Powered by a BMW engine and normal fuel, the AirCar flew for 35 minutes between two Slovakian airports in 2021, using runways for take-off and landing.

It took just over two minutes to transform from a car into an aircraft.

Now vehicles made based on its design will be used within a “specific geographical region” of China.

Hebei Jianxin Flying Car Technology Company, headquartered in Cangzhou, has purchased exclusive rights to manufacture and use AirCar aircraft inside an undisclosed area.

  • Thorry84@feddit.nl
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    7 months ago

    It’s not a flying car, it’s a shitty car that can with some effort be turned into a rather shitty airplane. At that point it’s functionally an airplane, doing everything an (shitty) airplane can do and none of the things a car can do. When it’s turned into a car again it can do none of the airplane things and only do everything a (shitty) car can do.

    Calling it a flying car is just playing on peoples fictional vision of what a flying car is and then leaves them disappointed when they see this thing.

    Not to say it isn’t a marvelous piece of engineering and deserving of admiration for this, but more in the way we admire a piece of art.