Flying Cars

As promised .. "Meet George Jetson .. " flying cars.To the left, is a picture of Paul Mollers design for " The Skycar " which uses four enclosed turbofan engines & has a ceiling yet to be determined (tethered test flights only so far ... however , I believe untethered flights have also been achieved & documented .)The idea is that the " Skycar" flies a preprogrammed flight plan( or autopilot ) so the public can avoid lane darting situations in the air , like we have on the 5 fwy at rush hour . (Air collisions on the way home from work ? Hope you have gieco.) Ain't the future excitin' ? ( I can already hear the chorus from Donald Fagan's " International Geophysical Year " ; " What a beautiful world this will be .. what a glorious time to be freee.." ) Here is a sketch I did after an X - men style nightmare . My version doesn't fly , so much as hover at low altitude . It has a ceiling of 25 or so ft. ( high enough to go OVER a stoplight that takes too long ) and would require a single helicopter turbine ( like Andy Granatelli used in his 1967 car that almost won the indy 500, & Ray Heppenstalls Howmet texas Turbine car , that ACTUALLY won a race .)Also , my version could operate with a multi spark discharge layout to produce or add to its existing fuel , which I hope would be hydrogen. It would have enclosed horizontal turbofans & adjustable ducting (* reaction jets - like a harrier ) all ran via a planetary gear / differential arrangment to control yaw , pitch and attitude .The " FCX" ( ok , having some fun here - flying car prototype ? ) would also feature a steering wheel that functions as a yoke ,similar to an aircraft yet drives like a car . I chose to render it like a cross between the Mach 5 and an Audi R8 . Hmmm .. the future has a silver lining ? ( zoinks .. next thing yanno well be getting speeding tickets from robocop .. " stay out of trouble . " ) - Nexus 6