Aeromobil’s flying car

 

It was big news when Aeromobil’s flying car came out in 2013, and it has been quiet for a while. The vehicle was intended for car enthusiasts and wealthy people.

The reason they quieted down was because of lack of investments. That was a really sad moment because it took about 20 years to design and make the main design. The prototype was constructed by the AeroMobil Team based in Bratislava and led by co-founders Štefan Klein and Juraj Vaculík, advised by inventor Dean Kamen.

As of 2013, there were 4 different versions of the vehicle, but their wing design wasn’t very good. In 2014, when the product first crashed, they said there was no expected due date for the vehicle to be done. They did say that they hoped for a prototype before 2018.

On April 6th, 2016, they started a fundraiser and raised 3.2 million USD which helped the company climb back up. Not too long after, on 20 April 2017, AeroMobil s.r.o. unveiled the production model of the vehicle at Top Marques Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco, and announced that it would begin to take pre-orders for a “limited first edition” of it before the end of 2017.

When the Aeromobil is flying, its top speed is 100 m/hour, and its 0-60 is 10 seconds. It’s flying cruise speed is 160 mph, and its landing distance is 400m. It also weighs 960kg. When it was released, the price of it was expected to be 1.3 to 1.6 million dollars.

The car crashed on May 8th, 2015, during a test flight. The parachute luckily deployed, but it still suffered major damage. Luckily, the pilot, Stefan Klein only suffered minor injuries. AeroMobil closed down after 9 years of promising the future was just over the horizon. Hopefully they come back though!