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Street legal (in the US) aeroplane car hybrid

Pinky

Melbourne, Victoria

13011 posts

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-03/flying-car-on-test-flight-in-us/3928684

This is a pretty big step towards a flying car IMO.

Not sure this would get past Australian Design Rules though.

Even still, I think the first aircraft that can do it will be a break through.

Check out the company website: http://terrafugia.com/

The shot at 2.20 is pretty cool, hahah. Trippy seeing a steering wheel in the cockpit.

The take-off at 1.50 is a bit iffy. You can see it's not that stable in yaw because it's so short - and it already has some pretty large tailplane surfaces. That would be the main challenge I'd reckon. And the requirement for as short a wingspan as possible. I wonder what the car/aeroplane runs on. Seperate fuels presumably.

03:50pm 03/04/12 Permalink

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Tollaz0r!

Brisbane, Queensland

12528 posts

I'm looking forward to the days of falling aero-cars that plummet from the sky after someone failed to give way because they where busy sexting to their secret mistress...

04:00pm 03/04/12 Permalink

Pinky

Melbourne, Victoria

13012 posts

I'm looking forward to the days of falling aero-cars that plummet from the sky after someone failed to give way because they where busy sexting to their secret mistress...

Luckily we've already developed ILS and autopilot :P

04:02pm 03/04/12 Permalink

Mephz

Brisbane, Queensland

1015 posts

The take-off at 1.50 is a bit iffy. You can see it's not that stable in yaw because it's so short

??? Looks like it lands the same way it takes off. angled into the crosswind to me.

04:11pm 03/04/12 Permalink

foolix

Brisbane, Queensland

135 posts

Most LSA aircraft (piston single) like this can run on ULP.

04:34pm 03/04/12 Permalink

TiT

Brisbane, Queensland

4807 posts

this has been done, chitty bang bang for the Win!!!

04:35pm 03/04/12 Permalink

Mass

Brisbane, Queensland

1161 posts

A little concerned how excited they were it got off the ground....

04:39pm 03/04/12 Permalink

casa

Brisbane, Queensland

4574 posts

this has been done, chitty bang bang for the Win!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs8LIzObfH41

gay no embedding

04:49pm 03/04/12 Permalink

jaydub

Gold Coast, Queensland

74 posts

only 2 sitter? bring on the family edition.

05:24pm 03/04/12 Permalink

do0b

Brisbane, Queensland

4246 posts

looks like a gust of wind would be the end of it

05:25pm 03/04/12 Permalink

trog

AGN Admin

Brisbane, Queensland

36018 posts

Sorry, but I'm waiting for jetpacks.

WWW

05:30pm 03/04/12 Permalink

HERMITech

Brisbane, Queensland

7804 posts

Teleporters or GTFO

06:04pm 03/04/12 Permalink

Hogfather

Cairns, Queensland

12231 posts

Can't they pack enough power into a car to do the quadcopter thing yet?

Wouldn't that create an energy crisis :)

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07:26pm 03/04/12 Permalink

kos

Germany

2015 posts

I wonder what the car/aeroplane runs on. Seperate fuels presumably.

That reminds me of the funny story about the Convair Model 118 flying car inaugural test flight:

Test pilot Reuben Snodgrass flew the prototype, registered NX90850 for the first time on November 15, 1947 but it made a low fuel forced landing near San Diego, California on November 18, 1947, while on a one-hour demonstration flight, destroying the car body[5] and damaging the wing, although the pilot escaped with minor injuries. The pilot reputedly took off with little or no aviation fuel aboard although the fuel gauge he was looking at showed full fuel, but it was the automobile fuel gauge.

07:53pm 03/04/12 Permalink

Raven

Melbourne, Victoria

6703 posts

I can just see the Wikipedia page for this five years from now:
Origin: United States.
First invented: 2012.
Practical applications: None.

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08:58pm 03/04/12 Permalink

Linker

Brisbane, Queensland

1590 posts

Yeah about the only benefit is that you could drive it home from the aerodrome to park it at your own house. You aren't going to drive this to the shops, and you sure as hell wouldn't be allowed to take off from anywhere that isn't a regulated aerodrome.

I don't think flying cars will ever happen. There's enough people who can't drive on a 2D plane, without complicating things and adding a third. The only way that would ever come to be is if every flying car was autonomous and linked up to a massive communications system.

09:46pm 03/04/12 Permalink

skythra

Brisbane, Queensland

5339 posts

Sorry, but I'm waiting for jetpacks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA6DucjFiOk

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