Alef Aeronautics' 'Model A' has a driving range of 200 miles and a flight range of 110 miles. The company plans to start delivering cars by late 2025.
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I Want One!!!
I know, I know.... "Dream On!"
I will never have $300,000.00 to spend for one but a guy can dream.........................
I helped work on the concept of these at a business utility. How they're planned is an access hub that u go to near where u live. You're allowed only so much weight to carry on and your own body weight can't be over a certain limit. The lift capacity for these vehicles has a certain capacity to lift, is the why on the weight.
They're totally automated, so u pass either ur code as to where exactly where you want to go, or you go to a general area disembarkation destination.
There's four six eight lift fans give or take on these models. The construction might be of an extra strong carbon fiber.
The piloting and navigation for these FCs is tailored to a large computer managing mainframe, which will keep the car at a certain altitude, speed and timed to it's destination. This concept is similar but not the same as air traffic control for planes, but instead manages the directed flight of the FC automatically.
Safty-wise, if there's a power failure, test have not been produced at FCs will be able to auto gyrate, as a helicopter is able to do. But a compact preinstalled parachute will ballistically deploy and soft-land the FC.
This entire systems would remove hundreds of vehicles from the highways, thus making driving a little more enjoyable again.
Cost, finance for this projects in the works. NASA's involved in the systems management of FCs.
The most important items now, is can a 400 lb person safely fly in an FC, or are they allowed to? must be worked out. Plenty of info now on FCs. If your'e interested in them, for a number of potentials reasons, then do a search on them.