If Science Fiction 20. Century has promised one, and then a
flying car. At the same time we have 2019 with an
avalanche of metal tormenting the busy roads. So where is my flying car? Whether we're going to slide through traffic jams soon or
but stick to the facts, experience you in this video. I'm Ronnie – welcome to Raumzeit! serious. Flying cars are probably still
more common than lightsabers via disc drives. From Fantoma's flight to a jet-propelled
Citroen DS with extendable wings, over a floating DeLorean from Back to the
Future II – and, of course, a fusion reactor – to the fantastic glider
Blade Runner world shows us all Various types of flying cars – sometimes more or
less futuristic. While we still commute to work by bus and train
, around 20 companies around the world are working on flying cars – and many of them
are about to deliver. So we'll be flying soon? The short answer is Jainism. At first it was difficult for us to get any private flying cars.
However, in the area of commercial taxis the first providers have started in the next few years
.
And this is amazing because the list of
obstacles to overcome is long. Almost everything requires a coffee stand
that has been carefully developed and often completely new concepts. Of course, flying cars must be safe. They must be environmentally friendly and sustainable
Yes. However, their engines must be able to start and land
a ton of heavy equipment, usually vertically . So they're commercially viable, and
I can't put in a pilot like that well designed like a pilot
from an airline. Possibly the biggest problem
is controlling air traffic — if hundreds or even thousands of flying cars
fill the airspace over cities, there's little room for error
. The last thing we want is
a lot of damage every once in a while and the sky is falling. Even eternal optimist Elon Musk has a
fairly skeptical attitude towards flying cars . He said, "We'd drive the
odds currently close to 0 that something falls on our heads
to zoom in on the shape anyway. […]
A person can fall off a person if he doesn't think his equipment waits reasonably Wheelcap guillotines. I doubt that’s how stress levels
will be lowered in the 21st century.” Of course, we can’t forget that
Musk has his own urban mobility plan with Hyper Loop and the Boring Company — but
nonetheless, his argument is sound.
Therefore, safety must come first. Let's take a look at the various aspects
more precisely. If we want to fly, we have to
unspawn. This can be done using a fixed wing
like an airplane or a rotor We know it from helicopters and drones. Both systems are in development
with pros and cons. Wings are great at
expending energy over longer distances, however, this comes at the cost of maneuverability. Also, this kind of wing has to be expensive.
If we actually look at the properties can fold a car – with a
span of 10 meters, it's terrible to drive. After all, most airfoil models require a
runway. It really feels like a flying car
so this design doesn't work – the Slovakian company Aeromobil has developed
such a model for over a decade and was based on its own data not so long ago
market. But they claim that since 2014
— a year later — the lead developer was able to make a test flight only by parachute
save.
Closer to our idea is the concept,
who puts on the rotors – always several, very similar to drones. The Bell Nexus, commissioned by Bell and
presented by Uber last year, has a total of 6 rotors and looks futuristic
. This model allows vertical launch
and landing (known as VTOL) and requires no components to be deployed before it starts – im
Bell Nexus dropped, rotor tipped forward in flight to
produce. However, such models are usually
very energy-intensive and can therefore be updated only over very short distances – eg
to serve large cities. The energy comes from batteries – the batteries that will drive the
flying cars of the near future are almost all in the electric motors. In general, battery powered electric motors are the
reason for the revitalization of this concept. Electric motors have higher power
efficiency than internal combustion engines. For example, the small car is already making it with
electric drive acceleration values, for the Porsche 911 is considered sporty. There are also issues with the batteries
– the technology is far from adequate for the long run of the electric motors
to ensure. This drastically reduces possible flight times
and is leading some companies to hybrid versions.
Imagine a classic internal combustion engine
running additionally – to charge the battery. In general, stuffed with technical sound,
the plane is very expensive. they are. As a cost, companies give very different
– often very promising – values . Speculated ranking of each vehicle from 50,000 Euros to millions of Euros
. Of course, the first buyers – the early adopters
– will also check out for research and development ; also a cheap series production that
might not have been anticipated at the outset. However, the real costs depend less on the
car itself – they are mostly for the question whether we, professional pilots,
have to deal with it. Training for female pilots is tedious and expensive.
Hundreds, barely profitable financially
put it on better air taxis. Therefore, flying cars must be either
operable, they are controlled by a layman or they can fly completely autonomously. The
latter is also the design goal: artificial intelligence
takes over the entire flight from start to finish to landing. In this case, it sounds disturbing
but is actually easier than autonomous driving. Self-driving cars have to be crafted with
sensor packages plugged into all sorts of incredible things to recognize traffic. Other drivers, pedestrians, traffic signs,
the road, and more. This is easier in the airspace – other
objects are less numerous and equipped with a radar to fully grasp.
The AI is easy to take off and take off,
plans the flight route according to the GPS and the possibilities of the airspace – other
pilots also have gusts, differences in air pressure and so on – reacts without problems. Having fully automatic controls
AI also eliminates expensive pilot licenses – in some currently developed models
AI is virtually omnipresent and landing requires checks and
confirmation from a human pilot. What about the airspace? There are currently more than 120,000 drones in
commercial use in the United States alone. This number should be 500,000 raised in the next 4 years
. Amazon is also planning long-term use
from deliveries to 30-minute deliveries made possible. Google's parent company, Alphabet, began
testing coin delivery soon after in Finland — and of course, all of this with
private drones "just so" flying through the airspace,
filming wedding movies or stalking neighbors while sunbathing. In short – the airspace above the city center
is full and always fuller. Imagine thousands of private flying
cars in front – this is a situation that air traffic controllers in the traditional way
can no longer master.
But it has to be mastered, because a
world with occasional cars and passengers falling from the sky is unacceptable. Likewise, only one AI can be used
– which requires as much data as possible to receive all objects in the airspace – a
regulatory nightmare for responsible authorities . But all problems are solvable, and
progress is being made almost daily in every region . Flying cars are coming, and it's going to happen
in the next decade.
We can be curious. We hope our world tour
you enjoy flying cars. If so, we look forward to a comment
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