Slowburn
It does not appear to have much space for cargo.
Mack McDowell
Slowburn, i would guess it would be slung underneath, also since its a prototype this could just be a proof of concept vehicle with later versions having large storage areas...
Mel Tisdale
Range will be the crucial factor. They could hardly be regarded as consumables in these straitened times.
VirtualGathis
@Mack McDowell - This vehicle can not do underslung cargo from what I've read about it through the years. This vehicle is either the latest iteration of or direct offspring form the Urban Aeronautics X-Hawk. The X-Hawk stuff shows a better picture of how they would load injured persons or cargo into the vehicle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_Aeronautics_X-Hawk
Tracking back it looks like Urban Aero split off the above company for military vehicles and one for civil vehicles based on the x-hawk platform so the x-hawk pictures should give a decent epresentation of the vehicle.
BigGoofyGuy
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/airmule-uav/ Here is a site with more information. It indicates they are developing a cargo version.
This was on a documentary on flying vehicles. It showed a cargo bay that items could be put into or an injured person.
Perhaps one day it could be adapted to be a flying car?
michael_dowling
Doesn't sound much quieter than a conventional helicopter.
Danock
Total available cargo volume is 2,640 liters (93 ft^3); 1,540 liters of which are internal (770 liters in each of the main cabin compartments) and an additional 1,100 liters available in an optional belly mounted compartment.
http://www.urbanaero.com/category/airmule
Botat16
This is designed to pick up wounded on a battlefield and carry them hanging from a rope and hook? Sounds like it might scare the life out of anybody to get scooped up by a flying blender and flown a mile to an aid station. They should make it look like a teddy bear so as not to increase trauma!
the.other.will
The layout is much better for a UAV than it is for a manned aircraft. Any crew would be in the middle between the fans instead of in front with an unobstructed view of the ground. So a flying car is unlikely to come from this.
Mike Douglas
Looks like something from shadow run