DIY Flying Machine - Individual Lifting Vehicle Kit

The Performance Aviation Manufacturing Group (PAM) plans to sell the Individual Lifting Vehicle (ILV) as a kit. As in… insert A to B and snap in place. The machine is said to have reached a maximum height of 20 feet and maximum airspeed of 25mph.

Don’t count on it being sold at Walmart, as the kit is speculated to cost $50,000.

Check out this other DIY flying kit which is much cheaper at $10,000:

Segway of the Sky - Vertipod DIY Kit

The Segway of the sky will fly in early 2008 thanks to Pete Bitar of Air Buoyant. The Vertipod is designed to be a $10,000 kit for the do-it-yourself fly boys. Flying on the one-person device is as easy as standing on the platform, firing up the helicopter-like blades, and lifting off, then leaning … [More]