By car - to the sky

    At the Pioneers festival in Vienna, the all-terrain flying car AeroMobil 3.0 was presented .



    10 months ago, AeroMobil co-founders Stefan Klein and Juraj Vatsulik presented a rough prototype of their AeroMobil 2.5 device. After this time, they developed and built a more beautiful, and most importantly, a fully functional prototype of a multifunctional vehicle.



    Klein says: “I am happy that we were able to achieve such progress in such a short period of time and with a team of only 12 people. AeroMobil 3.0 is not the end of the project, it is only the beginning of a new adventure that can change our understanding of transport in the future. ”



    Vatsulik: “I believe that AeroMobil will inspire innovative ideas in the field of private transport. He can take the idea of ​​travel to a new level. We want to reinvent the flying car without limits and make its use pleasant and joyful, using our unique technical developments and design. ”



    Project history


    The car has been developed since 1989 - it was then that Stefan Klein, the founder and head of the Transport Development Department at the Academy of Fine Arts of Slovakia, began to develop his concept. In 2010, Klein joined forces with Vatsulik and founded the company to commercialize the project.



    In the summer of 2013, a momentous event took place - work on the current prototype AeroMobil 2.5 was completed. He was certified in Slovakia in the class of ultra-light aviation, and included almost all the technical developments that should be present in the final product. It was used for testing and optimization, and officially presented in Canada at the AeroTech exhibition.



    Current state


    Since October 2014, a seriously revised prototype, AeroMobil 3.0, has been tested. It is already close to the final product, and even built from the same composite materials that are planned to be used in mass production. It contains all aircraft equipment, an autopilot and a parachute release system. Now it is used both for testing and for advertising purposes.



    The aim of the project is to create a product that can be officially registered and used in the European Union in the class of both M1 cars and light sports aviation (LSA).

    The size of the car is about the size of a large premium sedan. Developers claim low-cost maintenance, the ability to park in ordinary parking spaces, the use of standard gasoline instead of kerosene.



    The device has a variable wing geometry, which allows to increase take-off efficiency (and reduce the length of the runway) and a reinforced suspension that allows landing on rough terrain.



    Information obtained from the press release of the company.

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