Test flight of PAL-V ONE (Personal Air and Land Vehicle), the flying car, was successfully concluded over the past two weeks, the Dutch company PAL-V said in a statement Monday.
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| The PAL-V - The Flying Dutch Man |
"PAL-V ONE flies in the air like a gyrocopter with lift generated by an auto-rotating rotor and forward speed produced by a foldable push propeller on the back," the company said.
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| The PAL-V - The Flying Dutch Man |
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| The PAL-V - The Flying Dutch Man |
The driving prototype of PAL-V ONE was successfully tested in 2009 and when on land, the flying car drives like a sports car, according to manufacturers that include top engineers from renowned Dutch National Aerospace Laboratory and Delft University.
"On the ground this slim, aerodynamic, 3-wheeled vehicle has the comfort of a car with the agility of a motorcycle."
A PAL-V ONE will have a driving range of about 1200 km (750 miles). The speed both on land and in the air can reach up to 180 km/h (110 miles/h).
Dingemanse said that the PAL-V ONE is quite safer as it is based on gyroplane technology and takes off and lands with low speed. It can land anywhere, on roads or grass, and a strip of just 165 meters (540 feet) is required for take-off.
"The gyroplane technology means that it can be steered and landed safely even if the engine fails, because the rotor keeps auto rotating," he added.
Estimated price from €250.000 to €300.000
