Comments on: Ultralight Flying Scooter

By: christian

christian — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:57:31 +0000

I am lookinf for more information about this Flying Scooter – do they have a web site ?

By: Beaugrand

Beaugrand — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:35:31 +0000

…I forgot to mention, I had a similar idea a few years ago involving a compact SUV and a powered parachute.
As it happened, at the time I had a small SUV and access to a source of surplus aircraft engines.
Did the prelimimary calculations about the size of parachute (big, very very big) and amount of horsepower (bunches, a lot) needed to lift a even small SUV; when it gets down to it, only the military has enough money to pay for development of such a wacky idea, but they have friends with helicopters to haul stuff like SUVs over large canyons.

By: Beaugrand

Beaugrand — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:39:32 +0000

Okay, maybe I need to get my scooter across a fairly large canyon, in which case this might be a good idea, but-
Instead, I think I’ll just opt for the helicopter ride to the other side and rent a scooter when I get there.

By: Johnny Huh?

Johnny Huh? — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:24:28 +0000

Unless I can deploy the flying gear at speed and just soar off the highway and go my own way, its not going to work for me yet. But dang, what a great concept!

Though flying while sitting on a scooter might be a little frightening really.

Would people still laugh at me if I was on a scooter but it was flying? Hmm, tough call.

By: kneeslider

kneeslider — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:10:51 +0000

They did say this photo was of their prototype so I guess the Yamaha didn’t work out. They have a photo of a Honda Ruckus on their site which must have been a better choice for their final configuration.