Aeromobil: flying car choose the sky

Posted on 22-10-2013 at 9:10 by ricardo – 15 Comments”

After more than 125 years of cars on the road is a decent flying copy is still not a reality. However, there are more worthy alternatives that you can take off. Remember the Terrafugia, the Dutch PAL-V, and soon this creation from Slovakia: the Aeromobil V2.5.

This creation, sprouted from the brain of former autodesigner Stefan Small, weighs, without passengers and fuel only 450 kg. It is like the Terrafugia is more of a plane with inklapvleugels that also happens to be the way, but the whole thing looks just slightly tighter than that exorbitantly priced yank. Unfolded, the six-metre-long Aeromobil V2.5 a wingspan of 8.2 metres, folded measure is only 1.6 metres wide, to allow you a lot of space from the feet. It is powered by a Rotax 912 engine with 100 hp. That can either be the propeller drive, either the two front wheels.

In the air, this means a top speed of 200 km/h, on asphalt you will be with 100 km/h to settle. The range would be 700 km.

For now, this is a sample, made of a steel tubular frame and a body of carbon fiber. But it works, so let Small recently, and now he tries to both investors and a producer. Should that ever happen, then he expects within two years of approval can arrange for his creation.

The first test flights are also carried out. Really far above the runway he comes not out, but there was liftoff. Video HIERR. What he will need is going to cost you is unknown.

Gallery: Aeromobil

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