di: Dott. Giuseppe Cotellessa (ENEA)
“Il procedimento del brevetto potrebbe essere utile per
quest’applicazione di un’auto elettrica, che può alzarsi in volo come un
elicottero e volare come un aeroplano.”
Could We Be
Driving/Piloting This Flying Car In A Few Years?
Vertical
takeoff. Hybrid power. Automatic landing. See it in action as it flies and
drives.
Terrafugia
TF-X
We've been
following the progress of Terrafugia, the Massachusetts-based creator of
several (prototype) flying cars, for a while, despite the company never having
actually released one. But that hasn't stopped the company from
"announcing its vision for the future of personal transportation": a
plug-in flying car.
Terrafugia's
Transition is the company's most famous creation. It's more of a drivable plane
than a flying car, really, but it's gotten FAA certification and is just about
the closest we've gotten to a flying car so far. The Transition hasn't gotten
past the prototype stage, but Terrafugia has chosen to steamroll past that and
show off what they think will be coming a generation or two from now: the TF-X.
The TF-X
would be a hybrid plug-in electric vehicle, capable of vertical takeoffs like a
helicopter, but able to adjust its propellers from an upright position to a
horizontal position so it can fly like a plane. The video is oddly specific
about specs, considering this thing is completely conceptual, but it claims the
vehicle will have automatic takeoffs and landings, and reach speeds of 200mph
with a range of 500 miles.
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