Monday, November 04, 2013

VIDEO: BREAKING NEWS! Flying car switches between land and sky

[MailOnline]
Up, Up and away
The vehicle has a maximum speed of 99mph when driven as a car, but in airplane mode can soar through the skies at 124mph.
Video of the car in flight below...
Up, Up and away: The AeroMobil 2.5 has a top speed of 124mph when it is airborne and can accommodate two passengers
The prototype is part of an ongoing project by the AeroMobil Team led by co-founders Stefan Klein and Jurak Vaculik, who are based in Bratislava, in Slokavia. 








An incredible flying car has been developed to let drivers skip traffic jams and take to the skies.
The vehicle can be driven on normal roads as well as being flown as a two-seater airplane, as it is able take off and land at any airport, 'opening the door to real door-to-door travel,' according to a Slovakian company.
Named the AeroMobil 2.5, the hybrid invention was unveiled at AeroTech, an airshow exhibition held in Montreal.
When the wings are stowed (pictured) it measures 1.6m wide


Built from light-weight steel framework and carbon coating, when converted into a plane, the vehicle measures 8.2m wide and 6m long to accommodate two people. When the wings are stowed 
(pictured) it measures 1.6m wideWhen the wings are stowed (pictured) it measures 1.6m wide
Roadworthy: The vehicle can be driven on normal roads as well as being flown as a two-seater airplane, as it is able take off and land at any airport, 'opening the door to real door-to-door travel' according to the Slovakian company. Stefan Klein, co-founder of the company, is picturedsitting 
in the Vehicle.
The vehicle can be driven on normal roads
Tatiana Veber, AeroMobil spokesman said: 'We have been developing the concept of a flying car since 1990.
'Our first model looked quite bizarre and it would have problems in the regular use.
'That was a signal to improve the concept of the flying car in a way to become an integral part of the regular road traffic.
'We got a positive feedback from several experts in avionics, which appreciated design and the technical solution of the process of transformation.
Here, it is possible to see how much the car's wings look like those of a conventional small airplane. They fold up to allow the vehicle to be driven like a normal car on the road

Here, it is possible to see how much the car's wings look like those of a conventional small airplane
The flying car is powered by a large propeller at its rear. The company has been working on the concept to try and develop a vehicle that could become an 'integral part' of the regular ways that
People travel.

The flying car is powered by a large propeller at its rear
The AeroMobil comes in to land. It is designed to be used at any airport and its creators believe the concept will allow the next generation of door-to-door travelThe AeroMobil comes in to land

The company claims the vehicle can be parked in a standard parking space and can be driven on normal roads.
'The car is constructed to be fuelled at regular gas stations using the fuel for Rotax 912 ULS engine.'
When used as a car, the vehicle has a range of 310 miles and measures just over one-and-a-half metres wide.
Built from light-weight steel framework and carbon coating, when converted into a plane, the vehicle measures just over eight metres wide and six metres long to accommodate two people.
The increase in width is due to the unfurling of its collapsible wings.
The vehicle, which weighs 450kg, has a take-off speed of 90mph and a range of 430 miles as an airplane.
AeroMobil has been developing the concept of a flying car.AeroMobil has been developing the concept of a flying car since 1990
Here, experts look at the rear of the hybrid vehicle, which measures six metres in length and has a propeller to power it in flightHere, experts look at the rear of the hybrid vehicle
The vehicle, which weighs 450kg, has a take-off speed of 90mph and a range of 430 miles as an airplaneThe car has a take-off speed of 90mph
Here, the wings of the car are unfurled as the vehicle prepares for take off


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