Klein Vision Flying Car

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A prototype flying car has completed a test flight between two cities in Slovakia, spending 35 minutes airborne. Klein Vision's AirCar flew between Nitra and the capital Bratislava on Monday, according to a press release published Wednesday. The AirCar Prototype 1 is powered by a 160 horsepower BMW engine, and comes equipped with a fixed propeller. It transforms from aircraft to road vehicle in less than three minutes. It has now completed more than 40 hours of test flights, according to Klein Vision, including flying at 8,200 feet and reaching a maximum cruising speed of 118 miles per hour. The prototype AirCar is of comparable length to a Mercedes S-Class saloon, at 17 ft 1 in, and around 1 in narrower. Overall weight is 2,400 lb.



Slovakian designer Professor Štefan Klein began working on flying cars in the late 1980s. Having developed the AeroMobil, he left the company to develop a new idea as the AirCar, and set up Klein Vision with colleague Anton Zajac.

The main fuselage of the AirCar doubles as a two-seat road car with four large road wheels. Styled like a sports coupe, it contributes 30-40 per cent of the total lift when in the air. For flight it is fitted with foldout wings and extending tailbooms carrying a high tail. A pusher propeller is permanently installed between the fuselage and tail, and a safety parachute is installed. Construction is primarily a semi-monocoque of carbon fibre composite over a steel subframe. Over 20 programmable servo motors are used to perform the transition between road and air configurations. When on the road, the retracted tail surface creates a downforce similar to conventional rear aerofoils.

Two videos in link. Maiden Flight. Our Vision.
Concept – Klein Vision

Flying car completes 35-minute test flight between cities

 

[broncosmitty]

The flying car of the future, runs on consumer grade gasoline.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

A prototype flying car has completed a test flight between two cities in Slovakia, spending 35 minutes airborne. Klein Vision's AirCar flew between Nitra and the capital Bratislava on Monday, according to a press release published Wednesday. The AirCar Prototype 1 is powered by a 160 horsepower BMW engine, and comes equipped with a fixed propeller. It transforms from aircraft to road vehicle in less than three minutes. It has now completed more than 40 hours of test flights, according to Klein Vision, including flying at 8,200 feet and reaching a maximum cruising speed of 118 miles per hour. The prototype AirCar is of comparable length to a Mercedes S-Class saloon, at 17 ft 1 in, and around 1 in narrower. Overall weight is 2,400 lb.

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Slovakian designer Professor Štefan Klein began working on flying cars in the late 1980s. Having developed the AeroMobil, he left the company to develop a new idea as the AirCar, and set up Klein Vision with colleague Anton Zajac.

The main fuselage of the AirCar doubles as a two-seat road car with four large road wheels. Styled like a sports coupe, it contributes 30-40 per cent of the total lift when in the air. For flight it is fitted with foldout wings and extending tailbooms carrying a high tail. A pusher propeller is permanently installed between the fuselage and tail, and a safety parachute is installed. Construction is primarily a semi-monocoque of carbon fibre composite over a steel subframe. Over 20 programmable servo motors are used to perform the transition between road and air configurations. When on the road, the retracted tail surface creates a downforce similar to conventional rear aerofoils.

Two videos in link. Maiden Flight. Our Vision.
Concept – Klein Vision

Flying car completes 35-minute test flight between cities

1) I like it.
2) I would buy it.
3) I would probably need to win the lottery to do so.
4) When will the turbine powered option be available?