{"id":10555,"date":"2015-05-09T15:24:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-09T19:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10555"},"modified":"2021-10-05T11:26:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:26:46","slug":"sci-tech-a-survey-of-6-flying-car-projects-electric-10-engine-tilt-rotor-prototype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10555","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: A survey of 6 flying car projects + Electric 10-engine tilt-rotor prototype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A survey of flying car projects:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n3\/1348434-are-flying-cars-for-real-this-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Are Flying Cars For Real This Time?\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Epoch Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[ <strong>Update<\/strong>: The Slovakian Aeromobil had a crash landing during a test flight. The pilot was unhurt.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/flight\/a15472\/flying-car-crashes-during-test-flight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flying Car Crash Lands After Botched Test Flight &#8211; Popular Mechanics<\/a>.]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/n3\/1348434-are-flying-cars-for-real-this-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a cool NASA project that developed an electric tilt-rotor prototype\u00a0with 10 electric motors:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/langley\/ten-engine-electric-plane-completes-successful-flight-test\" target=\"_d\" rel=\"noopener\">Ten-Engine Electric Plane Completes Successful Flight Test &#8211;\u00a0NASA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kXql26sF5uc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A survey of flying car projects:\u00a0Are Flying Cars For Real This Time?\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Epoch Times. [ Update: The Slovakian Aeromobil had a crash landing during a test flight. The pilot was unhurt.\u00a0Flying Car Crash Lands After Botched Test Flight &#8211; Popular Mechanics.] [] === Here&#8217;s a cool NASA project that developed an electric tilt-rotor prototype\u00a0with 10 electric &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10555\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: A survey of 6 flying car projects + Electric 10-engine tilt-rotor prototype<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-2Kf","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":994,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=994","url_meta":{"origin":10555,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Electric tilt-rotor aircraft unveiled by AgustaWestland","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"AgustaWestland has designed, built and flown a prototype tilt-rotor vehicle that uses only electric power: Meet Project Zero, the World's First Electric Tilt-Rotor Aircraft - Autopia\/Wired.com AgustaWestland Unveils \u201cProject Zero\u201d Tilt Rotor Technology Demonstrator - AgustaWestland Photo credits: AgustaWestland","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"Exif_JPEG_PICTURE","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/AW1019-web.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":17197,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=17197","url_meta":{"origin":10555,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Plimp hybrid airship, Drone with ion drive propulsion, Audi&#8217;s 2-part flying car, UrbanAero Cormorant","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The VTOL Plimp Hybrid Airship avoids two problems with airplanes and helicopters. 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