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2022-01-27 Science & Technology

Flying Car Certified to Fly, Paving Way for Mass Production of ‘Very Efficient Flying Cars'

[ET] A hybrid car-airplane known as "AirCar" has been issued a certificate of airworthiness by the Slovakian civil aviation authority, potentially paving the way for the future of flying vehicles.

The dual-mode car-aircraft vehicle, which looks like a sports car, was created by a team of eight highly-skilled specialists at the Slovakian company Klein Vision, which was founded by Professor Stefan Klein.

Klein has devoted the last 20 years to making the flying car a reality.

It was awarded the certificate by the Slovak Transport Authority after successfully completing 70 hours of "rigorous flight testing compatible with European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards," Klein Vision said in a statement (pdf).

Flight tests included over 200 takeoffs and landings and a full range of various flight and performance maneuvers that Klein Vision says demonstrated "astonishing static and dynamic stability in the aircraft mode."

The takeoff and landing procedures were achieved even without the pilot having to touch the flight controls, the company said.

It took the team of specialists over 100,000 man hours to convert design drawings of the air vehicle into mathematical models and to then create the final two-seater 1,000-kilogram (2,200-pound) vehicle that is powered by a 1.6-liter BMW engine.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-01-27 06:22|| || Front Page|| [19 views ] Top

#1 ...No. Just NO.

I see how people drive here every day on the roads, God alone knows what they'll do in the air.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2022-01-27 11:18|| 2022-01-27 11:18|| Front Page Top

#2 Beat me to it mike

Posted by Chris 2022-01-27 12:17|| 2022-01-27 12:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Drive? Hell, just watching them park.

Its so bad I think we need a phone app which lets them operated their vehicle by phone so when they are in the driver's seat, checking their phone, they can drive.

I watched a couple fancy lad try to park at a typical H grid layout and it took them 10 minutes and a number of almost collisions including with myself. Being Colorado, I could only hope they were smoked out of their mind because at that age, I was teaching myself how to do a reverse 180 with a standard and they have parents just buying them the most expensive vehicle they'd like. "I want a flying car, mum!"

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-01-27 13:14|| 2022-01-27 13:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Air-ground accidents are more Darwinian than car-car accidents...

Posted by trailing wife 2022-01-27 15:48|| 2022-01-27 15:48|| Front Page Top

#5 If they fly at one foot, the potholes wouldn’t be a problem.

Posted by KBK 2022-01-27 16:13|| 2022-01-27 16:13|| Front Page Top

#6 Still tied to runways. Vertical point to point is the way to go. Then don't need the car feature (and it's heavy weight).

Posted by Muggsy Uning1913 2022-01-27 16:36|| 2022-01-27 16:36|| Front Page Top

#7 A few pounds could be saved by losing the turn signals. Few people in Georgia use them anyway.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-01-27 16:43|| 2022-01-27 16:43|| Front Page Top

#8 You know it will just end up looking like the traffic in The Fifth Element.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-01-27 17:01|| 2022-01-27 17:01|| Front Page Top

#9
If we think Gun registration is a nut.
Imagine the mental and physical background check a person with a flying car (bomb) will have to under go?

Posted by NN2N1 2022-01-27 17:39|| 2022-01-27 17:39|| Front Page Top

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