From the article on newlanches.com: 

"the GEN H-4 from Gene corporation - Japan is your personal helicopter. It comes with a seat and landing gear so all you have to do is strap on and you are ready to go. Unlike traditional helicopters it has 2 sets of coaxial, contra-rotating rotors (KA-52 Hokum for all you military buffs) which eliminates the need of a tail rotor for balancing. The rotors have a length of only 4 meters (118 inches) so no parking problems too. It is powered by 4 lightweight 125 cc 2 cylinder engines which use standard gasoline. The GEN H-4 can fly to a maximum altitude of 1000 meters at a top speed of 90 km/hr (59 mph) for upto 30 minutes. You dont require a license to fly the GEN H-4 in Japan and the inventors claim it is easy as riding a bicycle and with just 2 hours of practice you can master it. The controls also resemble a bicycle handle"

 Now thats where my next $30k investment will go to :)

Comments

Written by cstevio on 2006-08-31 09:51:00 heh, where's the safety! I was expecting something with windows and a comfy seat! It's a good idea though, it would be interesting if one day that was the way people travelled, traffic control will be very interesting     If they sorted out the size of the roads over here and clamped down on unlicenced drivers then maybe we won't see so many bad drivers!! I'm sure I saw a teenager driving a massive 4x4 the other day.

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