Aeromobil Is a Flying Car

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January 19, 2014

Photos Copyright by Aeromobil.com (http://aeromobil.com/), Tomas Haverlik (http://www.nocarnofun.com/video-battle-on-the-beach-red-bull-racing-australia-pits-a-v8-supercar-against-an-aerobatic-plane/).

The Aeromobil is both an aircraft and a racing car, capable doing 160 km/h (100 mph) on the ground and 200 km/h (124 mph) in the air.

It is a cross between a car and an aircraft and by simply pressing a button you turn the car into an airplane with wings and flaps unfolding automatically. By pressing another button the engine power from the front wheels are re-routed to the propeller in the rear.

The hull is built as a steel skeleton covered with carbon fibers, which helps to keep the weight down to only 450 kg (993 lbs).

Stefan Klein is a Slovakian engineer and designer and the man that conceived the idea. He has spent 20 years developing the project. He dreams that the Aeromobil will one day be a part of the usual car traffic in the near future.

It allows for one passenger in addition to the pilot/driver. But it does require an airport to facilitate the takeoff and landing. The current version “2.5″ of the concept car first flew in 2013 and a 2014 prototype variant named version 3.0 has been announced.