AirCar receives certificate of airworthiness
Klein Vision’s AirCar has been granted a Certificate of Airworthiness by the Slovak Transport Authority following 70 hours of flight testing.
To achieve certification the dual-mode vehicle completed over 200 take-offs and landings and conducted the full range of flight and performance manoeuvres. Klein Vision said take-off and landing procedures were achieved without the pilot’s need to touch the flight controls.
“AirCar certification opens the door for mass production of very efficient flying cars. It is official and the final confirmation of our ability to change mid-distance travel forever,” said AirCar inventor and test pilot Professor Stefan Klein.
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Powered by 1.6l BMW engine, the 1000kg two-seat dual-mode prototype was brought to life by a team of eight and over 100,000 working hours to convert design drawings into mathematical models with CFD analysis, followed by wind tunnel testing and the build of full-scale design prototype powered by an electric 15kW engine.
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