There is a reason we are still waiting for flying cars.
People have dreamed about flying cars for more than a hundred years. We've seen them in movies, as ideas from car companies, and, in some cases, as actual prototypes that work.in the 1970s so they could create a commercial version. But the fact is that most attempts have never reached a stage to be made in large numbers.
This is for a variety of reasons, but the failure of these vehicles to become a practical reality has led to the catchphrase"Where's my flying car?"incredibly complicated things to design and buildOne of the primary issues is that the concept merges two completely different technologies intended for entirely different jobs.
On the ground, components like side-view mirrors are important, but in the air, they just slow the aircraft down. This makes the aircraft fly less far and use more fuel. It can also make things shaky.The power-to-weight ratio of a car can also be changed by the addition of wings and rotor blades. The more weight a vehicle has, the more power you'll need to move it. But if the engine is too heavy, the vehicle won't fly.
Even though eVTOLs seem like the easiest solution, they need a whole new infrastructure to work."Skyports" are being planned by companies like Uber and Joby Aviation's Elevate. They will be built in cities and act as landing pads on the top level of buildings or raised parking garages. Even though they aren't very big, they can cost as much as $150 million to construct. Communication is another important but unsolved part of the plan for mass eVTOLs.
Somewhere around 80 patents for different flying cars have been filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ever since with mixed success.. In 1917, Glenn Curtiss, who is sometimes called the"father of the flying car," showed off what many consider the first"true" flying car. His Autoplane was made of aluminum and had three wings that spread 40 feet long . The car's motor turned a four-bladed propeller at the back of the car.
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