If a quadcopter drone and helicopter somehow reproduced, the offspring would be a Volocopter.

The Volocopter is a novel mode of transportation built by the German company e-Volo. The prototype aircraft, currently in testing, runs purely on electricity and features a two-seat cabin, 18 rotors, and a simple joystick control. It's a flying machine that's so unique that it cannot be classified into any known category, and the team at e-Volo hopes the Volocopter will someday satisfy a market that flying cars, to this point, have failed to.

Go, Go, Volocopter

The team at e-Volo flew the Volocopter via remote for the first time in 2013, but they are hard at work preparing the craft's computer system's for its first manned test flight, which they hope to conduct in a few months. If all goes well, the Volocopter could make its big debut at the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisc., Wired reports.

The design was so unique that German officials created a new class of aircraft so e-Volo could get a license to fly it.