AirCar.

HAYSIE

'Turning science fiction into reality': Futuristic flying 'AirCar' that can transform from a road vehicle into a plane in under THREE MINUTES completes its first ever inter-city flight, reaching heights of 8,200ft and speeds of 105mph

https://video.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2021/06/29/5283648392889678128/636x382_MP4_5283648392889678128.mp4

Amazing footage shows the AirCar driving down a runway before soaring into the air. It then lands, folds away its wings and is driven along a motorway to the centre of Bratislava in Slovakia. The AirCar Prototype 1, which has a 160 horsepower fixed-propeller engine, is the brain child of Professor Stefan Klein and was developed by Slovakian firm KleinVision. Developers say the AirCar - which has now completed more than 40 hours of test flights - would be great for leisure and self-driving journeys, or as a commercial taxi service. No price details have been revealed for the futuristic vehicle, but it could be seen in the air and on the roads within the next 12 months.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9737725/Futuristic-flying-AirCar-completes-inter-city-flight.html

TheEdge949

HAYSIE said:

'Turning science fiction into reality': Futuristic flying 'AirCar' that can transform from a road vehicle into a plane in under THREE MINUTES completes its first ever inter-city flight, reaching heights of 8,200ft and speeds of 105mph

https://video.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2021/06/29/5283648392889678128/636x382_MP4_5283648392889678128.mp4

Amazing footage shows the AirCar driving down a runway before soaring into the air. It then lands, folds away its wings and is driven along a motorway to the centre of Bratislava in Slovakia. The AirCar Prototype 1, which has a 160 horsepower fixed-propeller engine, is the brain child of Professor Stefan Klein and was developed by Slovakian firm KleinVision. Developers say the AirCar - which has now completed more than 40 hours of test flights - would be great for leisure and self-driving journeys, or as a commercial taxi service. No price details have been revealed for the futuristic vehicle, but it could be seen in the air and on the roads within the next 12 months.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9737725/Futuristic-flying-AirCar-completes-inter-city-flight.html

The main obstacle to this is that anybody wishing to use one for their own use would need to qualify as a private pilot and be licensed as such.

This is very expensive as not only would you need certifying regarding the actual flying side but also the ground examinations. Initially pilots are certified to fly in good weather and visibility which requires constant visual reference to the ground (VFR).

Then there is the question of operating in bad visibility which requires instrumentation qualifications (IFR) and the array of instruments the vehicle would need to be fitted with would mean great expense.

The costs will have increased since I took flying lessons so I would imagine that £110 per hour wouldn't be exaggerating things and you need a minimum of 40 hours to qualify then there are ground exams I think 6 now at £350 a time.

Now lets assume you want to be instrument trained, another 20 hours minimum at £150 per hour and then of course there are all the mandatory things such as certificates of air worthiness, ident numbers, transponder and radio frequencies, oh and don't forget if you have to fly over water lifejackets for everyone and a life raft.

All compulsory requirements in Europe and if you plan on operating it as a taxi service you will need a commercial pilots license so No over 60's allowed and about another 15 to 25,000 grand due to hours requirements, medicals etc.

No real world application here except maybe something for the mega rich to mess with.

Can you imagine some Airbus 380 pilot with 500 passengers onboard having to circle whilst Frank and his missus land their Ford Locust on the Aldi car park?

HAYSIE

TheEdge949 said:

HAYSIE said:

'Turning science fiction into reality': Futuristic flying 'AirCar' that can transform from a road vehicle into a plane in under THREE MINUTES completes its first ever inter-city flight, reaching heights of 8,200ft and speeds of 105mph

https://video.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2021/06/29/5283648392889678128/636x382_MP4_5283648392889678128.mp4

Amazing footage shows the AirCar driving down a runway before soaring into the air. It then lands, folds away its wings and is driven along a motorway to the centre of Bratislava in Slovakia. The AirCar Prototype 1, which has a 160 horsepower fixed-propeller engine, is the brain child of Professor Stefan Klein and was developed by Slovakian firm KleinVision. Developers say the AirCar - which has now completed more than 40 hours of test flights - would be great for leisure and self-driving journeys, or as a commercial taxi service. No price details have been revealed for the futuristic vehicle, but it could be seen in the air and on the roads within the next 12 months.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9737725/Futuristic-flying-AirCar-completes-inter-city-flight.html

The main obstacle to this is that anybody wishing to use one for their own use would need to qualify as a private pilot and be licensed as such.

This is very expensive as not only would you need certifying regarding the actual flying side but also the ground examinations. Initially pilots are certified to fly in good weather and visibility which requires constant visual reference to the ground (VFR).

Then there is the question of operating in bad visibility which requires instrumentation qualifications (IFR) and the array of instruments the vehicle would need to be fitted with would mean great expense.

The costs will have increased since I took flying lessons so I would imagine that £110 per hour wouldn't be exaggerating things and you need a minimum of 40 hours to qualify then there are ground exams I think 6 now at £350 a time.

Now lets assume you want to be instrument trained, another 20 hours minimum at £150 per hour and then of course there are all the mandatory things such as certificates of air worthiness, ident numbers, transponder and radio frequencies, oh and don't forget if you have to fly over water lifejackets for everyone and a life raft.

All compulsory requirements in Europe and if you plan on operating it as a taxi service you will need a commercial pilots license so No over 60's allowed and about another 15 to 25,000 grand due to hours requirements, medicals etc.

No real world application here except maybe something for the mega rich to mess with.

Can you imagine some Airbus 380 pilot with 500 passengers onboard having to circle whilst Frank and his missus land their Ford Locust on the Aldi car park?

Definitely a significant challenge.

HAYSIE

TheEdge949 said:

HAYSIE said:

'Turning science fiction into reality': Futuristic flying 'AirCar' that can transform from a road vehicle into a plane in under THREE MINUTES completes its first ever inter-city flight, reaching heights of 8,200ft and speeds of 105mph

https://video.dailymail.co.uk/preview/mol/2021/06/29/5283648392889678128/636x382_MP4_5283648392889678128.mp4

Amazing footage shows the AirCar driving down a runway before soaring into the air. It then lands, folds away its wings and is driven along a motorway to the centre of Bratislava in Slovakia. The AirCar Prototype 1, which has a 160 horsepower fixed-propeller engine, is the brain child of Professor Stefan Klein and was developed by Slovakian firm KleinVision. Developers say the AirCar - which has now completed more than 40 hours of test flights - would be great for leisure and self-driving journeys, or as a commercial taxi service. No price details have been revealed for the futuristic vehicle, but it could be seen in the air and on the roads within the next 12 months.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9737725/Futuristic-flying-AirCar-completes-inter-city-flight.html

The main obstacle to this is that anybody wishing to use one for their own use would need to qualify as a private pilot and be licensed as such.

This is very expensive as not only would you need certifying regarding the actual flying side but also the ground examinations. Initially pilots are certified to fly in good weather and visibility which requires constant visual reference to the ground (VFR).

Then there is the question of operating in bad visibility which requires instrumentation qualifications (IFR) and the array of instruments the vehicle would need to be fitted with would mean great expense.

The costs will have increased since I took flying lessons so I would imagine that £110 per hour wouldn't be exaggerating things and you need a minimum of 40 hours to qualify then there are ground exams I think 6 now at £350 a time.

Now lets assume you want to be instrument trained, another 20 hours minimum at £150 per hour and then of course there are all the mandatory things such as certificates of air worthiness, ident numbers, transponder and radio frequencies, oh and don't forget if you have to fly over water lifejackets for everyone and a life raft.

All compulsory requirements in Europe and if you plan on operating it as a taxi service you will need a commercial pilots license so No over 60's allowed and about another 15 to 25,000 grand due to hours requirements, medicals etc.

No real world application here except maybe something for the mega rich to mess with.

Can you imagine some Airbus 380 pilot with 500 passengers onboard having to circle whilst Frank and his missus land their Ford Locust on the Aldi car park?

Handy for traffic jams.