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Flying car completes test flight between airports
« on: June 30, 2021, 02:13:12 pm »
Flying car completes test flight between airports
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57651843

The hybrid car-aircraft, AirCar, is equipped with a BMW engine and runs on regular petrol-pump fuel.

Its creator, Prof Stefan Klein, said it could fly about 1,000km (600 miles), at a height of 8,200ft (2,500m), and had clocked up 40 hours in the air so far.

It takes two minutes and 15 seconds to transform from car into aircraft....



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Re: Flying car completes test flight between airports
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2021, 07:07:45 pm »
Nice looking for a flying car. I wonder what the price point will be?
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Re: Flying car completes test flight between airports
« Reply #2 on: June 30, 2021, 07:43:25 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on June 30, 2021, 07:07:45 pm
Nice looking for a flying car. I wonder what the price point will be?

I should ask George Jetson!
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Re: Flying car completes test flight between airports
« Reply #3 on: June 30, 2021, 07:59:58 pm »
This is seriously cool.
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Re: Flying car completes test flight between airports
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2021, 11:35:10 am »
...The AirCar Prototype 1, which has been in development since 2017 at Klein’s company KleinVision, is powered by a 160-horsepower BMW engine, and features a fixed propeller. The flying car is capable of 45-degree turns, speeds of 190 kilometers per hour (118 mph) and cruising at altitudes of 8,200 feet, according the KleinVision. There’s also a ballistic parachute included for emergencies.

A future pre-production model, the AirCar Prototype 2, will feature a more powerful engine and a variable-pitch propeller, allowing it to travel at speeds of 300 kilometers per hour (186 mph) over a distance of 621 miles, the company claims....
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https://wgntv.com/news/flying-cars-successful-35-minute-test-flight-ushers-in-new-era-of-transportation-inventor-says/

https://wgntv.com/news/flying-cars-successful-35-minute-test-flight-ushers-in-new-era-of-transportation-inventor-says/
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Re: Flying car completes test flight between airports
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2021, 12:04:00 pm »
What's the fuel consumption like?
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Re: Flying car completes test flight between airports
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2021, 09:47:50 pm »
Quote from: Kamaji on July 01, 2021, 12:04:00 pm
What's the fuel consumption like?
I hope the development doesn't take too long or it will have to be an EV if the Gaia worshipers get their way.
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Re: Flying car completes test flight between airports
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2021, 09:54:06 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on June 30, 2021, 07:07:45 pm
Nice looking for a flying car. I wonder what the price point will be?
Sure have come a long ways from 1974, but then again it has taken almost 50 years to achieve.


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