Terrafugia - The Flying Car Demos How It Works In Public

Yeah. It's really cool to see the now technology going to run on roads soon. But it's not the first time this flying car has taken a flight. A prototype was flown in 2009 followed by same in 2012. But, it was not made public that time. The Terrafugia couldn't be called car like in design as it is too close to a plane. According to Terrafugia president of business development Richard Gersh, it's described as a four-seater, plugin hybrid electric flying car with fly by wire vertical takeoff and landing, to make flight just as straightforward as driving.

They have Cras design that have flying machines (air crafts design); main pain points for this project per me?

- Size, balancing a small size craft (CAR) in air
- Fuel, would be very interesting to see that how do they manage this aspect
- If they manage the above two, how do they manage the same on roads
- Traffic management in air

Any clue to these doubts?

-CB

#-Link-Snipped-# - Yes, it's a hybrid vehicle. The bigger question is - Will it be practical to use it to take off on regular public roads? Or we'll have to keep looking for airports and permissions?

In India , Airports, permissions , Licenses will eat up major part of the innovation time , and on Roads in India it is out of Question with the potholes that creep up in the Best Roads of the Country during Monsoon season making it unsafe for such hybrid vehicles , Need to go through more technical specifications before we can comment more about its practicality and use in other countries

One more question,
What about the flat tire issue?

What if while taking off tire is in perfect condition, however while landing it face a flat tire issue (landing on nails, or not so good area on road??) That will be prone to accidents, right?

-CB

crazyboyOne more question,
What about the flat tire issue?

What if while taking off tire is in perfect condition, however while landing it face a flat tire issue (landing on nails, or not so good area on road??) That will be prone to accidents, right?

-CB

Well a nice question

This has already been answered in tube less tyres But if they get punctured they are a little costlier to fix

But driving over a few nails and stuff won't damage these if it is not done intentionally

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GandalfIn India , Airports, permissions , Licenses will eat up major part of the innovation time , and on Roads in India it is out of Question with the potholes that creep up in the Best Roads of the Country during Monsoon season making it unsafe for such hybrid vehicles , Need to go through more technical specifications before we can comment more about its practicality and use in other countries

Simple the height these travel will be restricted well below the flight height of airplanes

And there will surely be enforcement to prevent people to venture any where with in a one Km square cirle around the airport That should be more than enough for a flight to effectively take off

ConquerorWell a nice question

This has already been answered in tube less tyres But if they get punctured they are a little costlier to fix

But driving over a few nails and stuff won't damage these if it is not done intentionally

I had a nissan car with tube less tire, and that got punctured quite a number of times (atleast 3-4 i remember) both and Indian and US condition.

So considering tubeless tires doesn't get flat is not a right assumption.

-CB

Kaustubh Katdare#-Link-Snipped-# - Yes, it's a hybrid vehicle. The bigger question is - Will it be practical to use it to take off on regular public roads? Or we'll have to keep looking for airports and permissions?

According to the comments made by Terrafugia, owners must have pilot's licenses, and will need to pass a test plus complete 20 hours of flying time to be able to fly the car. This hybrid car requires a runway, the TF-X can take off from a vertical position because of motorised rotors on the wings. These rotors will work in a similar way to helicopter rotors. Being able to take off from standstill means owners will be able to go from the road to the air straight from their driveways, car parks and even when stuck in traffic. So I think that this hybrid car is totally practical to use and will run on roads soon.