Dutch flying car swoops into Geneva
The PAL-V Liberty is available to buy now!
Power for the Liberty on road comes from a 100hp engine, giving a 100mph top speed and a range of up to 817 miles. Air propulsion is a via a 200hp engine, allowing PAL-V's creation to reach 3,500m and 112mph. It's also said to make as much noise in the air as a light aircraft, and much less than a helicopter.
As can be seen, the Liberty rides on three wheels, with the rotor blades folded away on the roof. It's said to take between five and 10 minutes to have the car ready for flight mode, and also to return it to a roadworthy condition. What will take more time is reaching a location suitable to fly, as PAL-V says the Liberty requires a minimum take-off space of 90x200m - clearly without obstacles, too. And you'll need a pilot's licence...
The Liberty will be launched as a €499,000 Pioneer Edition, a lavish range topper which includes flight instruction, power heating and "personalisation options." Once the 90-car production run for that has been sold, the Sport model will be launched, the purist's choice that does without so much standard kit but costs a mere €299,000...
Following the Geneva debut, PAL-V says the Liberty will reach customers in 2019, a period it describes as a "pivotal time in aviation and mobility history." So, do you think the Liberty will take off? Let us know in the comments below.
[Source: Autocar]
Still, it's cool enough that if I was still 10 I'd have a poster of it on my wall.
Besides that... could they not have gotten someone better to do the photoshop, the vehicle itself looks CG.
I think it´s the happiest vehicle ever and everyone who doesn´t like it is a grumbly party pooper.
An an autogyro looks like a helicopter why can't it take off vertically...
I am asking because I don't know not as a subtle crticic of the designe
Gyros need enough rotor rpm to make the lift/drag ratio for flight. The rotor would be spun up initially by one of the engines (only possible stationary on the ground because of torque effect on the airframe) then the forward motion of the rotor blade through the air on the take off run achieves the needed rotor rpm.
They can almost land on a dime.
An an autogyro looks like a helicopter why can't it take off vertically...
I am asking because I don't know not as a subtle crticic of the designe
I believe the autogyro big prop thing on the top generates lift as it spins. However it also has a smaller prop on the back to generate forward thrust. These 2 are connected so if one spins the other has to spin. This is largely similar to helicopter but on a helicopter the rear prop does not generate forward thrust instead it prevents the body of the chopper spinning the opposite way to the propeller on the top. So think of the rear prop on a chopper as a keel. An auto gyro can not go straight up or down, it has to go forward. It can go forward slowly which makes it drop quickly. An auto gyro can also fly or glide without the engine on as the rear prop thing effectively generates drive or energy like a wind turbine as it moves forward through the air. As the 2 props are connected this energy then drives the big one on top. The big one on top then generates lift.
How was that?
An an autogyro looks like a helicopter why can't it take off vertically...
I am asking because I don't know not as a subtle crticic of the designe
I believe the autogyro big prop thing on the top generates lift as it spins. However it also has a smaller prop on the back to generate forward thrust. These 2 are connected so if one spins the other has to spin. This is largely similar to helicopter but on a helicopter the rear prop does not generate forward thrust instead it prevents the body of the chopper spinning the opposite way to the propeller on the top. So think of the rear prop on a chopper as a keel. An auto gyro can not go straight up or down, it has to go forward. It can go forward slowly which makes it drop quickly. An auto gyro can also fly or glide without the engine on as the rear prop thing effectively generates drive or energy like a wind turbine as it moves forward through the air. As the 2 props are connected this energy then drives the big one on top. The big one on top then generates lift.
How was that?
I believe the autogyro big prop thing on the top generates lift as it spins. However it also has a smaller prop on the back to generate forward thrust. These 2 are connected so if one spins the other has to spin. This is largely similar to helicopter but on a helicopter the rear prop does not generate forward thrust instead it prevents the body of the chopper spinning the opposite way to the propeller on the top. So think of the rear prop on a chopper as a keel. An auto gyro can not go straight up or down, it has to go forward. It can go forward slowly which makes it drop quickly. An auto gyro can also fly or glide without the engine on as the rear prop thing effectively generates drive or energy like a wind turbine as it moves forward through the air. As the 2 props are connected this energy then drives the big one on top. The big one on top then generates lift.
How was that?
The lift rotor is free-spinning. Not connected to the drive (rear) rotor.
Very cool, not my thing at all, but impressive none the less!
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