Very interesting but of course not practical until the Battery Power Density is much better.  In the article they mention that they only need 60 HP... I think this is woefully inaccurate.  What do you guys think?

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/20/nasas-puffin-crazy-personal-aircraft/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+foxnews%252Fscitech+%2528Text+-+SciTech%2529

Mike C.

Waco stuff. Same category  as global warming.
VERY prone to ring vortex state.
http://www.rotaryeng.net/VTOL.html

Paul Lamar