{"id":201462,"date":"2014-12-22T01:02:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-22T01:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/?p=201462"},"modified":"2014-12-22T01:02:27","modified_gmt":"2014-12-22T01:02:27","slug":"aeromobil-3-0-commuters-dream-of-flying-car-arrives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/22\/aeromobil-3-0-commuters-dream-of-flying-car-arrives\/","title":{"rendered":"Aeromobil 3.0: Commuter&#8217;s Dream of Flying Car Arrives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Aeromobil 3.0, a production-ready flying car was unveiled on October 29, 2014 at the Pioneers Festival in Vienna, Austria. Although, the car was first envisioned by designer\u00a0\u0160tefan Klein that dates back to 1990, this latest version was design and built in less than a year after the Aeromobil 2.5 prototype made its first flight.<\/p>\n<p>The Aeromobil transforms car to plane by unfolding its wings from behind the cockpit. When collapsed the wings fit alongside a boom which houses the rear-mounted propeller shaft, and serves as the mounting point for the flying car&#8217;s tail.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kzYb68qXpD0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Specifications<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wrapper wrapper-340 left\">\n<h3><span class=\"blue\">AERO<\/span>PLANE MODE<\/h3>\n<div class=\"key\">Engine: Rotax 912<\/div>\n<div class=\"key\">Wings:\u00a0Extended<\/div>\n<div class=\"key long\">Top speed: 200 km\/h and more (124 mph and more)<\/div>\n<div class=\"key long\">Min. speed: 60 km\/h (37 mph)<\/div>\n<div class=\"key long\">Take-off speed: 130 km\/h (81 mph)<\/div>\n<div class=\"key long\">Range: 700 km (435 miles)<\/div>\n<div class=\"key\">Fuel consumption: 15 l\/h<\/div>\n<div class=\"key long\">Construction: steel framework and carbon coating<\/div>\n<div class=\"key long\">Dimensions: width: 8320 mm (27-foot wingspan), length: 6000 mm<\/div>\n<div class=\"key\">Capacity: 2 seats<\/div>\n<div class=\"key\">Curb Weight: 992 lbs<\/div>\n<div class=\"key\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"key\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"key\">\n<h3>AUTOMOBILE MODE<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"key\">Engine: Rotax 912<\/div>\n<div class=\"key\">Wings: collapsed<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapper wrapper-340\">\n<div class=\"val long\">Top speed: 160 km\/h and more\u00a0(99 mph and more)<\/div>\n<div class=\"key long\">Range: 875 km (545 miles)<\/div>\n<div class=\"key long\">Fuel Consumption: 8 l\/100 km<\/div>\n<div class=\"key\">Dimensions: width: 2240 mm, length: 6000 mm<\/div>\n<div class=\"key long\">Capacity: 2 seats<\/div>\n<div class=\"key\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"key\">The Aeromobil should\u00a0fit in a standard parking space and the Rotax 912 engine runs on 91 octane (premium gas).<\/div>\n<div class=\"key\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"key\">Production version\u00a0is expected for 2016. If you&#8217;re interested in buying a Aeromobil as a MetroActive member or subscriber contact us.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Aeromobil 3.0, a production-ready flying car was unveiled on October 29, 2014 at the Pioneers Festival in Vienna, Austria. Although, the car was first envisioned by designer\u00a0\u0160tefan Klein that dates back to 1990, this latest version was design and built in less than a year after the Aeromobil 2.5&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metroactive.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}