Maverick Flying Car at Oshkosh

October 13, 2010 - Steve Saint of I-TEC drove his road-legal flying car from Florida to Oshkosh this summer. Since then the FAA has also issued the Maverick a S-LSA aircraft airworthiness certificate. I-TEC hopes to be in production by EAA Oshkosh 2011.

http://www.eaavideo.org/video.aspx?v=635469588001

 

It sure can fly and drive but that thing will be crushed if he gets into an accident.

coolness: 5/5
safety: 1/5

 

It's not much for looks, is it......

 

Certainly not going to take over the auto or aviation industry but for what it was designed for it seems pretty sweet. The ability to cross all types of terrain with one vehicle is pretty impressive but I would imagine it's flight capabilities are severely hampered by moderate to strong winds.

 

40 mph airspeed is awful slow though...

 

Very cool but yea, 40 MPH is rough. 3.9 to 60 on the ground is pretty good tho