11/5/2022 0 Comments Futuristic hover car![]() Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. ![]() US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account #FUTURISTIC HOVER CAR FULL#The vehicle was given a full certification basis by the EASA, but is yet to complete the final “compliance demonstration” stage, according to the Dutch firm’s website. Other vehicles in development include the PAL-V Liberty, a gyroplane that doubles as a road vehicle, from Netherlands-based company PAL-V. He added, “It’s the scale that’s going to create a lot of new opportunities for employment and for new technologies to be developed.” “If the company which is involved in the certification, has made the business case, this will progress in creating a product that can reach the market,” Kourousis said. ![]() Kyriakos Kourousis, chair of the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Airworthiness & Maintenance Specialist Group, told CNN that “this is not the first time that similar types of vehicles have been certified.” “AirCar certification opens the door for mass production of very efficient flying cars,” said test pilot Stefan Klein, the car’s inventor and leader of the development team. ![]() The aircraft completed its first inter-city flight in Slovakia last June - its 142nd successful landing. Photo by Klein Vision via ABACAPRESS.COM Klein Vision/ABACA/Reuters However, unlike the planes you're used to, AirCar is only capable of carrying 2 people with a combined weight of 31 stone. Unlike drone-taxis, AirCar is unable to take off or land vertically, and requires a runway - similar to a plane you take when you're off your holidays. AirCar has a fixed propeller at the back, as well as a ballistic parachute for any emergencies. When on the ground, the vehicle looks like a modern sports car, where the wings of the aircraft are folded smoothly down the side - it takes 2 minutes and 15 seconds to turn into an aircraft from sports car mode. The car has a BMW engine and even runs off petrol-pump fuel, but it takes much more than that for it to take flight into the air. Professor Stefan Klein described the experience as "very pleasant". The car/aircraft was operated by its inventor, Professor Stefan Klein and its co-founder, Anton Zajac. It's capable of flying about 600 miles at a height of 8,200ft (2,500m) and has completed over 40 hours of test flights. If the design and the concept were pretty easy to put on the paper, it will take a while until such sci-fi project will hit production.Handout photo - A new milestone has been hit for AirCar - a prototype car that can transform into an aircraft and has completed a successful 35-minute flight, and at the click of a button it transforms back into a car! The aircraft completed its test flight in Slovakia, from airports Nitra to Bratislava on 28 June, which makes the aircrafts 142nd successful landing. The virtual-take-off-and-landing ( VTOL) vehicle can accommodate three passengers, including the driver, comfortably.Īny fan of “The Jetsons” must be quite delighted by the Honda Fuz-o, but before this flying car will be available for sale, all they can do is wait. In addition, safety features such as a Fly-by-Wire system that relies on GPS to keep cars from hitting one another or airbags that open inside AND outside of the vehicle to protect the driver, the car, and anyone in the path of the car should it get in an air-collision are also present.Īnd like any flying car, the Fuz-o has retractable wheels and is made of ultra-light and ultra-strong carbon fibre, Kevlar, and carbon nano-tubes. The only things reminiscent of today's vehicles are are the usual pedals, controlling acceleration and braking, based at your feet. The left joystick allows the car to spin to its axis and the right one manages tilt and direction. The Fuz-o is supposed to hit a max speed of 400 mph (644 km/hour), being controlled via joysticks, one on either side of the driver’s seat on the armrests. ![]() "The Fuz-o is a futuristic fantasy with four high-powered turbines for high-speed horizontal flight and Iron-Man-like handling," as Yanko Design reported. The “Honda Fuz-o” is a Vertical Take-Off and Landing concept. We all knew the moment we will see flying cars will come some day, but taking a look at designer John Mahieddine’s Honda Hovercar, future seems nearer than we would have expected. ![]()
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