A prototype flying car completed its 35-minute test flight between two international airports in Nitra and Bratislava, Slovakia.
AirCar, a hybrid car aircraft, features a BMW engine. It also uses regular petrol-pump fuel to run. Professor Stefan Klein, the founder, and CEO of Klein Vision is the man behind this invention. According to him, the flying car could fly nearly 1,000km at the height of 8,200ft. It has also clocked up a total of 40 hours in the air.
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What it looks like
AirCar has a narrow set of wings that can fold down along its sides. Professor Klein himself drove it straight off the runway at a cruising speed of 170km/h. When used on land, the prototype can transform from an aircraft into a car in about two minutes and 15 seconds.
The car can cater to two people with a combined weight of no more than 200kg. However, unlike any other flying car prototype, AirCar cannot take off and land vertically. It also needs a runway.
According to Klein Vision, the company beyond the prototype flying car, it took nearly two years before they were able to develop AirCar. It also cost an investment of fewer than two million euros.
On the other hand, Klein Vision adviser and investor Anton Zajac emphasized that if the company could attract even a small amount of global airline or taxi sales, AirCar would be a huge success.
If successfully launched in the market, AirCar would cost just under $2.3 million.
That is very interesting and neat. I wonder if you need to get a pilot’s license to fly this car of the future.
Wow! This is interesting. I would love to ride an AirCar someday. Can’t wait to see this made available to the public.
A flying car is a great inversion. Can it land just anywhere or you need some sort of an airport? I am pretty sure in feature they’ll also make one that can carry more than two people. Ideal for a whole family to enjoy together.
Wow, I had no idea about the vision of these developers and i wonder what it would be like if this car actually becoming commercial. thanks for the post and i enjoyed reading it. – knycx journeying
wow! it looks amazing and the flight must have been picturesque!
Oh wow, that is quite amazing really. My husband would be interested in reading this x
They say that by this time, everybody would have flying cars already and it’s so nice to heard that it’s finally starting to happen. I mean, the traffic in the Philippines is unbearable so this might be a solution. LOL
Wow! it’s mind-blowing…
The technology is really developing at a pace.
It will be fun to drive this car…
Hope this will be available in the stores soon…
Wow such an interesring read and the pictures of it are fascinating! Could this be the future? Thanks for sharing Oscar.
Oh wow, this flying car is so futuristic! It’s something that we see in cartoon shows when we were young, now it’s becoming a reality.