Posts Tagged ‘flying’

Jetlev: Your dream personal flight

Jetlev jetpack

Jetlev is a new recreation water sport, carrying a jetpack on your back that will allow you to be able to enjoy over water. To play with this jetlev jetpack you do not need any license this is because it is design in a way that is extreme user friendly for a new user. Fly-by-wire digital throttle control; nozzles angles determine allocation of thrust between lift and propulsion (forward, neutral or reverse); differential nozzle deflection generates yaw moments; and weight shifting from side-to-side generates roll moments. But dock take off and landing is extremely high risk maneuver, hence for these parts it require expert training.

For those who love to own this Jetlev jetpack you can purchase it but mind you it is very expensive. Currently this water sport is only available to Germany but the company has been very actively in providing franchise opportunities to those looking to privately own a business and holiday resorts.

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PAL-V Flying motorcar

In fact the first flying car concept go all the way back in 1892 where Henry Ford started building his first experimental automobile. Because flying cars and roadable aircraft seem to be more of a dream than a reality, many people believe that these things do not exist. The truth is that even before the Wright Brothers learned to fly, people have been attempting to build such vehicles and some of them have had a fair degree of success. Thank to these people never say dieing spirit we finally can dream of owning a a flying motor in year 2011. Check out my previous post on Flying Car.

Pal-V

PAL-V Europe NV started in 1999 to study many technologies and evaluated various concepts. It made numerous designs and patented all its findings, leading to the PAL-V One. The first Personal Air and Land Vehicle (PAL-V) available for anybody. The design actually began 7year ago, the huge amount of time taken was due to a lot of difficulties such as land vehicle and aircraft having different level of gravity, finding the right aerodynamic frame, legislation and fuel consumption. All these problem have to be solve before thinking of flying a motorcar.

Finally on this year March, a real flying motorcar was tested. It was say to be very successful test fly. In order to be certified to manage this new machine you need to attend 20-40 hours flying lessons to get a pilot’s license and also need to have a regular car driver’s license.

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First ever flying car on sale

Transtion Flying Car

This is the world first ever flying car on sale. Look at the video to see how it fold up it wings. This machine is called The Transition, there are two seats, a steering wheel, accelerator and brake pedals, but no gearstick. It only take just 30 seconds for it to transform from a plane into a car. It is also equipped with a GPS and had both the rear-facing propeller and wheels powered by one engine. A full tank(76-litre) cost just US$40 dollar and can fly 800km. Already 50 customers is on the waiting list for this US$200000 flying car.

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