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AeroMobil s.r.o. AeroMobil

The AeroMobil s.r.o. AeroMobil (variously also styled Aeromobil and AEROMOBIL by the manufacturer) is a Slovak prototype roadable aircraft, designed by Štefan Klein and very first flown in 2013. The aircraft will be produced by AeroMobil s.r.o..

AeroMobil s.r.o. company co-founder and CEO Juraj Vaculík indicated in March two thousand fifteen that the vehicle is intended for “wealthy supercar buyers and flight enthusiasts”. Aeromobil unveiled the production version of the vehicle in April two thousand seventeen and announced that it would be available for preorder before the end of 2017. [1]

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The prototype was conceived as a vehicle that can be converted from an automobile to an aircraft. The version Two.Five proof-of-concept took twenty years to develop, [Two] and very first flew in 2013. The prototype was constructed by the AeroMobil Team, based in Bratislava, Slovakia and led by co-founders Štefan Klein and Juraj Vaculík, advised by inventor Dean Kamen. [Trio]

As of 2013, there have been four developmental versions of the Aeromobil, 1.0, Two.0, Two.Five and Trio.0, [Four] with earlier versions lacking folding wings, while later versions have folding wings and fins around the wheels. [Two] Version Two.Five was very first exhibited in Montreal at the SAE AeroTech Congress and Exhibition. [Five] Version Trio.0 was introduced at the Pioneers Festival two thousand fourteen in Vienna, Austria, and flew in October 2014. [6] The designers intend to include a ballistic parachute. [Trio]

In two thousand fourteen the company said there is no date for a finished product, [7] but in 2015, after the crash of the prototype, they hoped for deliveries by 2018. [8] [9]

On April 6, 2016, the company raised €3 million ($Three.Two million US) to help fund the production and demonstration of a fresh vehicle. This round of funding comes from individual investor Patrick Hessel, a founder of c2i. The company, c2i, is a maker of aerospace and automotive parts constructed from composite material. [Ten]

On April 20, 2017, AeroMobil s.r.o. unveiled the production model of the vehicle at Top Marques Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco, and announced that it would begin to take preorders for a “limited very first edition” of it before the end of 2017. The very first edition was to consist of no more than five hundred vehicles, and the very first twenty five ordered were planned as a “Founders Edition” with “series-specific product content along with an expanded benefits package” with “details to be announced separately.” [11] [12]

On eight May two thousand fifteen the AeroMobil Three.0 prototype crashed at Nitra Airport during a test flight near Janíkovce (LZNI). The aircraft entered a spin and the ballistic parachute was deployed. The pilot, Stefan Klein, was sent to hospital by ambulance complaining of back ache, but was later released. The aircraft received influence harm to the forward fuselage. The company indicated that development of the design would proceed. [15] [16] [17] [Legal] [Nineteen] [20] In June, 2015, the company indicated that a fresh prototype was being developed. [9]

Data from Manufacturer [Two]

• Team: two
• Capacity: two passengers
• Length: six m (Nineteen ft eight in)
• Wingspan: 8.32 m (27 ft four in) wings extended
• Width: Two.24 m (7 ft four in) wings folded
• Empty weight: six hundred kg (1,323 lb)
• Powerplant: one × Rotax nine hundred twelve four cylinder horizontally-opposed liquid and air-cooled piston aircraft engine, seventy five kW (100 hp)

• Maximum speed: two hundred km/h (124 mph; one hundred eight kn) maximum road speed: one hundred sixty km/h (99 mph)
• Stall speed: sixty km/h (37 mph; thirty two kn)
• Range: seven hundred km (435 mi; three hundred seventy eight nmi) Road range: eight hundred seventy five km (544 mi)
• Driving fuel consumption: eight l/100 km (29.Four mpg‑US; 35.Trio mpg‑imp)
• Flight fuel consumption: fifteen l (Four.0 US gal; Three.Trio imp gal) /hour

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