So..You wanna drive or fly? you are just a wish away to swish away!! Flying car prototype could get you to work faster than a Jetsons! Its better than a bird, better than a plane — maybe even better than Superman. Its a flying car. Slovakian startup AeroMobil announced the world premiere of the AeroMobil 3.0 at the Pioneers Festival in Vienna on Wednesday. Its an idea 25 years in the making, and the companys third working prototype. Stefan Klein, founder of the Department of Transport Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Slovakia, designed the personal transportation vehicle. Although Klein has been working on the concept since 1989, it wasnt until 2010 that things got real: He commercialized the project by starting AeroMobil. “We believe personal transportation is about to change forever,” AeroMobil chief executive Juraj Vaculik said at a press conference. There have been many concepts for flying vehicles, and it seems only a matter of time before one is mass produced. The European Union has supported research into the MyCopter in hopes that a flying vehicle could help ease transit congestion. Flying cars have long been in the publics imagination, thanks to movie concepts like the DeLorean in Back to the Future and the Jetsons car. AeroMobil said the vehicle is close to commercial availability, but certification — now underway in Slovakia — would be complicated and vary by country. The car, which can carry two people, operates on the gas available at regular gas stations. It needs about 200 meters (650 feet) to take off, and only 50 meters (164 feet) to land. It can fly as fast as 124 miles per hour. Let TzD know what you think about it! youtu.be/kzYb68qXpD0 #MyCopter #TechKNOWlogy #TzD
Posted on: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 12:24:37 +0000