More on the Moller Skycar

I generally find the Register whiny, annoying, and combative (and what's worse, they didn't used to be like that!), so I take everything they print with several spoonfuls of salt.

Even so, here you go: Flying car less likely than flying pig. Someone sent in a letter arguing about the numbers Moller claims for the efficiency of his aircraft.

I do tend to sympathize with the following query:

Well, on a subsequent visit to the stand we did see a video of a tethered SkyCar hovering precariously at an altitude of about 15 feet. Will it go any higher?

Yeah, no kidding. People seem to be eating news of this thing up, but it hasn't actually gone anywhere.

And it hasn't gone anywhere for a long time: check out this swingin' prototype from the (ehem) 70s:

I think we'll get robotic cars before flying cars.