Or you can see what my father did - www.Airphibian.com (Sorry some of the links are outdated) One of the 5 manufactured (with FAA numbers) is in the National Air and Space Museum https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/fulton-airphibian-fa-3-101 notice the N number on the tail.
As a child I remember flying in it.... And one of the iterations had a Generator that was hung off the rear of the Lycoming motor that charged 2 large 12v batteries in series for 24v to drive the electric motors in the front wheels. That one was too heavy for economical flight. Rush Dougherty Tucson AZ 85719 > -----Original Message----- > From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Peri Hartman via EV > Sent: Friday, December 28, 2018 8:06 PM > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List > Cc: Peri Hartman > Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: $50k flying EVs over San_Francisco-CA next year > > There are some pretty significant restrictions on flying over urban areas. > Requires a pilot's license, for one. You must be at least 1000' > above inhabited areas and you must also fly in the appropriate airspace. > If AI were far along to automate the entire flight, we'd see it in use for > private > pilots right now. > > Anyway, the idea's been around for a while. Check this out (OT): > https://books.google.com/books?id=htcDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f= > false > Go to page 87. > > Peri > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Rod Hower via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > To: ev@lists.evdl.org > Cc: "Rod Hower" <rodho...@ameritech.net> > Sent: 28-Dec-18 6:46:31 PM > Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: $50k flying EVs over San_Francisco-CA next year > > > Who was elected in 2016? Case closed.... > > > > On ?Friday?, ?December? ?28?, ?2018? ?09?:?42?:?14? ?PM? ?EST, Alan > > Arrison via EV > <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > > > > Does anyone believe this nonsense? > > > >Al > > > >On 12/28/2018 6:26 PM, brucedp5 via EV wrote: > >> > >> > >> https://www.timesofisrael.com/husband-and-wife-duo-sets-sights-on-fly > >> ing-cars-over-san-francisco-next-year/ > >> Husband-and-wife duo sets sights on flying cars over San Francisco > >> next year > >> 25 December 2018 Federico Maccioni > >> > >> [image > >> > >> https://static.timesofisrael.com/www/uploads/2018/12/28-1-e1545231057 > >> 248.jpg Illustrative detail image of a vehicle from New Future > >> Transportation. > >> (Courtesy) > >> ] > >> > >> New Future Transportation (NFT) is developing an electric car > >> prototype with wings that aims to solve congestion and also be > >> affordable at $50,000 > >> > >> You start the car, pull out of the parking lot and hit the road. So > >> far - a routine trip. Now, select flight mode. A pair of wings comes > >> out of the sides of your vehicle and you take off for your destination. > >> > >> Like the cars in Ridley Scott's masterpiece "Blade Runner" flying > >> over a dystopian Los Angeles of 2019 [ > >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRXifdYkWvY > >> ], the prototype of the vehicle being developed by Silicon > >> Valley-based New Future Transportation [ https://www.nxtft.com/ ] > >> (NFT) is theoretically set to sail the skies of the Bay Area in > >> October next year. > >> > >> "Our mission is not transportation, but better quality of life," > >> said NFT chairman Guy Kaplinsky, an Israeli who, with his wife Maki > >> Kaplinsky, designed the car. > >> > >> The two entrepreneurs live near Palo Alto, about 50 miles from San > >> Francisco, because "houses are more beautiful and cheaper" than in > >> the metropolis, they said. However, for people who need to get to > >> work near the Golden Gate Bridge, it takes as much as two and a half > >> hours by car, because of traffic congestion. > >> > >> [image] Maki Kaplinsky, a co-founder of New Future Transportation, NFT > >> Inc. > >> (Courtesy) > >> > >> According to a study by inrix.com, people in the San Francisco area > >> spent on average 79 peak hours stuck in traffic in 2017, ranking the > >> city the third out of 297 cities in the US and fifth out of 1,360 > >> urban centers around the world in driving time spent in congestion. > >> > >> Kaplinsky said their competitively priced flying vehicle will allow > >> users to save time and money. > >> > >> The flying car prototype will be a zero-emission multimodal vehicle > >> - that can both drive and fly - the size of a sport utility vehicle > >> (SUV), with two or four seats. It will take off and land vertically, > >> and its wings will retractable, not fixed, the two entrepreneurs > >> explained. > >> > >> "We made our design flexible" by creating a sort of hybrid system, > >> CEO Maki Kaplinsky said. > >> > >> The base of the vehicle is electric, with a built-in extended range > >> generator. Maki Kaplinsky said that with this combination the > >> vehicle's target flying range of 300 miles (480 kilometers) and > >> driving range of 100 miles (160 kilometers) will be "feasible and > >> economical." > >> > >> The aim is to use just batteries in the future, the entrepreneurs > >> explained, without a generator. However, they said, batteries > >> allowing for such ranges are yet to be developed and it is difficult > >> to predict when this breakthrough will take place. > >> > >> The vehicle will be able to be either piloted or fly autonomously, > >> said Maki Kaplinsky, adding that US regulations allow flight at a > >> height of 300 to > >> 5,000 feet, even if in practice it is able to fly above and below > >> this range. > >> > >> User-friendliness is the main feature of NFT's projected flying car, > >> which makes it stand out among other kinds of flying vehicles, the > >> husband and wife said. > >> > >> [image] Guy Kaplinsky, the co-founder and chairman of New Future > >> Transportation, NFT. Inc (Courtesy) > >> > >> Maki Kaplinsky underlined that while drones and other electric > >> aircraft require specific spots for parking and charging, NFT's > >> flying car can be parked in a garage or in the street. More > >> importantly, she added, the vehicle's "drive and fly" ability will > >> allow users to reach their final destination using just one vehicle. > >> > >> Asked about technical issues that may arise with flying cars in an > >> urban environment, the two entrepreneurs said that of course "people > >> don't like having cars flying above their heads," but that the > >> vehicles would be taking off from designated areas near shopping > >> centers or highways. The two entrepreneurs believe that at low > >> altitudes, the vehicles could fly over roads, open water or green > >> areas so as to avoid the problem, while for higher altitudes there > >> will be no issue because flying cars would be "just like today's aircraft > >> flying > above us," Maki Kaplinsky said. > >> > >> In terms of air traffic control management, Guy Kaplinsky said that > >> each country has different regulations, and that in the US the > >> Federal Aviation Administration would be the monitoring authority > >> regulating traffic. With the introduction of flying cars, he said, > >> the vehicles would be given a specific space slot according to their > >> route. > >> > >> "Our mission and advantage is door-to-door [commuting]," said Maki > >> Kaplinsky, adding that their car won't be "a toy for rich guys" and > >> will be "accessible for regular people," with a target price of $50,000. > >> > >> NFT is aiming for the mass markets according to Guy Kaplinsky. "I'm > >> giving you a flying car that will allow you to reach your > >> destination. and that does not cost $2 million," he said. We "want > >> to be the bridge between automotive and aerospace technology." > >> > >> Maki Kaplinsky said that they began thinking of the project about > >> three years ago and when in July 2017 they sold their previous > >> company - US-based IoT software startup IQP Corp. - to General > >> Electric, they decided to fully embrace this challenge. At the > >> beginning this year they opened an office in California and hired 15 - to > become soon 35 - engineers in Israel. > >> > >> The first step in their vision will be to start flying cargo, and > >> only then people, said Maki Kaplinsky. > >> > >> The company aims to launch the drive-and-fly cargo vehicle by the > >> end of > >> 2022 and a flying car for human transportation by 2025. > >> > >> The manufacturing of parts, such as motors and windows, will be > >> carried out by partners, "most probably automotive Tier 1" > >> companies, Maki Kaplinsky said. > >> > >> She added that in January 2019 the company will open an Israeli > >> assembly line so as to produce full-size demonstrators to be tested > >> not only in the US, but also in Israel. > >> > >> "We are investing $2 million by ourselves at this stage (seed > >> founding), but we are contacting VCs in the Silicon Valley and > >> Japan, aimed at rising $15 million for the A series," Maki Kaplinsky said. > >> [© timesofisrael.com] > >> > >> > >> + > >> > >> http://aero-news.net/index.cfm?do=main.textpost&id=c3fdbd27-eb23-46f6 > >> -9bdd-5c1481f9a48b Elon Musk Says There May Be A Tesla Electric > >> Airplane ... Someday Dec 17, 2018 Improvements In Battery > >> Technology Making It More Feasible ... 400 watt-hours per kilogram > >> is the tipping point for a practical electric airplane, and the > >> batteries that currently power a Tesla car check in at 250Wh ... > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > >> http://evdl.org/archive/ > >> > >> > >> {brucedp.neocities.org} > >> > >> -- > >> Sent from: > >> http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > >> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > >> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > >> > >_______________________________________________ > >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > >Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > > >-------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was > >scrubbed... > >URL: > ><http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20181229/52a > >7f669/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > >UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > >http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > >Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA > >(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev- > evdl.org/attachments/20181229/a2dc71e9/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com
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