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Re: flying cars of the future
Popular Mechanics did an article on this a few years ago. Generally, all cars must meet manditory crash and safety standards, which rely on having strong crash resistant structures, crumple zones, sturdy bumpers, strong, safe seats, side impact beams etc etc.
All these features add lots of weight, which make it very unlikely that such a 'flying car' would ever be practical or possible, given current regulations.
In my opinion, I have noticed it is very expensive for manufacturers to get 'airworthiness approvals' for new aircraft designs. This is why relatively modest new planes tend to be very expensive, far more so than cars of similar weight and complexity. A flying car would end up being very, very expensive.
Imo it would be more reasonable to make a flying (3-wheeled) motorcycle, because they have far fewer safety regs to meet.
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