Posted on 01/26/2022 12:53:33 PM PST by Twotone
A hybrid car-airplane known as “AirCar” has been issued a certificate of airworthiness by the Slovakian civil aviation authority, potentially paving the way for the future of flying vehicles.
The dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle, which looks like a sports car, was created by a team of eight highly-skilled specialists at the Slovakian company Klein Vision, which was founded by Professor Stefan Klein.
Klein has devoted the last 20 years to making the flying car a reality.
It was awarded the certificate by the Slovak Transport Authority after successfully completing 70 hours of “rigorous flight testing compatible with European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards,” Klein Vision said in a statement (pdf).
Flight tests included over 200 takeoffs and landings and a full range of various flight and performance maneuvers that Klein Vision says demonstrated “astonishing static and dynamic stability in the aircraft mode.”
The takeoff and landing procedures were achieved even without the pilot having to touch the flight controls, the company said.
It took the team of specialists over 100,000 man hours to convert design drawings of the air vehicle into mathematical models and to then create the final two-seater 1,000-kilogram (2,200-pound) vehicle that is powered by a 1.6-liter BMW engine.
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Easier to buy an autogyro and an uber app.
So instead of drive-by shootings we will have fly-by shootings. Now that's what I call progress!
People can barely handle driving in 2 dimensions.
I’m waiting for the Jetsons personal flying saucer clip.
Won’t fit in my garage. It looks kind of like an airplane dressed up as a car.
As if meandering cars on roads and freeways isn’t bad enough.
What could possibly go wrong? /s/
https://www.motor1.com/news/517628/aircar-flying-car-first-flight/
the wings fold up making it into a regular size car
Yeah, I’m wondering how many people would actually have space for it, not to mention landing and taking off in an urban environment full of trees and telephone wires, and with narrow roads. You’d basically have to keep it an airport, and take off and land at an airport, kind of like (drum roll) an airplane.
Watch the maiden flight video, which shows folding and unfolding. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAnIjwwzupI
LOL That was my point. The thing in the photo is basically an airplane with a body made to look like a car.
No, you would NOT have to keep it at the airport. It FOLDS UP.
It has a hands-off drunk driver mode for takeoffs and landings. Nancy Pelosi model crash test dummies were used for this part of the certification process.
I want one!
The Slovakians have deemed it safe 🤪
Oh great, if I buy one, I have to extend my driveway 500 ft & build a control tower!
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