Certified By The Slovak Transport Authority, The AirCar Takes Flight
The Slovakian company Klein Vision announced in a press release that its flying car had been certified by the country’s civil aviation authority and has officially issued the AirCar concept with its certificate of airworthiness.
The idea behind the AirCar is that it can move both in the air and on the ground. And indeed, the AirCar has both an aerodynamic fuselage and a modern, attractive design inside and out.
It is made primarily of a composite material, which increases its lift capacity during flight. In addition, flight tests have demonstrated the stability of the aircraft in the air.
Similarly, for take-off and landing maneuvers, Klein Vision ensured that the aircraft maneuvers without the pilot having to operate the controls.
The AirCar is powered by a 160-horsepower BMW 1.6L engine. It is powered by petrol. Several prototypes have been manufactured by Klein Vision. There is a two-seater, a 3-seater, and a 4-seater, as well as an amphibious version.
The two-seater version weighs almost 1,000 kilos. It can travel distances of around 1,000 km with a speed of over 300 km/h.
Indeed, the AirCar made its first flight between two cities, lasting 35 minutes from Nitra to Bratislava. The flight went perfectly well, and on landing, in just three minutes, the AirCar’s wings folded away to make way for a normal car.
The car then drove off into the city center of the Slovak capital.
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Eric the Red
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Tell me again, what is the point of a flying car? Avoid traffic?
Sorry, but with potentially thousands of these things in the air,
there will still be congestion. This is a nifty gadget for nerds,
nothing more.
Since we already know that it’s enormously difficult to handle masses of vehicles’ movements in 2D, what makes you think it’s not going to be
even more difficult in 3D ???
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T. C. Clark
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Agree. It is an expensive not very good car…and expensive not very good airplane. I believe air taxi drones will have a niche market in the future but cars and airplanes are 2 different animals.
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