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Moller Skycar
Moller Skycar er et personligt VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) luftfartøj: en "flyvende bil" -- kaldet en "volantor" af dets opfinder Paul Moller. Skycar bestod sin første flyveprøve i 2003 og den videreudvikles nu mod praktiske formål.
Hensigten med M400 Skycar er at kunne flyve med 4 passagerer med VTOL egenskaber. Den er endnu i prototypefasen.
Den bliver beskrevet som en bil, da den skal kunne anvendes som et almindeligt transportmiddel med automatisk flykontrol enhver kan styre. Føreren skal kun angive retning og hastighed og piloterfaring er ikke nødvendigt.
Skycar anvender billige Wankelmotorer og hardware, og dens masseproducerede pris vil ligge i omegnen af en kvalitetsbil. Prototype M400 Skycar koster 1 million USD.
Dens egenskaber omfatter en flyvehastighed på 600 km/t, 8 low-emissions Wankelmotorer, garagestørrelse, benzinforbrug som en stor bil, en faldskærm for hele maskinen og kort vejkørsel er mulig (til et take-off område - kaldet en vertiport).
Den største ulempe er brændstofforbruget - sålænge fossilt brændsel benyttes - og støjen. Selv hvis brændstoføkonomien bliver ligeså god som en almindelig bil, er det klart, givet de højere hastigheder, at disse fartøjer vil blive brugt til meget længere pendling og rejser.
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Eksterne henvisninger
- Moller International, Kan bestilles her, og her...
- MIT, Technology Review, May 23, 2003, An Aircar in Every Garage? Citat: "...This vision could be realized sooner than you think. The technology of personal VTOL transportation is "expanding and will soon be exploding," says Bushnell..."
- Overview of Skycar and transportation Citat: "... The M400 uses gasoline. Depending on altitude and cruise speed, the Skycar can be expected to get 18 to 22 mpg. Each takeoff requires approximately 1/10 gallon of gas. The M400's rotary engines will soon be capable of using other fuels, such as methanol, ethanol, jet fuel, diesel, liquid natural gas, and hydrogen...."
- Overview of Skycar and transportation Citat: "...The Skycar operates under adverse conditions - its compact shape makes it flyable at night, in fog, in most storms, high winds, microbursts, and conditions other light aircraft cannot handle [--]- however, tornadoes, thunderstorms, severe icing, and hurricanes will need to be avoided...."
- Overview of Skycar and transportation Citat: "...the Skycar is expected to be as quiet as a delivery truck on takeoff and landing - 70 decibels at 50 feet [16m]..."
- 01.07.1999 Er det en fugl? Er det et fly? Nej det er den nye flyvende bil, Skycar, der tager sin første testflyvning i denne måned.
- Skycar
- Usatoday: He has a vision, but does he have the Wright stuff? Citat: "...The agency, working with businesses and other government entities, runs a program called Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS). A sister NASA entity is called the Personal Air Vehicle program. Together, the groups are trying to figure out how to create an infrastructure and the flying contraptions that would allow us to get around like the Jetsons...To do that, the nation would need a new air traffic system, autonomously run by computers and guided by global positioning satellites. It would have to make sure that thousands of small aircraft could buzz around without bumping into one another. That's the technology NASA will demonstrate next year..."
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