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The days are not far when you can have your very own helipad in your back yard and commute to office via air to avoid those nasty traffic jams.

There are at present two ultra light helicopters with prices ranging from $30,000 to $50,000 that are competing with each other to provide the common man the experience of flying.

The top speed is of 60 mph and 1 gallon of fuel gives you airtime of one hour.

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A do it yourself assembly will take something around 20-30 hours and you will have an airworthy machine meeting FAA standard.

The Air Scooter II will start production from 2007 and has a 65hp engine with load carrying capacity of 350lb.

It is estimated to be priced at $50,000.

The Gen-H4 has four 10hp two stroke engines and can carry loads of up to 200lb. with price tag of $30,000.

Via: Popularmechanics