The Flying Car

The notion of a flying car has long been a dream of every commuter, as we sit in our ‘grounded’ cars on the way to work or home, why can we not take to the skies and just fly above the congested roads. All the stuff of James Bond you might think. However, a company in America, Terrafugia, has announced that they have approval from The Federal Aviation Administration, for their flying car, the Transition.

The new must have for every millionaire, the flying car drives like a conventional car on the road at normal speeds, but can also when required unfold its wings, engage the rear facing propeller and take off and fly. Remarkably, the ‘runway’ needs be just 500 meters of flat ground.

The flying range of 740 km (460 miles) is plenty for most commutes and with a top flying speed of 185 kph (115 mph) journey times will be much reduced.  The fuel consumption when on the road is around 7.85 liters per 100 km (30 mpg), so the driver, pilot will waist little time refuelling.  (The use of normal fuel instead of aviation fuel will make the Transition the most environmentally friendly plane in the air).

A little surprisingly perhaps the flying car will be safer in an accident than a standard small aircraft because of the safety features such as the safety cage and crush zones required for driving on the roads.

The retail price of the Transition is expected to be $194,000 and Terrafugia expects the vehicle to be available by the end of 2011. The company reports it has already received 70 orders. 

November 22, 2010  |  Article Posted By: Administrator 1 , London
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