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Re:Larry Page is pouring millions into flying cars by yeppers123 on Saturday December 31, 2016 @02:42AM (#13290025)
It'll happen once the strict licensing is no longer needed. Currently the necessary training for flying is too long and expensive for most people.
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Re:Larry Page is pouring millions into flying cars by ccozan on Saturday December 31, 2016 @04:12AM (#13290273)
And this is where the autonomous flying is coming into place: you will not fly this car at all. Software will be certified for this.

Which means:

1. wait for tesla like autonomous software that works for cars - we have for planes but this is a bit different 2. either high density batteries for electrical engines or very light weight ICE engines ( biodiesel or bio ethanol ) to be mass produced

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Re:Larry Page is pouring millions into flying cars by macspoofing on Sunday January 01, 2017 @12:36AM (#13294811)
It's not just the flight training that's the problem. It's the expense of maintaining and certifing the vehicle, and those regulations will never be loosened.
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