Sep 4 2007Personal UFOs Now Available
You may have seen this video already, but I'm here to announce that the vehicle featured, the Moller M200X is to be available before the end of the year. Depending on the number of orders, prices should be around $90,000 for a model that is limited to 10 feet of levitation (and thus requires no FAA certification). A rescue configuration capable of docking with skyscrapers will run around $450,000. Now call me crazy, but I'm going to wait for the model that doesn't require a crane overhead to keep it from dropping out of the sky and killing me.
A few more videos of other Moller hover-things after the jump.
If Moller puts as much effort and quality into the Skycar as they did the following video, I think it's safe to say to say the thing will blow up before leaving the ground.
Skycar hover test
Thanks to the very cool Nick for the tip.
Reader Comments
1. Tenchi059 - September 4, 2007 4:42 PM
Mmmmhh ... it seems quite risky... what would happen with a little bit of wind? I guess this is the reason the damn thing is tied with that rope...
2. butterbee - September 4, 2007 5:13 PM
That's the Roller Racer of air travel.
3. Stolencheese - September 4, 2007 5:25 PM
It's soooo cool.
4. Matt - September 4, 2007 5:49 PM
WTF was with the music?! I wanted to hang myself from the ceiling fan.
5. Grobbendonk - September 4, 2007 7:27 PM
It's a nice idea - we'd all love to fly.
But Moller has been touting these things for a decade and has yet to produce anything that works as well as being practical. Plus, as it only goes about 10 feet up, it might as well be a car. With a fuel consumption that makes SUVs look green, what's the point?
6. don - September 4, 2007 9:59 PM
they should turbo-charge the development of this tech so we could say goodbye to roads and say hi to the highway (literally) but if it runs on fossil fuel, it should be crashed, again, literally XD
7. don - September 4, 2007 10:01 PM
add: and yeah the background music sucks! xD
8. Brennan - September 4, 2007 11:34 PM
Oh no, OMG! ... Yay, OMG!
And what's wrong with helicopters? I just searched prices a bit and they seem to usually run under 400k, some under 100k. Of course, if a new technology is being released at such a close price then if it ever proves practical and succeeds, it probably will be much cheaper.
9. ali - September 4, 2007 11:43 PM
man i love that music.
10. KRiPPeR - September 5, 2007 1:41 AM
WTF IS WRONG WITH THE GUYS WHO DIRECTED THE SECOND VIDEO?
MY GOD... I WON'T BUY ANYTHING FROM THAT COMPANY, EVER!
AGH, MY EYES...
Sorry about the caps, but that crappy video deserve all the screams in the world.
11. wd-40 - September 5, 2007 8:30 AM
Gee.....I wonder why the first video has that spooky UFO type music and the second video has no audio at all?
hmmmmm.......
Maybe it's because these machines are LOUD AS FUCK!
12. uruwai - September 5, 2007 10:29 AM
This is not a FLYING CAR
This is a shitty small plane.
Why go for a small plane when, like me, you can own big ones?
13. erickarim - September 5, 2007 12:21 PM
theres a huge crane... why is there a huge crane ?
i call it fake.
14. manikmikanik - September 5, 2007 12:29 PM
Is this the update?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b2e_1188457915
15. Eric - September 5, 2007 4:41 PM
He hasn't even taken off and there's already a...grass circle underneath him, FAKE.
16. Johnny Law - September 5, 2007 10:35 PM
The music is/was the background music to the Wonders of Life pavillion at Walt Disnet World's EPCOT CENTER.
I love that music.
Cheers!
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