The Scientist at the U.S Defense Advanced Research project Agency (DARPA) have come over with a brand new designs and concept for a well planned flying car under its Transformer(TX) program. The first to come out of their plan was AVX aircraft Company where this aircraft can be driven manually on the like an SUV and also boasts Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) capability. This is a new innovative which has not been found in any of the previously designed air cars.
They have been designed with comfortable interiors where 4 person people can accompanied inside the fight car which will provide the warfighter with terrain-independent mobility. This new Transformers has been designed with more advanced features to be used in emergency, curfew, strike, medical evacuation and logistical supply etc. According to the company, car will have intuitive controls that will provide non-pilot operator control and navigation systems that will facilitate its transition from road to flight operations. TX has the capability of making vertical takeoffs and landing with high-speeds similar to that of the light aircraft.
This AVX meets all the requirements as said by The Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
• 1,040 lb payload
• 250 nautical mile range on one tank of fuel
• 10,000 ft mean sea level altitude at max gross weight
• 80mph on road speed, 30mph rough terrain speed
• 140mph flying speed
• converts from road to flight mode in 60 seconds
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