing you can say or do that will stop us from evolving. We can respect you in wanting to stay where you are just show respect to the ones that want to move forward.

[@julythrunov]

Drones don’t even do that. This has crash avoidance built it, if it gets to close to an object it stops and if it gets too close to the ground it lands. Again, fly an average cost modern drone and you won’t be worrying about texting and drinking in these

[@nrich5127]

Oh boy - most people have difficulty parking their cars at the mall - exactly how will they handle flying ?

[@theodorehaskins3756]

So apparently friend, you don’t have a car that has auto park! My car has auto part & it works pretty darn good! The other thing is, you will recall in the video, they say they have a return to home button just like we have on these model drones nowadays, so I hardly think that’s the problem! The problem as I see it, is it only carries one person & it just doesn’t have enough range to make it a practical vehicle, as where do you charge your batteries when they become depleted? So I like this vehicle & would love to experience flying one of them & I certainly hope they find a commercial market for them, because I think what we’re seeing here is a prototype of a forerunner of a recreational vehicle rather than one that’s used in a commercial business!

[@electricaviationchannelvid7863]

@@theodorehaskins3756 They say it is a recreational, experimental, UL category...not commercial since that would take certification in a different category...

[@theodorehaskins3756]

@@electricaviationchannelvid7863 Touché!

[@danielmackay1223]

I CANNOT wait for the first drunk car chase on "COPS" haha

[@adampark5768]

HELL YES!!! Bad boys bad boys, whatcha gonna do...

[@Danfromthenorth84]

@@adampark5768 legend!

[@ArtOfHealth]

I am very proud of this whole crew! Innovation and determination always pays off! You are similar to the crew at Aptera, the 3 wheeled car! We have a beautiful Airport in rural Williston, FL. Stop in one day after a notification.

[@diobrando7759]

More like drones being upscaled

[@truetech4158]

You don't want to crash those, no happyland in the sky.

[@marklearmonth9380]

Awesome work, love to know more about this machine.

[@TheXennial79]

Its all fun and games till system failure or pilot error. There is no walking away from those crashes, and anyone underneath is going with them. Good luck getting an insurance agency to cover that one.

[@tatheerrizvi7938]

Good Job, Marcus Lang 👍! Thank you for making these very beautiful and very helpful flying cars! I really appreciate it! I really wish that I can drive them soon, too!

[@endgovernmentextremism]

As long as flying relies on aerodynamics, it won't be mainstream for the individual.

[@electricaviationchannelvid7863]

???

[@endgovernmentextremism]

​@@electricaviationchannelvid7863 It requires too much room, too much noise, too much speed, etc. Relying on air to create your lift and propulsion is primitive, dangerous, high maintenance, expensive, and requires skill and knowledge. Even with increased automation and advances in multirotor aircraft, it's just asking for multiple daily disasters per city. Picture every broken down car you see on the side of the road. Those would all be deaths if they were aircraft. Cars won't be going anywhere any time soon. In the not too distant future, aerodynamics (apart from reducing drag) will be a thing of the past and we'll be using the earth's magnetic field instead, even if it is incredibly weak. The tech will all be silent, solid state, and redundant. You will be able to remove air from the equation altogether. In the following decades it will be scaled down for the masses. I just hope it takes longer than I anticipate because I dread the day I'm camping in the middle of nowhere and a flying minivan lands beside me. Accessibility will be the death of seclusion.

[@Mixima101]

The comments on this video are surprisingly negative.

[@jeff-w]

I noticed that too. Brutal. This thing is awesome!

[@lightotw]

Popular Science and Popular Mechanics magazine have run a similar story on many inventors like this since the 1970s. So there's reason to question if it will become a thing.

[@steveyoung3245]

I wonder how long it would take to go across Canada in it.

[@spendingtimetogether8428]

Didn't know this was a Canadian invention. So cool!

[@thhseeking]

The carnage is bad enough on roads as it is, imagine with flying cars? Imagine the wreckage of two of these coming through your ceiling after a crash?

[@gravityslave5811]

Exactly. People are under this delusion that as soon as this technology is available, they can just start flying.

[@Lent24]

@@gravityslave5811 IMO this is why should be largely automated flight - shouldn't be able to just take the stick unless you're certified. AI systems would be able to adhere to explicit flight paths, etc (avoiding the most populated areas, compensate for others' flight paths (have then use a unified system like air traffic does today so they are all aware of each other), avoid dangerous circumstances (bad weather, poor conditions (20mph winds is a huge constraint for this particular product), bad/risky landing zones, etc) and the like. This would be the only scalable way to make air flight open to everyone IMO (outside of air taxi with trained operators).

[@googlreviews7813]

As someone that is involved in Transport Canada aviation department, I am sceptical about these manned drones to ever be allowed to be sold at a scale of wars etc... for very reasons already mentioned in the commets. These things would pose massive safety and liability issues both in the sky and on the ground. They will be implemented on the market to be sold under similar circumstances as Cesna etc... is sold today. Only to people with pilot's licenses etc... I suppose it can be licensed as ultralight which have set of requirements as well, and yes, obtaining ultralight license isn't too difficult... at the moment. As technology changes and new risks are I reduced, so will the licensing.

[@robvangessel3766]

Retcon. These flying cars are looking more and more like sci fi movies of the early 1930s. Propeller craft that move vertically and horizontally. As time moves on, you never know what eras got it right when they once looked funny to later viewers.

[@donaldwyant3483]

Love! the "blackfly". Like a feather, and yet a butterfly, at the same time.

[@rcas350pilot8]

I've tried to watch several vids about this type of eVTOL vehicles. All have this pounding racket going and it's impossible to hear how these things sound. This is the first vid where I can actually hear them. TY.

[@Denise-ke3jn]

Finally, we're in the Jetson's stage.🎉

[@Jacktrading]

what is the price to buy?

[@herbyhancock9805]

The real highlight of this story is Christina.

[@cajunroadwarrior]

What is necessary is new exemptions are needed to expand this type of personal aircraft. These laws are antiquated and based on old technology.

[@erewrw1906]

yeah, they should finally consider this things nerv thousands of people at once, for one person having its fun. They may consider prohibit it if its more nervy than usefull. Not that im promoting that, first we look how bad it is, but my feeling says, those things are stressy for others. Imagine streets without cars for a secound, one could walk as drunk as he wanted, those are actually a constant threat. Now this is just even worse, alltho the threat is more "in the brain" . I mean i heard once a Drone, and even from this i feel constantly endangered. I want a free world, so lets let them do, but if its to nervy....

[@HiroForever]

Yeah a flying car could change life. Especially when they have ‘flying car’ accidents, killing not only the operators but fall from the sky and kill others.

[@dreddmann9292]

Yeah he's being realistic but the same was also said about cars and even though it's true that some have died in accidents involving cars, it still didn't stop us from evolving forward. If ypu don't want to use it and are afraid of what might happen, then simply step aside and don't be around wherever these things may be. As for the rest of us that want to evolve, we have a bit more faith in our own kind and are going to want to try and use it even if there's people like you that oppose. The ones that want to risk there lives should be allowed to and the ones that don't are also allowed not to. So just step aside and let the ones who aren't afraid to move forward. Basically move out the way so we can move forward.

[@dreddmann9292]

He's not being anti-technology cause if he was he wouldn't be commenting from his device. He just needs to have a little more faith in his own species.

[@carolinagirl4483]

We can’t even drive on roads!

[@CannabisJones]

But how loud are they?

[@HelloooThere]

What? Can’t hear you!! 👂

[@jacobcherian4384]

But will it survive a big foot or dog man attack ? And will it fly you out of danger. If you were ever in that dangerous situation ?

[@LerockJohn]

Proud Canadian Here... Like the Ski Doos in the 70's.....

[@shinobimcbuilds7337]

Are we gonna have a air traffic

[@youngandfree93]

We need this asap! Hope regular cars are a distance memory.

[@papwithanhatchet902]

Cool as it is, imagine the damn noise of hundreds of these blender mounted vehicles buzzing around. I already can’t stand listening to my neighbour’s electric leaf blower once a week.

[@gplipp6489]

So impressive! And 🇨🇦 🤩

[@williammuddiman4129]

Awesome 👍

[@josep5joe]

People can’t even drive cars properly imagine flying cars 🤣🤣 give me a break lol

[@Kusaakusa]

Atleast no traffic and no sidewalks

[@thesnare100]

I always hear this.............they will be automated- guided by GPS!

[@liamgross7217]

Better keep the maintenance schedule up as well.

[@thelastword71]

There are plenty of 6”0> americans that live near Whole Foods. They make it under 200.

[@benanders4412]

This will only be for the mega rich. They will never let the majority of "normal" people have this. The people in power are too afraid someone will fly it into a government building. There is almost no defense against that. This would make it possible for everyone to commit their own 9-11. Non of us will ever own this.

[@benmasta5814]

It's not the FLYING cars that are the problem. It's the FALLING cars that are the problem.

[@symz81]

We may need to falling cars to home insurance coverage

[@kheladon7144]

how about all these cars falling from the sky? 😨

[@ergagarfgag7588]

people have been developing flying cars forever. but come the chances of them being commercial soon is really low.

[@crooked-halo]

As a pilot, I don’t see “flying cars” being realistic anytime soon. Federal Aviation Regulations and sharing of airspace with commercial (read: BIG jets) and general aviation will be the major hurdles.

[@new_Dharma_Semesta]

How much it cost?

[@ikaeksen]

it moved smooth and straight.

[@Pressplay_Media_EU]

The Blackfly is a great concept - You don't fly it, it flies you

[@polardiscoball]

Three Dimensional Freedumb? I'm already here and now 😊

[@snowwhite-jt9cj]

Flying car is good idea!⭐️ Genius this guy makes dream life closer 🌙 Just so Amazing avoiding the stupid traffic problem… Personally don’t attacked by any car by far now, any thing on the low ground is boring for me. Please make it happen all crazy designers love you guys 💖:)

[@theschisminamerica8737]

It's a plane with wheels. That is not new or what people think of when they think about flying cars. It is a plane made road freindly.

[@Brokenansmokey5.99]

I waaaant itttttt! How do i bring this to South Africa!?!?!?!

[@key2010]

uncle abed is excited about this new technology, how much capacity can it hold?

[@dreddmann9292]

Say goodbye to air traffic control reporters in helicopters, plus I won't doubt it if law starts using it first. It'll be something extra to use when monitoring for public safety. The simple fact that it takes off vertically makes it ideal to use within the inner cities where there skyscrappers.

[@electricaviationchannelvid7863]

This one is tailored for countryside usage, micro-explorations, search & supply, and so on...

[@cantime77]

the biggest hurdle will be where the heck do you park this thing... unless it has a return to home button and you summon it back to collect you when it is needed again.

[@electricaviationchannelvid7863]

Any house with some yardspace will do...

[@tonymleitao]

Add me to the list!! How do I get notification of the opening day sale?

[@mayaikejim]

When you get tired of it all, at least you can still look up in the sky. Now we're taking that away from ourselves as well.

[@muldoopa]

Yay Warkworth!

[@JoseJesus-si4ch]

Cool!!!❤️😎👍 !!!

[@fern]

This is just what I need, one to land on my head because Karen pressed the wrong pedal/button

[@voidremoved]

I want to hack them

[@dreddmann9292]

Just like with cars there would have to be specific path ways where you are allowed to fly this thing. Just like with cars if you aren't driving in the streets it's called off roading. You can't just drive onto someone's lawn because you want to, well you can but that doesn't mean that you should. You can drive a car on a sidewalk but we don't cause we know better. Same type of logic will have to go into these new flying machines.a whole new system of roads would have to be embedded in our society. Just like there are freeways and fast lanes there would have to be designated fly zones where you are allowed to fly over. Cause you don't want these things flying all over the place without any safety precautions. Egen though i want to fly these things myself, I also don't want people to be flying these things over my house.

[@D95-d7y]

One step closer to thousands of people dying in the sky every year.

[@thomasrudder9639]

I won’t be able to fly one. I’m 220 lbs. that’s a serious constraint on a large part of the world. With the exception of Ethiopia

[@narzaust]

So many evtol invented already but still none is in commercial use.

[@anilkumarCH-mb8eu]

Excellent this technology leads to future advanced space aircraft in near future to travel in space from one planet to another planet like travelling from country to many countries... So incredible exposure to the space market (😮 wow)

[@dreddmann9292]

Slow down there buzz lightyear. We haven't even perfected going to the moon and back till we do that we ain't going to any planet. I'm not saying I'm not for space travel but let's keep it realistic.

[@thesnare100]

sucks that you can't even take a suitcase, This would get me to work, not very much faster than a road car (65 miles per hour) not to Florida from New England to see my aunt and uncle and I could bring my lunch and that's about it. I want one with as much cabin space at least as a 4 door sedan. 200 lbs as other have said would disqualify me, for my body type I'd be UNDERWEIGHT if I weighed less than that.

[@scrambler008]

Jetson One!!!

[@schoolofthehunt8927]

Ontario did something good for once!

[@Nay1985.]

This was the coolest thing.

[@Autistic_Internet_Slap_Fights]

Do you realize how many traffic accidents there are across the planet in one day? Now take that and put it in the sky. Flying cars are a “Back to the Future” fantasy. There’s no safe way to do it, unless you sleep well at night with the idea of flying cars crashing into your house at night while you’re sleeping or your building while you’re working. “Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.” - Jurassic Park

[@Dakers11]

What about Bird strikes? Can any of these craft maintain control after a Rotor collision?

[@lalalala3968]

Elon Musk said hold my beer.

[@HelloooThere]

How will this be safe in horrible storms?

[@frankjames1955]

flying cars were a reality for years now.

[@TheVampireCabin]

I need to get myself one of these flying cars!

[@renerodriguez9055]

I would like to get one too but it's going to cost a pretty penny between 500,000 to 1 million

[@jknuttel]

It's a flying vehicle all right, but I don't see how it can be called a car.

[@Scottuz]

they didn't call it a car? the title is flying cars, one step closer?

[@sootuckchoong7077]

It's for fun. Like the children flying the planes with remote control.

[@MSaleh-vy8rr]

@@Scottuz Still not going to happen. We'll see nothing like from scifi movies and tv show. Ppl keep saying "The Jetson" flying car type, but sadly its just a fictional cartoon with made up propulsion system. Maybe sneak to Area 51 and steal them back engineered anti-gravity alien tech. I'm sure we'll get those flying cars like Blade Runner movie.

[@trommelbiel]

This is my favourite of all

[@Peter-nv3wu]

Just amazing ! Will Black Fly be available in the UK, if it will be do you have any thoughts as to what the price is likely to be. T.I.A.

[@rationaleatheist8769]

Price is irrelevant. Legislation won’t all you to fly it and unlikely for at least another decade

[@thomasrudder9639]

No, this will never be available in the UK

[@electricaviationchannelvid7863]

Around 90-120k USD...

[@mikescott29]

WHAT IS THE PRICE OF THAT BAD BOY I WANT ONE

[@mrex3553]

If they dont float/ has anti gravity they are not "flying cars" they are just smaller planes.

[@achristian7015]

Really, your average driver has a tough enough time driving on roads.

[@johntitorii6676]

Distracted driving

[@achristian7015]

@@johntitorii6676 Distracted flying. LOL

[@islandvibez]

@@achristian7015 get ready for 911 part 2 and more

[@delbertpalmertree8149]

The only thing I see that might be a little off is the restriction they claim are on them in the USA.

[@berthageorge2627]

How about make those ( jet packs, that Bear of the Television ) show used on one of his shows.(The original jet pack was made in ladder years of , ( 1957 or 1958) was seen at many venues , at race tracks and so on.A safe jet pack would be so cool.They are flying small devices in Dubai giving out parking tickets. 😁

[@eVTOLinnovation]

7:47 🤣🤣🤣BlackFly is gonna be really fun to fly!

[@michaelngfinance]

Imagine the energy usage required for these flying cars. These may have an impact on our climate.

[@frankyflowers]

the people that fall from the sky and die will use less fuel in the long term.

[@blmtrashjimmyisgay5507]

@@frankyflowers Just tape it with a lot of cushion like giant sponges

[@bradleylatham8184]

hey bro, sloar energy is incorporated

[@frankyflowers]

@@bradleylatham8184 if you plug it into a solar powered supply maybe but that would mean everything electric is integrated. we would need nuclear reactors for lots of these.

[@johnambro7181]

A great recreational vehicle, to be flown away from cities and only out in the country side. (obviously) And only for the well heeled. Kind of like an ultralight with a very short takeoff and landing capability. Don't get excited these will be restricted to rural areas for sure, not in controlled airspace. Good stuff. Cheers.

[@thomasrudder9639]

Wrong

[@redredmon8833]

If you crash your flying car and die but the autopsy reveals you had covid, is it still a covid death?

[@primoyz5608]

Can I modify mine to look like an f35

[@fingerbang666]

I'd be worried about accidents.

[@crisc9280]

Yes we can make flying cars BUT did anyone even ask if we should??? This is going to be disasterous

[@IbnBahtuta]

What could possibly go wrong?

[@KB-bh9hp]

@Patrick Difference is modern cars are already great, and getting safer and better everyday. Flying cars are still unproven with virtually unknown safety.

[@nnotof3218]

@@KB-bh9hp you could've said the same thing about cars before horses and carriages became obsolete.

[@hou942]

JMO, if only able to use in rural areas (for obvious reasons), it would be more beneficial to have two seats in order to accommodate commercial use (doing flight tours to paying customers). Obviously with the already strict weight restrictions it's probably not feasible but such a vast majority of the market will be closed to this product that 'commercial use' could be a motivating factor for purchase. As it stands now, it's pretty much just for the enthusiast. With the price, weight restrictions and ability to tow/carry it somewhere being a challenge they'd struggle to even reach 5% of say something like the ATV market. You can also bet that here in Canada, within a very short period after release the Gov't would create hand over fist restrictions, rules and red tape, why, because that's what Canada does :-)

[@the_omg3242]

Absolutely right. Look at all the regulations around camera drones in Canada.

[@davidconn3222]

It is in stealth mod, China ,hold my beer!

[@omarglobal]

Hopefully they don't find too much red tape down the road to get the worldwide license to sell it.

[@donovanphillips4973]

Fantastic

[@Get_me_money]

The first prototype cars were criticised by horse and carriage people over a 130 years ago.

[@compsigh9275]

I’m only down if all flying and driving is 100% handled by a neural network of computers in constant communication to prevent accidents. We humans are just too dumb to fly alone.

[@greymanphipps8996]

I remember the first time I saw this headline 70 years ago.. smearrrrr

[@twinturbo3461]

I can see this being used to rescue cats from trees.

[@thomasrudder9639]

What are you? 12?

[@Mashisshigi100]

As it is below so shall it be above, drunk drivers, sleepy drivers, crashes, bad weather, etc. Expect more landfalls when you have a million flying cars.

[@patriotofgod9827]

This will require some type of air cops.

[@antmtmt]

I'd watch Mile High Cops

[@ernestocaranto9225]

congrat

[@JUANROJAS-cx9es]

I was I had one of this

[@DenianArcoleo]

What could possibly go wrong.

[@me_sad]

It does look cool but I do hope it never becomes reality. Just look at the amount of drunk drivers ramming cars into telephone poles, imagine drunk people flying cars. They be flying cars into skyscrapers instead