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Another flying car - the Aeromobil

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06-Nov-14 10:21

The Aeromobil

It looks quite nice…

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

06-Nov-14 10:31

Flying car? Carbon? Electronics? Liquid-cooled? Anathema. Lilienthal is spinning in his grave.

I want one.

Last Edited by Shorrick_Mk2 at 06 Nov 10:31

10-Nov-14 19:50

Have just re-done my very short list to Father Christmas………I promise to be good for the rest of the year, lol

EGBJ, EGBP, EGTW, EGVN, EGBS

10-Jan-15 07:26

Looking at this, everybody seems to find the flying car concept a real struggle.

It’s amazing that they got as far as they have, without considering these things! Alternatively it does show how easy it is to dupe investors.

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Shoreham EGKA, United Kingdom

04-Jun-17 14:09

Toyota are having a go also

Engineers, supported by Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T), demonstrated their flying car on Saturday, which they hope will be able to light up the Olympic flame for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Games.

“Cartivator”, a start-up group of about 30 engineers including some young Toyota employees, started to develop a flying car “SkyDrive” in 2014 with the help of crowdfunding.

Head of Cartivator, Tsubasa Nakamura, said that while the car was still at an early stage of development, the group expects to conduct the first manned-flight by the end of 2018.

During their demonstration, the current test model was able to get off and float on the ground for a few seconds. Nakamura said the design needed more stability so the prototype would be able to fly long and high enough to reach the Olympic flame.

Engineers of Cartivator are aiming to make their flying car the world’s smallest electric vehicle, which can be used in small urban areas, and hopes to commercialize the car in 2025.

Last month, Toyota Motor and its group of companies agreed to invest 42.5 million yen ($385,000) in the project for the next three years. Nakamura said the group is working hard to improve the design, hoping to receive further investment from the company.

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