Believe it or not, Ferrari claims that they are able to produce a flying car that could hover or take off vertically. The flying car is called Autovolantor designed by the team at Moller International. It is based on Ferrari 599 GTB model (USD319,653).
To take off vertically or hover, it makes use of eight thrusters which direct the air for takeoff. Autovolantor is expected to attain a speed of 100 mph on the ground and 150mph in the air. It can run 75 miles in the air and 150 miles on the ground.
Autovolantor uses a special designed hybrid fuel and electric system to power the thrusters (up to 800 brake horsepower) and it would be able to cruise at altitudes of up to 5,000 ft. The first prototype should be ready in 2009 at the selling price of $800,086.
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August 6th, 2009 at 1:43 am
So Ferrari seem to reckon they can produce a car that can take off vertically and hover like a helicopter. I jolly well hope they’re right about this as I hope it really IS flying by 2010! Obviously I don’t want us to kid ourselves about the future.
Professor Roy of the University of Florida seems to have designed the WEAV resembling a flying saucer, but classed as an IFO, not a UFO. I want to THAT flying too.
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