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An Aircraft That Promises Helicopter Convenience at Jet Speeds
Barrons ^ | 05/02/2018 | Mark Huber

Posted on 05/02/2018 12:25:38 PM PDT by DFG

Imagine an aircraft that will take off and land like a helicopter but fly as fast and high as some light private jets. If all goes according to plan, a prototype of such an aircraft will fly in the fall and could be in customer hands by 2023.

The six-seat, $6.5 million TriFan 600 being built by XTI Aircraft in Denver holds the promise of dramatically cutting travel times between major city centers and offering the ultimate in private, secure transport.

“It affords you utmost privacy as it eliminates the need for an airport,” said XTI CEO Robert LaBelle.

When you factor in ground transportation, the TriFan shaves at least an hour off a typical three-hour combination corporate jet/car ride from executive airports to the central business districts in New York and Chicago.

(Excerpt) Read more at barrons.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: denver; flyingcar; trifan; xti
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1 posted on 05/02/2018 12:25:39 PM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

A lot of squirreliness to work through.


2 posted on 05/02/2018 12:30:38 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: DFG

So the “fans” tilt for horizontal and vertical travel? That’s pretty cool unless one of them gets stuck.


3 posted on 05/02/2018 12:31:51 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: DFG

... but can you drop Communists out of it?


4 posted on 05/02/2018 12:33:48 PM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 0)
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To: DFG

The military has had these for years. VTOL.


5 posted on 05/02/2018 12:34:13 PM PDT by mbarker12474
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To: DFG

Technically, you could call this the first flying car. Can I land it in my driveway?


6 posted on 05/02/2018 12:42:16 PM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: DFG

21st century Moller Air Car

Send us money to develop it and we’ll spend it on advertising!


7 posted on 05/02/2018 12:47:36 PM PDT by hattend
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To: DFG
Harrier Jets
8 posted on 05/02/2018 12:49:38 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: robroys woman

Can you land a UH60 Black Hawk in your driveway? If so, you might be able to land this thing. Probably about the same size.


9 posted on 05/02/2018 12:49:53 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: mbarker12474

Harrier comes to mind.


10 posted on 05/02/2018 12:50:26 PM PDT by Lurkina.n.Learnin (Wisdom and education are different things. Don't confuse them.)
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To: DFG

I bet by 2050, everybody will be flying these instead of their family car. (Better late...)


11 posted on 05/02/2018 12:51:10 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: NorthMountain

Yep. My driveway is a quarter mile long and my car parking spot is on the edge of a five acre lawn. :) WOO HOO!


12 posted on 05/02/2018 12:57:03 PM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: robroys woman
Technically, there was a car that you could add a wing & tail section to, and fly away. And land.

Can't remember exactly why it didn't take off...

Probably a pain and time consuming to assemble safely, so it might have been more cost effective to just buy a plane.

13 posted on 05/02/2018 1:07:47 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Robert DeLong

One of my favorite planes.


14 posted on 05/02/2018 1:10:12 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: skimbell
I bet by 2050, everybody will be flying these instead of their family car. (Better late...)

Not until the government mandates back up cameras on these.

15 posted on 05/02/2018 1:13:19 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: DFG

Already been done, Airwolf... LOL


16 posted on 05/02/2018 1:14:58 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative ( THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: Calvin Locke

I’ve always seeing flying cars as “a bad car and a bad plane”. I have family members that have fair amounts of land. If I had a thing like this, I could visit my sister in Montana. But there is no way I could afford it. She could. She already has a Cessna Citation...


17 posted on 05/02/2018 1:16:50 PM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: skimbell
I bet by 2050, everybody will be flying these instead of their family car.

I wonder what the mileage is.

18 posted on 05/02/2018 1:30:39 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill: google,TWITTER,FACEBOOK,WaPo,Hollywd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
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To: DFG

Vectored thrust? A la Harrier?


19 posted on 05/02/2018 1:34:59 PM PDT by IronJack (A)
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To: Kickass Conservative
Already done :


20 posted on 05/02/2018 1:43:41 PM PDT by corkoman
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