{"id":9139,"date":"2014-10-30T17:22:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T21:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9139"},"modified":"2014-10-30T17:22:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-30T21:22:15","slug":"sci-tech-aeromobil-3-0-rolls-and-soars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9139","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: AeroMobil 3.0 rolls and soars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aeromobil.com\/video\" target=\"_d\">AeroMobil 3.0 Flying car<\/a>\u00a0looks weirdly elegant in the air:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.popularmechanics.com\/how-to\/blog\/watch-the-aeromobil-3-0-flying-car-take-to-the-skies-17370322?src=spr_TWITTER&amp;spr_id=1457_106201102\" target=\"_d\">Watch the AeroMobil 3.0 Flying Car Take to the Skies &#8211; Popular Mechanics<\/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\/kzYb68qXpD0?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<p>From the caption:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>The current flying car prototype AeroMobil 3.0 incorporates significant improvements and upgrades. It is now being tested in real flight conditions since October 2014. Initially certified by the Slovak Federation of Ultra-Light Flying, it now entered a regular flight-testing program. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The AeroMobil 3.0 prototype is very close to the final product. It is predominantly built from the same materials as the final product, such as advanced composite materials for the body shell, wings, and wheels. It also contains all the main features that will be incorporated into the final product, such as avionics equipment, autopilot and an advanced parachute deployment system.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0AeroMobil 3.0 Flying car\u00a0looks weirdly elegant in the air:\u00a0Watch the AeroMobil 3.0 Flying Car Take to the Skies &#8211; Popular Mechanics From the caption: The current flying car prototype AeroMobil 3.0 incorporates significant improvements and upgrades. It is now being tested in real flight conditions since October 2014. Initially certified by the Slovak Federation of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9139\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: AeroMobil 3.0 rolls and soars<\/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_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9139","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-2np","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4972,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=4972","url_meta":{"origin":9139,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Aeromobil roadable plane takes off","author":"TopSpacer","date":"October 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Aeromobil\u00a0is another entry in the roadable airplane \"market\" and is certainly one of the most beautiful:\u00a0Aeromobil flying car prototype gets off the ground for the first time - gizmag.com http:\/\/youtu.be\/ow6ybXBF9AU \u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/ow6ybXBF9AU\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10555,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=10555","url_meta":{"origin":9139,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: A survey of 6 flying car projects + Electric 10-engine tilt-rotor prototype","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A survey of flying car projects:\u00a0Are Flying Cars For Real This Time?\u00a0-\u00a0Epoch Times. 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