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No One Agrees on What a True Flying Car Should Look Like
When it comes to a true flying car—I don't mean just a VTOL vehicle, I mean something that can both drive and fly—we've seen a lot of wild forms over the years.
The AeroMobil 4.0
The Xpeng AeroHT
The Alef Model A
The LuftCar
The GAC Gove
Notably, one that actually flew was the KleinVision Aircar, which had folding wings:
Another vehicle that successfully flew last year was the Samson Sky Switchblade.
However, Samson Sky reckons that in order to make the design production-ready, both the wings and the massive rear stabilizer, which contains the propellers, must be folded into the body for driving mode. So their latest design envisions this arrangement:
I hate to be skeptical, but gosh that looks like a lot of moving parts! I wonder what the maintenance will look like.
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We already have flying cars: they're called helicopters. They do literally everything people want out of flying cars, they just don't look like zeerust fantasy and are incredibly complex to fly.
Remember seeing images of the rotary powered Moller M400 Skycar back in the 80's..
There is no way I’m getting in one of these if it glides or autorotates like a brick. Besides, unless battery technology advances, I suspect they have ZERO payload after hauling around their own battery. The’ve been trying this fantasy since 1946; Molt Taylor’s Aerocar.