Flying Car

1999/09/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Patenteak/Asmakizunak

Do you dream of a car flying over the car? Think that when your car leaves as a helicopter, as if it were an airplane, it reaches a horizontal speed of 600 km/h. This flying car, which science fiction writers put in 2000, is no longer a dream. At the end of July in California, Moller International, USA, has tested the prototype of "Skycar" capable of transporting four people at altitudes above 9,000 meters.

With an approximate consumption of 15 liters per hundred kilometers and a range of 1,400 kilometers, baptized as flyers, it would cover the distance from San Sebastian to Naples in two and a half hours. The current prototype remains very expensive (6 million pounds, 150 million pesetas, about 900,000 euros).

However, Moller International believes that the final price will be 12.5 million pesetas (500,000 pounds, about 7,500 euros). In short, the price of the dream car.