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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They need to hover about twenty feet above the ground without using any power, then go to ground to pick up the driver and then take off...
It would be hilarious to see a major city with a few million of these in the air at the same time!
John Denver would have bought one in a heartbeat!
Imagine if the FAA and OSHA had been in existence back then..........
I recognize your YOKE in that!
I might have missed it but, MSRP?
Statistically it will be far safer Then driving from the suburbs down to Detroit on the Lodge freeway during rush hour.
Not today, but how about 100 years down the road?
FWIW, there are still people alive who grew up in the mid-west prairies whose only transportation was horse drawn buggies and the water on their properties were drilled the old fashioned way with a post stuck in the ground and a mule walking around in circles as the post dug into the ground.
Back around 2001 while on a pheasant hunting trip to N.W. Kansas, myself and my hunting buddy stayed the night in a bead and breakfast owned by a 94 year old lady who experienced the above.
Since the weekend hunting was uneventful, my only regret was hunting and not staying around and hearing the history of this old lady........
Look how far we have advanced technologically in the past 50 years. It's only going to increase exponentially in the next 100 if we are still alive............
Outfit them with high energy lasers and a cell based targeting system
Not in Alaska, nor in rural areas. :D
I’ve been waiting!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTq6Tofmo7E
No kidding. If the head-on collision doesn’t kill you...the drop will.
Park, Reverse, Neutral, Fly.
Just think of 'em as curb feelers.
A lousy airplane and a lousy car. No thanks.
It uses the same engine for flying and driving. The driving portion will put a lot more wear on the engine since it is accelerating and decelerating a lot lot more than an aircraft engine which runs at a steady RPM.
And as a car the engine will have to be pulled and rebuilt far more frequently.
What’s the wing loading? How well does it glide without power? It’s also aerodynamically pretty dirty.
This is a toy and not a serious idea. Still I hope he has fun with it. It’s better than a muscle car at impressing the guys on the block.
Does it fold up into a brief case like George Jetsons?
New parking spaces at Wal-Mart.
Very practical.
I suspect this would up the anti on the excitement levels of rush hour traffic in Atlanta.
Will it fold up into a briefcase?
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