Aeromobil s.r.o. aeromobil is a flying car, return the flying car

[antoinet111]

The aerodynamics is not at the top, it should have carenner wheels at least.

but hey, that's one more step.

[moinsdewatt]

Flying car: a prototype Aeromobil crashes
Promise for 2017, the flying car of the company Aeromobil crashed during a test realized this Friday 8 May in Slovakia, without fortunately making of victim

May 12, 2015

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During a test flight, the co-founder of the company Stefan Klein "encountered an unexpected situation" on his prototype tells the press release, but the pilot managed to "activate the parachute at an altitude of about 300 meters ".

Despite the safety device, Klein could not avoid crashing, but the limited speed of the impact made it completely unscathed, which is not the case of the vehicle, damaged by before, on the left wing and with a rear pontoon ripped off. In a positive tone, Aeromobil stresses that "the data and experience of this test flight will be carefully analyzed, the results being reused for research and development.
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http://www.tf1.fr/auto-moto/actualite/i ... 06748.html

[Leo Maximus]

Yes, 7 flying hours so far, but the 8 hour was too much. :



Of course she will not behave so well now!

[antoinet111]

It's a shame because it's always interesting to see things steal badly ...

[moinsdewatt]

Google's co-founder secretly invests in flying cars

10 / 06 / 2016 Le Figaro

Larry Page, co-founder of the digital giant, has personally invested 100 million in two start-up designers of flying cars.

While Google is working on the autonomous car, one of its co-founders dreams of flying cars. Larry Page, one of the creators of the digital giant, has personally invested in two start-ups specializing in this field, reports Bloomberg, who keeps his information from ten anonymous sources. Who is now the CEO of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, and funded the start-up Zee.Aero since its creation in 2010, up to 100 million.

Zee.Aero, an employee of 150, posts its goals on the one and only page of its website: "We design, build and test new ways to get from point A to point B faster. at the crossroads of aerodynamics, modern manufacturing, electric propulsion and create a stimulating environment for our employees to explore new horizons. "

A well kept secret

Located just minutes from the Internet giant, Zee.Aero also has hangars at Hollister Airport, an hour's drive from Silicon Valley. This is where engineers test their prototypes of flying cars. In 2013, the start-up had unveiled a first prototype holding both the automobile and the miniature aircraft. Equipped with a dozen propellers, the vehicle holds on a parking space. Other companies are also working on the design of flying cars. This is the case of Terrafugia and its TF-X model, which should be marketed by 2025.

Most of these vehicles are designed to rise vertically, like a helicopter, while others require a runway on the fly. Before even imagining self-driving cars, science fiction has captured the fantasy of the flying car. Back to the future, Blade Runner, The Fifth Element, let us imagine cities where all car traffic would take place in the air.

Will the vehicles designed by Larry Page's protégés be so futuristic? Well-honed at the cult of secrecy, the start-up Zee.Aero leaves nothing of his inventions. To preserve their anonymity and that of Larry Page, De Zee employees have even given a nickname to their discreet investor: "GUS" diminutive "Guy UpStairs" (the guy above). The billionaire would have actually owned an apartment above the premises of Zee.Aero, which would extend over 2800 km².

Google in the battle of the autonomous car

Disappointed by the initial results of Zee.Aero, Larry Page has invested last year in the start-up competitor Kitty Hawk, whose offices are also located in the vicinity of Google. The president of this company, Sebastian Thrun, is the initiator of the research program on autonomous cars ... at Google! He is also at the origin of Google X, the research program in robotics and artificial intelligence.

Such a commitment to flying cars is astonishing as automakers and Internet giants look to autonomous cars. For several years, Google has been designing its own driverless vehicles, the Google Car. The prototypes have traveled a total of 3,2 million kilometers without causing a major accident. In France, the Seabubble flying vehicle, similar to a hydrofoil, could soon circulate on the Seine in accordance with the will of the City of Paris. Google is facing fiercer competition. Apple, BMW, Fiat Chrysler, Toyota ... So many companies that dream of autonomous cars, but that would circulate on earth.

http://www.lefigaro.fr/secteur/high-tec ... lantes.php

[Christophe]

Why so much secrecy?

I saw more Google investing in male drones (as the Chinese have just made one) than in the flying cars ...

These last, as long as it will remain bad cars and bad planes * and at the price more expensive than a good plane AND a good car .... will be doomed to commercial failure and for many years still ... I do not even talk about the administrative part ...

No drones for human are much more interesting!

* The reasons are obvious: we do not design a car as an airplane so the mix is ​​just impossible ... except to make some investors dream .... More rare are those who have a last takeoff ground at home. .

ps: Seabubble is nice it's a better concept!

[moinsdewatt]

Ehang 184: the drone car could enter the testing phase in the United States

Erwan Lecomte Sciences and Future the 10-06-2016

An agreement was signed with the Chinese manufacturer Ehang to perform the first tests in flight of a drone capable of carrying a passenger.



The machine had caused a lot of ink to flow during the 2016 edition of the CES (show of new technologies) in Las Vegas. And for good reason: "the Exchang 184", presented by the eponymous Chinese manufacturer, is surprising. Imagine a quadricopter drone in XXL format, large enough for a passenger to board. In theory, the machine does not require any piloting knowledge. All you have to do is indicate the desired destination via a touchscreen tablet and the Exchang 184 then takes care of everything. Except that at the time this prototype was presented, many questions remained unanswered as to its state of development. It seems that the project is well advanced since it could enter the testing phase in the United States, in Nevada. Indeed, on May 26, 2016, an agreement was signed to this effect between the Chinese manufacturer and the NIAS (the Institute of Automated Systems of Nevada). According to this agreement, the tests could take place before the end of 2016.

The Ehang 184 measures almost 1,5 m high for 3,9 m long and as wide. Equipped with a single seat, it weighs about 200 kilos empty, and would be able to carry in the air a passenger and luggage totaling a hundred pounds. If the legislation allows it, the device can, according to the technical specifications of the site, climb to an altitude of 500 meters and circulate at 100 km / h during 23 minutes if its batteries are fully charged. Although this quadricopter type design allows great maneuverability and vertical takeoffs and landings, it has a major flaw: it only takes one engine to fail so that the aircraft loses stability and crashes. To mitigate this risk, each of the four arms of the prototype carries not one but two rotors at its end. Thus, if an engine fails, the device retains, according to its designers at least, enough stability to land in an emergency.

http://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/high-tec ... -unis.html

[Remundo]

this thing is going to be an energetic chasm ... and motorizing it only from batteries is just a joke (23 minutes of flight, probably less ...).

It is necessary minimum a generator of 100 kW, in my opinion + tank of gasoline + some batteries-buffer.

[Obamot]

Yes, back to AeroMobil.

beautiful prototype!

But it seemed a little unstable in flight (the roll is very visible) despite the apparent good weather conditions.

It seems that aerodynamics is good.

in any case a very beautiful achievement, accomplished.

What is surprising is the propulsion propeller back (this perhaps explains the roll ...)

On the other hand why so big wheels in front (and not keeled in flight as noted above) and a prominent nose, why not put as much weight as possible towards the center of gravity (a little more between front wheels and back (this is a step back, I would have seen the powertrain)? We see a small imbalance at takeoff, the nose is a bit forward to recover (quite quickly) in a kind of pendulum effect.
Maybe some elements that explain the crash. But with two wheels behind, I would have made a much lighter structure with only one wheel in front. There was no reason to want to make the car look like this.

On the other hand, nice rounds on landing ...

[Grelinette]

Why so much secrecy?
No drones for human are much more interesting!

Hard to know which of these projects will succeed; between the solar-impulse, the flying motorcycle, the flying car, the electric micro-helicopters, the drones and other individual systems to fly in the air, ... the research goes all over!

It is also singular to note that aeronautical research is geared as much to large aircraft as to individual equipment ...