It does state that a computer governs the altitude; it is capable of higher altitudes but the FAA says you need a pilot's license if you want to go higher than ten feet. One could progam the altitude limiter to not exceed any overpass heights on your commute. Anyway, I doubt that these would be street legal because of a lack of positive braking ability, among other things. On the bright side, it makes bad road surfaces a moot point. I've always maintained that flying vehicles will never replace automobiles because a much, much higher percentage of accidents would be fatal. Mid-air collisions tend to be that way, "fender-benders" just don't happen often at altitude. Insurance rates would make operating it prohibatively expensive. Getting your telescope to really primo sites would be a breeze, if they could increase the payload capacity. I wonder if the stated capacity includes the operator? If so, that limits it to 3" Questars and ETX's, unfortunately, unless one is very small-framed. On 8/5/07, Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote:
10 feet -- just high enough to smash your bubble canopy (and thence your face) into a freeway overpass... nice.