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AeroMobil, popularly known as a ″flying car″, is a series of pre-production prototypes of transportation device that combines features of both automobile and airplane. It is a propeller-driven aircraft that also functions as an automobile. The device was designed by Slovak designer Štefan Klein as a hybrid vehicle convertible from automobile to airplane. Current version, 2.5, was designed in 2010, 1.0 in 1990 when developing project started, and version 3.0 was announced to be released in 2014. AeroMobil 2.5 successfully performed a test flight in early 2013.

This prototype is part of an ongoing project by the AeroMobil Team led by co-founders Stefan Klein and Juraj Vaculik, that is based in Bratislava, in Slovakia.

There are also other projects of roadable aircraft: the US-based Terrafugia, which folds up its wings vertically on the sides of the vehicle, a Dutch design called the PAL-V, a three wheeled motorcycle as ground vehicle and gyrocopter in a flying mode.

Size and features

The vehicle can be driven on normal roads as well as being flown as a two-seater airplane, as it is able take off and land at any airport. Current version, AeroMobil 2.5, was first shown at AeroTech, an airshow exhibition held in Montreal. The vehicle can reach a maximum speed of 160 km/h and a fuel range of 500 km achieved at 7.5 L/100 km when driven as a car, while operated as an airplane can fly at 200 km/h and range of 700 km with fuel consumption of 15 L/h of flight.

Some of the main specifications include:

Other versions

Since its beginning in 1990 roadable aircraft concept based by AeroMobil Team has made several different versions of this prototype. The first version did not feature folding wings, and it was designed as a boxy canard with tall wheels. The next versions included folding wings, but different tail configurations. Version 2.0 had an inverted V-shaped tail and the current version 2.5 first featured two vertical tail fins enclosing the wheels. Design concepts of upcoming 3.0 version has been provided on their website.

References

1. AeroMobil Flying Car takes to the Skies – The Future is Finally Here.
2. AeroMobil Flying Car Prototype Gets Off the Ground For the First Time
3. ^ Aeromobil 2.5 About
4. New Aeromobil Flying Cars Take To The Skies: Video
5. ^ Aeromobil flying car prototype gets off the ground for the first time
6. The Aeromobil 2.5 Flying Car Takes Flight VIDEO
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8. ^ Never get stuck in a traffic jam again! Flying car switches between land and sky – and can reach a top speed of 124mph
9. ALYSSA DANIGELIS. "Slovakian Flying Car Prototype Takes Off" Discovery News, 21 October 2013. Accessed: 3 December 2013.

External links

• Official website

• Aeronautics
• Experimental vehicles