这是一辆汽车。这是一架飞机。都是吗？澳大利亚的一家初创公司正在建造一辆可能会停在车库中的飞行汽车的原型，从而占据地面并飞往垂直着陆点。五座驾驶汽车充当电动飞机，被称为MacChina Volantis， 根据New Atlas。
该VTOL具有可伸缩和折叠的机翼，可让其像汽车一样在道路上行驶，并在空中飞行。借助机翼飞行模式和柴油机范围扩展器，该公司表示可以飞行三倍的高速公路速度。
这背后的灵感来自于创新creator of the vehicle, Stephen Fries, who is sick of traffic and believes a road-drivable, electric VTOL craft is the solution to our congested streets.
Fries has planned for a large cabin with five seats and a carrying capacity that allows riders to bring 55 lb of luggage onboard.
As a vehicle on the road, it can ride at 37 mph. The design shows an enclosed trike with two back wheels and a steerable wheel. But mainly, the craft is designed for the sky, not the highway. When it takes off, it can take off from almost anywhere and achieve cruising speed within 100 seconds using ducted fans and wing lift.
The ‘Flighting Mode’ encompasses a vertical takeoff and landing capability with auto hover mode. Essentially, it flies like a normal small plane, ceiling at 10,000 ft. When it’s time for this thing to fly, the top wing emerges from its space and the bottom wings fold down. The ducted fans at each corner have 80 hp electric motors. Covers on the lower wing slide back and reveal two sets of ducted fans, so there are a total of 12 motors. This allows the vehicle to handle a high power load of vertical takeoff and land the almost 4,000 lb. airframe. Fries says the aircraft is capable of speeds up to 173 mph and a range of 1,000 miles.
“公路车辆模式”使机翼折叠并折叠起来以减少宽度，因此它可以符合普通车辆。
A few safety features include a built-in redundancy on ducted fan capacity, stall speeds, a ballistic parachute for emergency landing, and a triple redundancy on flight control system.
与之交谈时新图集，弗里斯似乎很有信心，该原型有能力实现的手段。尽管他以前从未建造过飞机，但他称自己为“串行问题解决者”，并说他一生都在设计和修理船只。尽管船不是飞机，但弗里斯绝对相信他的技能，团队和Macchina Volantis。
“I’m quite au fait with this. I designed it in a freeware piece of software from NASA, aerospace software, so that’s how I know it flies. About this time last year we gave it to an aerospace company in Perth, and they third-party accredited the entire design,” said Fries. “We know it can be done. The ducts are available, you can currently buy them. The electric motors, we know we can get them. The batteries are available, in the sizes we need them. Better and cheaper ones will probably be available by the time we build it, so we prefer not to nominate anything in particular at this time.”
弗里斯说，资金将是将这架可驱动飞机带入世界的决定因素。
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