Its everyone’s dream to own a flying car. Now, its not just a concept- technology is sound and engineers proved themselves designing high-tech flying cars. This year we have seen different flying car projects during the air-show’s. These new designs is going to fire the imaginations of aviators.
Lufthansa Airbus Wing-strike at Hamburg
- Share this post on Twitter (Click Here) and Facebook (Click Here)
- Click Here and subscribe to MentorLog for updates on this topic and Free Giveaways.
Martin Jet-pack
Company : Martin Aircraft Company
Type: Ultralight personal helicopter; commercial product
Description: A rider uses two gasoline-driven, 1.7-foot-diameter ducted rotors to fly up to 31.5 miles at an FAA-mandated maximum speed of 63 mph. In 2010 Martin landed a $12 million outside investment to build 500 packs. They will be sold to governments and defense firms for $100,000 each
M400X Skycar
Company: Moller International
Aircraft Type: Vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft; prototype
Description: The Skycar points four ducted fans down to take off vertically; the fans swivel to provide thrust during flight.
Inventor: Paul Moller.
CarterCopter
Company: Carter Aviation Technologies
Aircraft Type: Autogyro rotor-craft; prototype
Description: Wings and a twin-boom tail help the helo fly at slow rotor speeds, but it can only hover for seconds. On June 17, 2005, it broke a record for slow-rotor flight but crashed later that day. They have successfully demonstrated the slowed rotor concept with the Carter-copter Technology Demonstrator (CCTD), the first and only aircraft to reach “mu-1″.
Milner AirCar
Company: Milner Motors
Type: Roadable aircraft; prototype
Description: This four-door car, about the size of a Honda Civic, has a foldable main wing in the rear of the vehicle and a canard in front In air mode the diesel-powered plane will be able to cruise at speeds of 200mph – at 25,000 feet. In the air, the Milner AirCar will be powered by two,160 brake horsepower ducted fan engines and will have a range of up to 1,000 miles before needing to re-fuel.
Transformer TX
Developer: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Type: VTOL (vertical-takeoff and landing) Humvee; government research project to create prototypes
Description: In 2010 the Pentagon selected companies to design two versions of a flying jeep. One design uses an exposed rotor and wings; the other, ducted fans. The Transformer (TX) program calls for a vertical-takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle that can travel 280 miles by land or air and carry up to 1,000 pounds
Very informative post.Finally, the future has arrived and not anymore a utopic dream. You forgot to include one , the terrafugia transition, it’s going to be sold for around 15,0000-200,000 late this year.
These projects are perpetually “3-5 years from production”. Not mentioned here is the PAL-V a three wheeled gyrocopter. The mockup looks good, but like all the rest its doubtful they will have the money to finish the engineering.
The moller skycar is my favorite. It looks way better than the others. Cool and elegant. I love the red metallic finish!