Want.

with a capital 'W'.

Stability isn't the problem. It's power needed for a given payload. Smaller fans need more power than a large helicopter rotor disc. It takes 400hp to fly a small copter like the Cayuse with a 1 tonne payload. This thing might need twice the power, for less payload. So it can get closer to buildings than a copter? So what.

Now I know they're not serious.

Haven't they seen the Harry Potter movies, with Ron's flying car? This stuff has been around for years, and none of this mumbo jumbo about fans and noise. FFS, the thing even goes invisible on the push of a button.

And don't even get me started on Star Trek...

Cue theme music.

..I shall ask it anyway.

Won't this thing just crush everything it 'fiies' over?

Seriously, people, it's an article about Israeli technology! Isn't anyone going to threaten a boycott or something? I'm truly disappointed. I shall be removing El Reg from my bookmarks.

Looks pretty vulnerable to an RPG

But ever since the XP-38 came out they're just not in demand any more...

Mine's the one with the Death Star plans in the pocket..

With the usual thrust 2 weight issues of course.

That's pretty much it for the time being.

http://www.moller.com/skycar.htm

There was a GI Joe vehicle from the mid-80s called the Sky Hawk that looked almost identical to this thing. Even as an 8 year old, I wasn't exactly sure how such an aircraft was supposed to fly. The idea of "center of mass" probably never entered the toy designers' heads.

http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/84/skyhawk/

Black helicopter, because, well, COBRA had black helicopters.

"A real advantage?

By GeorgeTuk Posted Tuesday 16th June 2009 13:24 GMT

Its really difficult to see what true advantage this could have over the traditional helicopter other than straight line speed."

Not even that as the helicopter speed record belongs to the Westland Lynx (albeit a souped up version) set about 20 years ago. The speed limit for helicopter being the point at which the rotors travel supersonically.

Paris because...

Moller has been faffing around for 25+ years promising something like this "any day now" and producing nothing except dubious stock certificates. These guys are going to make it work, and do it in 1/10th the time with 1/10th the hype.