Which OT Ballers are getting a flying car?

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The Switchblade, which is an essentially three-wheeled motorcycle-type vehicle with forward-retracting wings, has two seats in side-by-side configuration – much like your regular two-seater airplanes. Up in the air, it can fly up to 200 miles per hour (322 kilometers per hour), with a cruising speed of 160 miles per hour (257 kilometers per hour). Down on the ground, its maximum speed is 125 mph (201 kph). All these figures are coursed through the 190-horsepower, four-cylinder Samson engine, with a power-to-weight ratio of a 2017 Corvette.

Obviously, the most important road block of flying cars is that they need runways. Like in the case of the Switchblade, it needs 1,100 feet (335 meters) of runway to take off. Getting to the ground would need longer pavement as it needs at least 1,600 ft (488 m) for a successful descent from the air.

With that, the concept of flying cars is far from being a staple means of transportation, but it isn’t impossible. Besides, the more efficient way to land and take off, Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL), is now being looked at by Samson Sky. But as its CEO Sam Bousfield puts it, the company’s initial goal is to provide a transportation vehicle that can work within the existing infrastructure, technology, and regulations.

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