The Plane Driven PD-1 is a modification to the Glasair Sportsman 2+2 to convert it into a practical roadable aircraft. The approach is novel in that it...
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other similar activities in desolate areas or difficult terrain. The Plane Driven PD-1 Roadable Glastar is a modification to the Glastar Sportsman GS-2 to...
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replaced the original GlaStar in production. Plane Driven PD-1 Roadable version produced by Plane Driven. Data from Bertrand and Kitplanes General characteristics...
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for sale for the price of US$2.2 million. N107D (1966) is an Aerocar Aero-Plane, or Aerocar II. It is not a roadable aircraft but is based on the original...
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downforce similar to conventional rear aerofoils. Power is provided by a 1.6 litre BMW road car engine, running on automotive petrol or gasoline and...
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that it is taking limited orders for possible fulfilment in 2023. Plane Driven PD-1, experimental modification to allow the aircraft to be roadable. Glasair...
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other aircraft. The Pinto could be quickly unbolted from the airframe and driven away. Production was scheduled to begin in 1974. AVE had stated that prices...
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ring Width: 9.15 m (30 ft 0 in) including propellers Height: 2.15 m (7 ft 1 in) Empty weight: 290 kg (639 lb) Gross weight: 450 kg (992 lb) Powerplant:...
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Arrowbile Modern ARES (DARPA TX) I-TEC Maverick LaBiche FSC-1 Parajet Skycar Plane Driven PD-1 Samson Switchblade Scaled Composites Model 367 BiPod Trixy...
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weight: 2,550 lb (1,157 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-435C air-cooled flat-six, 190 hp (140 kW) Powerplant: 1 × Crosley air-cooled, 25 hp (19 kW) (powered...
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David (21 October 2016). "Airbus Announces Plan for a Vertical Takeoff Plane by 2020; They're eyeing Uber as a partner". evtol.com. Coffey with RFI,...
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improvements the Rotabuggy achieved a flight speed of 70 mph (113 km/h) on 1 February 1944. The last test flight occurred in September 1944, where the...
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Dunne D.7 of 1911. The Whatsit had a truncated fuselage and a forward trim plane. A development of the Whatsit was the high-wing Waterman Arrowplane. As...
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space restrictions. Data from Flying Jeeps General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) Width: 16 ft 0 in (4.88 m) Height: 9 ft 4 in (2...
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300 mi (480 km, 260 nmi) Grossman, John (October 1996). "It's a car! It's a plane!". Boys' Life. Irving, TX: Boy Scouts of America: 40. Green, George W. (2010)...
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clean renewable ethanol. Earlier Rotapower models used gasoline. On November 1, 2013 Moller announced that the 530 cc Rotapower engine had achieved 102 horsepower...
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the Army and its engine replaced by a lighter and more powerful 550 hp (410.1 kW) Garrett AiResearch TPE331-6 engine. The second prototype was completed...
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aircraft was originally forecast in 2009 for 2010, but by July 2012 only a 1/4 scale model had been flown. In February 2014 the design had passed through...
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Transforms to VoloRegion". evtolinsights.com. 19 October 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2022. "Volocopter VoloConnect". evtol.news. 19 December 2019. Retrieved...
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stabilizers and tail tips are removable for road operations. The BiPod is driven as a car from the cockpit in the left-hand fuselage; and flown as an aircraft...
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As of 2013, there have been four developmental versions of the Aeromobil, 1.0, 2.0, 2.5 and 3.0, with earlier versions lacking folding wings, while later...
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with a shaft driven forward propeller. The vehicle had three equal size wheels (two in front, one in the rear). The rear wheel was shaft driven from the engine...
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$100K Entrepreneurship Competition. Terrafugia was then incorporated May 1, 2006, with much of the initial funding coming from CEO and founder Carl Dietrich's...
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fabric wings were easily attached to the fuselage, converting the car into a plane. Four prototypes were built. In December 1950, the Civil Aeronautics Administration...
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maiden flight, reaching an altitude of only 2 feet. In 30 tethered tests of 1 min duration, it completed the first phase of testing and it demonstrated...
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including the Taylor Coot amphibian and the Aerocar IMP family of light sport planes (which consists of the Mini, Micro and Ultra IMP). In a 1979 article about...
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(28 L; 6.2 imp gal) Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 914 Turbocharged 4 cylinder piston aircraft engine, 115 hp (86 kW) Powerplant: 1 × Zanzottera MZ 34 two stroke...
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seats and is powered by a hybrid powertrain. All rotors and propellers are driven by electric motors, the electric energy is produced by a 400 hp internal...
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propeller shaft at the top of the fuselage via six ganged V-belts with a 1.94:1 speed reduction. The radiator was in the forward fuselage, fed from a duct...
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Rescue". FOX News. Associated Press. February 1, 2007 – January 13, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2021. [1] Archived 2012-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Urban...
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