http://www.gizmag.com We've written before about the nifty flying carpet-style PAM Individual Lifting Vehicle - now it seems there's another self-stabilizing coaxial dual-rotor flying platform on the way. The AN-1 AeroQuad, from Spain's Aeris Naviter, boasts all the key advantages of the PAM VTOL platform - it's as easy to pilot as a Segway, it'll fly for up to 5 hours, and happily hover at 20-30 feet with a maximum payload of 200kg - making it very handy for crop spraying, firefighting, aerial photography, lifeguarding, rescue and border control in mountainous areas. The AeroQuad moves forward from the PAM design, though, in that it comes in both land- or water-based configurations, and either one is able to fold up after use to a size so small you only need a half-trailer to transport it.en gizmag.com http://www.gizmag.com/aeroquad-self-stabilizing-vtol-flying-platform/11277/#comment-1591 http://www.gizmag.com/aeroquad-self-stabilizing-vtol-flying-platform/11277/#comment-1591 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:16:19 -0500 http://www.gizmag.com/aeroquad-self-stabilizing-vtol-flying-platform/11277/#comment-1561 http://www.gizmag.com/aeroquad-self-stabilizing-vtol-flying-platform/11277/#comment-1561 Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:59:38 -0500