World's first flying car successful maiden flight

Terrafugia flying car started

For about three years ago, a bunch of pilots and engineers from the American University MIT started a project called Terrafugia. Terrafugia is supposed to be the world's first flying car, and now it looks as if the plans will become reality.

The idea was to create an aircraft that can be folded away and also be used as a car or called flying car. The problem has earlier been to build Terrafugia in a manner such that it is accepted as a legitimate vehicles on the road.

Yesterday the company announced that it has conducted a successful flight of a production prototype of the Terrafugia flying car at Plattsburghs International Airport outside New York.

 Flying car ready to launch production

Terrafugia flying car was successful maiden flight marks a significant advance in the effort to launch production and the first deliveries of Terrafugia, said Anna Mracek Dietrich, COO of Terrafugia.

Premiere The flight took the flying car up to about 400 meters and lasted for eight minutes. In order to fly the Terrafugia, a pilot license for the sports field.

Terrafugia flying car price

The price of the Terrafugia flying car finished model is estimated to be 279,000 dollars or more than 1.8 million.

Terrafugia flying car video:

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Flying car in the premiere

Flying car tested

The Dutch flying car PAL-V has now test flown. It flies like a gyrocopter, the road runs on a motorcycle.

The Flying car has been tested on the ground since 2009, but it was only a few weeks ago that Pal-V was also tested in the air. It needs a relatively short take-off distance, 165 meters to take off and land at 30 meters.

Flying car ability

In ten minutes you turn the vehicle from cars to airplanes, and vice versa. To fly with the car requires approximately 20 - 30 hours of training, says the manufacturer PAL-V Europe NV.

Flying car top speed with a motor of 160 kW is located at 180 km / h in the air and on the road. The fuel is enough for a distance in the air at 350-500 km depending on load and wind conditions. On the way, enough fuel for a distance of 1200 km. The three-wheel vehicle is inclined inwardly in curves like a motorcycle.

Pal-v flying car can seat two people. Maximum takeoff weight is 910 kg. Minimum speed in the air is 50 km / h

The idea is that the plane should be able to run with the help of GPS technology at up to 1,200 meters height so as not to get in the way of commercial aviation.

Flying car test video

See the Pal-V Flying Car company's video presentation below

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