A flying DeLorean?! No, just another Terrafugia car-plane concept
A flying DeLorean?! No, just another Terrafugia car-plane concept
While the likes of Google focus on driverless cars, Terrafugia continues to look much further into the future with flying cars.
The company has been talking about its heli-car hybrid the TF-X since 2013 and has just released a video showing its new exterior design in action.
Now for the first time, Terrafugia has announced that a one-tenth scale model will be tested at the MIT Wright Brothers wind tunnel.
"The wind tunnel test model will be used to measure drag, lift and thrust forces while simulating hovering flight, transitioning to forward flight and full forward flight," Terrafugia said.
The video shows the TF-X leaving a garage and taking off from a landing pad. It's equipped with twin electric motor pods, two wings and two helicopter-style propellers.
Four passengers can be carried a maximum of 500 miles, while the TF-X is capable of flying up to 200mph.
Unfortunately, Terrafugia predicts that development of the heli-car hybrid will take 8-12 years.
The company has been talking about its heli-car hybrid the TF-X since 2013 and has just released a video showing its new exterior design in action.
Now for the first time, Terrafugia has announced that a one-tenth scale model will be tested at the MIT Wright Brothers wind tunnel.
"The wind tunnel test model will be used to measure drag, lift and thrust forces while simulating hovering flight, transitioning to forward flight and full forward flight," Terrafugia said.
The video shows the TF-X leaving a garage and taking off from a landing pad. It's equipped with twin electric motor pods, two wings and two helicopter-style propellers.
Four passengers can be carried a maximum of 500 miles, while the TF-X is capable of flying up to 200mph.
Unfortunately, Terrafugia predicts that development of the heli-car hybrid will take 8-12 years.
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