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HISTROY


It has always been man greatest desire, to fly with the birds, but as history has shown, first he walked, then he ran, then the lazy one developed the motor car. Finally the Wright brothers took man to the skies, as early as 1940, Henry Ford said that a combination Car and Airplane will be coming.





Over the past 60 years, many people made various attempts to realise the dream of the flying car.

But all of these early concepts lacked the ingenuity and foresight of a young California engineer, Dr Paul Moller. Dr Moller did not allow himself to be constrained by conventional thinking of the Aircraft of Motor vehicle, he took a methodical approach to understanding the technical challenges which would face him, he started by first developing prototypes in the early 1960’s, this quickly lead him to understand what he would require from the technologies to truly develop a practical flying car. Over the next 20 year he focused on identifying and to a large degree developing and advancing the technologies which would be required by a flying car. After many years of research and development and much wind tunnel prototyping, in the early 1990’s the model as seen here became the intended first production version of the Skycar, the M400.



PERFORMANCE

The following performance statistics and specifications have been derived experimentally and through theoretical calculations. As the final adjustments are been made in preparation for flight testing and FAA certification, these specifications will be adjusted to represent the latest experimental results.

Passengers
4
people
Cruise speed
560
km/h
Top Speed
630
km/h
Vertical Speed (UP)
2000
mpm (Meters per Minute)
Payload with max fuel
340
kg
Max. range @ payload
1450
km
Fuel consumption
7
k/l
Operational ceiling
10,000
m
Gross weight
1,000
kg
Dimensions
5.5 x 2.7 x 1.8
m (length x width x height)
Engine power
960
hp
Takeoff and landing area
10
Meter Diameter
Noise at 500 feet (175m)
65
dba