Re:Terrafugia's flying car model has been approved for tests...
by jobu on Monday December 21, 2015 @09:30AM
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Not the most successful comparison, but it looks proportionally similar to the V-22 Osprey (also a VTOL aircraft).
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Re:Terrafugia's flying car model has been approved for tests...
by jacquesm on Monday December 21, 2015 @10:03AM
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Not really, the Osprey has much more horizontal wing surface relative to its size and it has a tail surface and double stabilizer as well. That's a completely different geometry much closer to a conventional aircraft than the subject of this thread. This new vehicle also has a ducted fan for more forward thrust (I suspect this is because mounting larger tilt rotors was impossible given the constraints on height of the vehicle).
It'll be a close race between this one and the Moller sky car which one will hit the dealerships first.
/sarcasm.