Top 5 dorky things to do in a personal flying saucer

(Credit: Moller)

Here's one that's been making the rounds recently--well, actually, anything remotely pertaining to a "flying car" seems to get a nod on every tech blog within a week. (Hmm, I wonder why?) This one, the Moller M200G, actually seems more along the lines of a personal flying saucer. Allegedly, it's actually in development and will sell for a paltry $125K. You'll be able to zip around about 10 feet off the ground at a speed of 50 miles per hour. (No, eco-geeks, I don't know what the mileage or emissions stats are.) And here's the best part, which I'll leave in the brilliant words of Gizmodo's Adrian Covert: "Because the M200G is classified as a recreation device and not an aircraft, it is not subject to FAA regulations and anybody can operate one."

You hear that? Anybody can operate one! Yes, the example of the Segway has taught us that local governments will probably just ban them anyway (those spoil-sports!) but that stuff's all bureaucratic and such, so if you snap one up quickly, you'll probably have a few months to do the following:

5. Give yourself an aerial tour of the Googleplex. Actually, you probably won't be the only one in a flying saucer around there.
4. Fulfill your corny sci-fi movie fantasy by flying one through a meadow of cows to see what happens.
3. Forget Halloween costumes. This can be, like, a Halloween vehicle. Plus, it might freak out the neighbors enough so that they'd give you extra candy.
2. Let's just say you'll never lose another water balloon fight now.
1. Paint Hello Kitty on the underside. Just do it. Crave mogul Mike Yamamoto will thank you later.

(Via BornRich)

[JohnBarbagallo]

AHHHHahahaha!

This made me laugh...AWESOME.

Nice article, too. Love the top 5.

[albertsoler]

Yeah . . . sure.

Moller's Skycar has been in "development" for a quarter century, and this $90,000 toy is the best they can do?

I'm not impressed.

[vuturistic]

Check it Out

I've been following the development of the Moller skycar for many years. They have a great website (http://www.moller.com/) and you can read about each model. There are even videos to see these in action. These flying vehicles require the utmost scrutiny and testing to be commercially available. There are loads of FCC regulations to fullfil as well. The potential here is tremendous and as it says on the site, they are about three years away from having the first available skycar for sale. (not the 'toy' mentioned in this article but a real flying car, the M400 skycar. It will use a variety of fuels, gets about 20MPG, top cruise speed of 375MPH, range 750 miles between fueling (enough for a round trip from San Jose to Los Angeles).

[Goober99]

Unfortunately Albert's right...

In 1975 I sent $2 for a Moller information packet in response to an ad I saw in Popular Mechanics...that packet had the exact photo in this article. However, I don't believe Paul Moller is a crook; I think technology just isn't advanced enough yet to really do this. (but might be someday in part due to his efforts!)

[LukeSkycarcar]

Nah, he's a crook...