Flying Cars : Future of Transportation

 Flying car has been a long sought-after dream that remains to be realised till now.
 Many mobile giants have been working of late on the concept.
 Terrafugia, a American company has already built a prototype that has been tested
- Terrafugia Transition.
 Notwithstanding above, a Slovakian Company AeroMobile has also designed and
successfully tested its flying car prototype AeroMobile 3.0.
 German brand Volkwagen had also worked on a little different concept called
hover car.
 Zee.Aero backed by NASA scientist and Aeronautics expert Ilan Kroo has
designed a prototype of VTOL vehicle.
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 Besides, some people intend to built a flying car that can back military and rescue
operations. X-Hawk designed by Urban Aeronautics is the example.
 In a significant development, both AeroMobil and Terrafugia Transition have
done successful maiden flights in the previous decade.
 AeroMobile has announced its intentions to launch its semi-autonomous prototype
in 2017.
 A parachute-powered model of a flyable car – Skyrunner is actually available now
after a deposit of $ 5000.
 Both AeroMobile and Terrafugia intend to upgrade their designed prototypes to
more autonomous version with better computer controls and pre-assigned
destination.
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 Terrafugia is accepting pre-orders on making of flying car model and the total
estimated cost for Terrafugia Transition updated in 2011 was $ 279,000.
 AeroMobile has also hinted on the availability of AeroMobile at initial launch at a
formidable cost that could be afforded by rich who have a flair to fly.
 Zee.aero has developed a model which can be seen in some American patents
with desirable features (US 20130214086 A1) but more of fabrication technology
and creative designing is being worked on it.
 X-Hawk may be used for medical evaluation and rescue missions for civialian
operations besides being used for executive transport.
Some features of Terrafugia Transition

 Light sport aircraft that is roadable.

 Flight range 425nmi, 787 km.
 Carbon-fibre body, length 6.02m, wingspan length 8.08m
 Powerplant consists of Piston-powered engine Rotax 912ULS (100hp@5800rpm).
 Prototype Sensenich 3 BladeRotax Ground Adjustable Propellers.
 Maximum speed on road 110km/h, cruise speed172km/h, stall speed is 62 km/h.
 Certifications required by owner – FAA and FMVSS.
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