Flying in an open-air, single-seat helicopter is a true test of nerves
Andrew Paul
created: Sept. 27, 2025, 2 p.m. | updated: Oct. 7, 2025, 2:08 p.m.
Knowing that, no one would blame you for never taking a seat inside a Mirocopter SCH-2A.
And yet that hasn’t stopped YouTuber Mark Rumsey from spending the past few months documenting his recent excursions above California in his own SCH-2A copter.
In one video, Rumsey showcases a brief, 6.5-mile jaunt from La Cresta to Lake Elsinore about 28 miles east of Irvine.
The videos aren’t for the faint of heart, but in some ways it feels like Mirocopter makes all those other flying car companies seem lacking by comparison.
For all their promises of impending aerial taxi services, the SCH-2A already allows its drivers the ability to avoid congested roadways—at least for anyone daring enough.
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