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    BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ: And the Pal-V, still not in the air. more »
    Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: Most people are utterly unable to navigate in two dimensions. The hypothetical third dimension is asking for trouble. more »
    Vintage Racer - with V-12 goodness: As much trouble that most of the proletariat have with 2 dimensions, you wanna give them a 3rd dimension to navigate??!!??? more »
    sos10: posted a million times before, but I can't help it to post it again... more »
    Rust-MyEnemy: Actually I believe one Caractacus Potts already owns the patent. more »
    Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig): Surely Al Gore can handle this. He already took care of one major invention for DARPA. But his anti-global-warming stance might be at odds with the ca... more »
    combat chuck: I'll pass. I know I'll probably be the last old grouch on the block who never joined the flying car revolution, continuing to drive my vintage terres... more »
    WillysWonka: I think that personal flying cars would be a huge boon to society. That way when some rich jerk totals his flying Lambo because he thinks that AWD a... more »
    Boosted Lego Wagon: I just witnessed a 47-point turn parallel park. Flying cars are no. more »
    POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION: They might have to tinker with the whole vertical take off, flight time thing, and a few other fussy points, but a Charger makes for a pretty wicked ... more »
    Rust-MyEnemy: I've got everything sorted except for the VTOL aspect. more »
    wookie1901: Do they have to work? more »
  • #flyingcars

    DARPA Looking For Someone To Build Flying Cars

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for a few inventive companies looking for cash to develop the holy grail of automotive awesomeness — flying cars. As part of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposal, DARPA is looking for actionable plans for a military vehicle able to hold two or four people, drive up to sixty miles per hour, fit it inside an eight and a half by seven by twenty four foot box, then take of vertically and fly for two hours at 150 MPH. The obvious application is reconnaissance and evacuation with transportation in a large cargo plane, but fold these babies into the NASA SATS program and blamo — air cars for everyone! Complete proposal details and program specifics below. More »