Flying car

Everyone has seen Hollywood science fiction movies! Did everyone see the car that could fly in the movie? The following small series for everyone to briefly introduce the flying car!

Basic knowledge Introduction A flying car [1] can fly in the air or on land, and can be transformed from an ordinary car into an aircraft.

Purpose: The growing population is part of the cause of road congestion, but the main problem is that the speed of development of the transport system is far behind the need for continuous growth. One solution is to develop new modes of transportation that do not rely on the road, and make traffic jams a 20th century history in the future. To realize this desire, people must make a fuss in the sky overhead.

The status quo In the 20th century, aircraft and mass-produced cars have brought dramatic changes to our lifestyle. When the car slowly enters the life of an ordinary family, people can move to a place farther away from the city, and the airplane greatly shortens the time for long-distance travel. Today's technologies related to the safety and practical feasibility of flying cars have become increasingly sophisticated.

The 100-year history was born in 1917. For the first time, the father of the flying car, G. Curtis, showed people the new type of transport vehicle. His aluminum Autoplane is exaggeratedly equipped with three wings that spread 12.2 meters. The four-bladed propeller that drives the rear of the car engine, the Autoplane never actually flew to the sky, but it achieved some short-range flying jumps.

Ford predicted that fortunately, Ford Motor Co. founder Henry Ford boldly issued scientific predictions that “flying cars will appear sooner or later” after the automotive and aeronautical technologies developed in the 1940s.

In view of the development prospects, Trafigura responded that the company will start developing the next-generation flying car “TF-X” and announced its design model. The company replies that "TF-X" is more advanced than the first-generation flying car. It has a larger internal space and can accommodate 4 passengers "as comfortable as a car". It can take off vertically like a helicopter without a runway. You can also fly 500 miles (approximately 804.67 kilometers) without interruption.

Robert Mann, a well-known aviation analyst with an aviation consulting firm in Port Washington, New York City, USA, believes that Trafigia's products are the closest to people's concept of "speed." However, he also pointed out that the problem of "transition" lies in the sales market.

Mann said that the general aviation market has been declining for the past 20 years due to fuel costs and high manufacturing costs. "For businesses and consumers, 'Speed' is not cheap. Given its uniqueness, this product can have a certain amount of sales, but the question is whether it will be profitable."

After the system was developed and entered in the 1990s, in order to make the flying car practically practical, some experts broke through Taylor's design model and devoted themselves to the development of folding flying cars.

This technology was pioneered by Kenneth Wernick, an engineer of the California Airbus Technology, Design and Development Company, who developed a wing-flying propeller blade folding flying car. With the wings folded on the body, you can drive on the road like a car; after the wings are deployed, you can fly into the air. There are 4 seats in the car and 660 kilometers in flight.

The flight altitude is 5,000 meters and the range is 160 kilometers. At the time of parking, the wings and propeller blades were folded up, occupying the position of only one home car, opening the door for the flying car to get out of the testing ground.

Looking at the introduction of the above flying cars, and the cars that will fly in the movie, do you want to have a flying car? Then let everyone look forward to the advancement of technology!