Aeromobile - I want one
Dec 2, 2014 13:30:15 #
Dec 2, 2014 13:39:57 #
Dec 2, 2014 13:40:36 #
Dec 2, 2014 13:45:20 #
Mine is nice. But it's a bitch to keep the windshield clean.
Dec 2, 2014 13:47:47 #
Los-Angeles-Shooter
Loc: Los Angeles
The website omits the most important numbers, such as gross weight, climb rate, glide ratio, runway length required for takeoff and landing. There is no information on its performance as a car, nor any info on progress getting it road-certified by the many exasperating bureaucracies who have a say.
The performance figures that are provided appear very dubious and overstated. In particular the numbers for range and fuel consumption.
Anyone interested in a combo car/plane would be better advised to look at the Terrafugia, which is actually extensively tested, and was demonstrated in front of hundreds of thousands of people at the world's biggest airshow a few months ago, in Oshkosh, Wis. See:
http://www.terrafugia.com
The performance figures that are provided appear very dubious and overstated. In particular the numbers for range and fuel consumption.
Anyone interested in a combo car/plane would be better advised to look at the Terrafugia, which is actually extensively tested, and was demonstrated in front of hundreds of thousands of people at the world's biggest airshow a few months ago, in Oshkosh, Wis. See:
http://www.terrafugia.com
Dec 2, 2014 13:49:21 #
Pretty neat if it ever goes into production. Working flying car prototypes have been around since my grandfather was a kid. None ever went mainstream.
Dec 2, 2014 13:59:18 #
Los-Angeles-Shooter
Loc: Los Angeles
One of the best-known was the 1949 Taylor Aerocar. Some experts believe that the federal regulators quietly acted to kill the project because they didn't like the idea of the sky being filled with easy-to-fly vehicles. (The Aerocar was easy to fly and usable even in terrible weather). Of the current candidates for flying cars, the Terrafugia ( http://www.terrafugia.com ) is the most viable design. I have sat in it, but was not able to take it for a ride. It's been reported to be very easy to fly.
Dec 2, 2014 14:21:42 #
Los-Angeles-Shooter wrote:
One of the best-known was the 1949 Taylor Aerocar.... (show quote)
Yes, I saw a Taylor Aerocar at the Seattle Museum of Flight. It was a clever design (wings were folded and towed behind when roaded.)
Here is an interesting summary of flying cars:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadable_aircraft
Dec 3, 2014 07:51:22 #
Huey Driver wrote:
I like the quotation from Henry Ford - in 1940! :D
If the same people who drive start flying, we could have a problem.
Dec 3, 2014 10:39:57 #
Dec 3, 2014 10:44:04 #
Very cool! Nice and stylish as well. I would love to have one. Cheers.
Dec 3, 2014 12:23:55 #
Dec 3, 2014 13:23:53 #
Los-Angeles-Shooter
Loc: Los Angeles
Huey Driver wrote:
I would like to see some of the experienced pilots here take a look at the claimed performance specs, and once they finish ROTF, explain why those specs are bizarre and ridiculous. Especially note the specs for range and claimed fuel consumption.
Dec 28, 2014 16:34:48 #
Los-Angeles-Shooter wrote:
From the video, the Transition model appears to have extremely limited visibility in automobile mode.One of the best-known was the 1949 Taylor Aerocar.... (show quote)
Dec 28, 2014 17:46:14 #
Los-Angeles-Shooter
Loc: Los Angeles
smith934 wrote:
From the video, the Transition model appears to have extremely limited visibility in automobile mode.
I'm sure it's a less than perfect car. It is, however, street-legal. The developers commented that the burden of getting approval from some three dozen federal agencies that regulate cars, was more difficult than the engineering/design issues in making a flying car.
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