Originally Posted by BertR
Originally Posted by +8Rich
I am of the same mind on this I can't see it happening in or around any cities the risks are far too high and at present all aircraft are banned from flying low over our cities for very good reasons.
We saw and photographed this Dutch petrol exhibit at FOS which has actually flown (not at Goodwood), it is pusher prop driven with folding blades and my first thought was far too many moving parts to be reliable it just looked a mess to me, but a brave effort.

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Likely because being from NL and born in the village where the company is located, I take a very different view. I think this machine looks to be very well engineered. It is also approved by authorities in Eu and Usa.
What I had not realized is that flying this Pal-v is 2-3 times less fuel efficient compared to driving. I appreciate that cruising speed when flying will also be 2 x that of driving. So from a CO2 perspective no gain, only in time efficiency.
Cheers,
Bert

Hello Bert, I didn't want to offend anyone this is an amazing achievement it's just that I don't think there is a future for these combined function vehicles really. They have had loads of trials with them in USA but I don't think any of them have made it into mass production the whole thing is a compromise to my mind.
Time will tell.

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