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"Flying Cars": CH - Charan Tej PA9015

The document discusses the design concepts and considerations for flying cars. It outlines several historical attempts at designing flying cars dating back to 1917. More recent designs include the Terrafugia Transition, a light sport aircraft that can be driven on roads. Key challenges in designing flying cars are meeting both aviation and automobile standards, and developing systems that can function well in both air and road modes of travel. The document concludes that while flying cars are still a future concept, roadable aircraft designs show promise if costs can be reduced.

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"Flying Cars": CH - Charan Tej PA9015

The document discusses the design concepts and considerations for flying cars. It outlines several historical attempts at designing flying cars dating back to 1917. More recent designs include the Terrafugia Transition, a light sport aircraft that can be driven on roads. Key challenges in designing flying cars are meeting both aviation and automobile standards, and developing systems that can function well in both air and road modes of travel. The document concludes that while flying cars are still a future concept, roadable aircraft designs show promise if costs can be reduced.

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“Flying Cars”

[Link] TEJ
PA9015
Overview
Introduction

Design Approach

Design Consideration

Design Concepts

Conclusion
Introduction

 What is a Flying car ?

 Why do we need flying Car ?

 What is special in designing a flying car ?


Design approach
 Roadable Aircraft

 Flying Car
Continued….
 Dual Mode Design

Flying Motorcycle
Design considerations
 Range

 Endurance

 Rate of climb

 Cruise speed in air

 Cruise speed in land

 Airworthiness standards

 Automobile safety and Emissions


Continued….
 Acceptable in flight wing aerodynamics while able to
retract , fold or detached and stow the wing for road
travel.
 Need to rotate on take off.
 To find engine/transmission which could meet the
conflicting demand of ground and air.
 Dual mode control systems.
 Stability and performance requirements in both modes of
travel.
Design concepts
 Glenn Curtiss in 1917 exhibited his design of flying
automobile in Pan- American Aeronautic exposition in
New York.

 Waldo waterman was the first person to be granted a


patent on roadable aircraft “Arrowbile” in 1937.
Continued…..
 Robert E. Fulton in 1946 designed a new concept his
FA-3-101 Airphibian

 Convair Air car in 1947


Continued….
 Moulton Taylor designed and built “Taylor Aerocar” in
1949
 Characteristics of Aerocar

 Crew: One pilot
 Capacity: One Passenger (2 total)
 Length: 6.55 m
 Wingspan: 10.36m
 Height: 2.18 m
 Wing area: 15.6 m²
 Empty: 590 kg
 Loaded: 955 kg
 Power plant: 1x Lycoming O-290, 135 hp (100 kW)
 Performance of Aerocar

 Maximum speed: 112 mph (172 km/h)


 Range: 300 mi (480 km)
 Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,658 m)
 Rate of climb: 550 ft/min (168 m/min)
 Wing loading: 12.5 lb/ft² (61 kg/m²)
 Power/Mass: 0.06 hp/lb (100 W/kg)
 Terrafugia-Transition
The Transition is a light sport, roadable aircraft under development by Terrafugia,
a small start-up company based in Woburn.
 General characteristics
 Crew: 1 pilot
 Capacity: 2, pilot and passenger
 Payload: 430 lb (200 kg)
 Length: 19 ft 2 in (5.8 m)
 Wingspan: 27 ft 6 in (8.4 m)
 Height: 6 ft 3 in (1.9 m)
 Empty weight: 890 lb (400 kg)
 Useful load: 430 lb (200 kg)
 Max takeoff weight: 1,320 lb (600 kg)
 Power plant: 1× Rotax 912S, 100 hp (75 kW) @ 5800 rpm (max. 5 minutes), 95 hp
(71 kW) @ 5500 rpm (continuous)
 Propellers: Prince Aircraft Company, four-bladed "P-Tip" propeller, 1 per
engine
 Cockpit width: 51 in (1.3 m) at the shoulder
 Fuel capacity: 20 US gal (76 L; 17 imp gal)
 Length on road: 18 ft 9 in (5.7 m) with elevator up
 Width on road: 80 in (2.0 m) with wings folded
 Height on road: 6 ft 9 in (2.1 m)
 Front wheel drive on road
Continued…..
 Performance
 Cruise speed: 100 kts (115 mph or 185 km/h)
 Stall speed: 45 kts (51 mph or 82 km/h)
 Range: In flight 400 nmi (460 mi; 740 km); on road 600 mi (520 nmi;
970 km)
 Maximum speed on road: 65 mph (105 km/h)
 Fuel economy in cruise flight: 5 US gal (19 L) per hour
 Fuel economy on road: 30 mpg (7.8 L/100 km; 36 mpg)
 Avionics Glass panel; the proof-of-concept airplane includes:
 Dynon Avionics  EFIS-D100 Electronic Flight Information System with
HS34 Nav and GPS Connectivity
 Dynon Avionics EMS-D120 Engine Monitoring System
 Garmin SL30 Nav/comm transceiver
 Garmin GTX 327 digital transponder
 Garmin GPSMAP 496 portable GPS.
Conclusion
 The flying car concepts will require some more time to be
in reality.
 Roadable aircrafts design and development are feasible.

 Cost of roadable aircrafts play a vital role in their success.

 The success of roadable aircrafts will end uncertain weather,


rising costs, and ground transportation hassles on each end
of the flight.
Q…?
Thank you

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