World’s First 2-Deater Flying Sports Car

    • Team NIE
    • Publish Date: Dec 19 2017 1:05PM
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    • Updated Date: Dec 19 2017 3:17PM
World’s First 2-Deater Flying Sports Car

Samson Motors is all set to unveil the first flying cars in the skies. Dubbed the Switchblade, the flying car can cruise at an altitude of 13,000 feet, at a top speed of 200mph and is fitted with a safety parachute.

Key features

  • The Switchblade is a three-wheel car, designed by Oregon-based Samson Motors.
  • The car has two seats, and on the ground it is 5.1 metres long.
  • It has extendable wings and a retractable tail that fold out, taking the car’s length to 6.2 metres, meaning it can be used both on the road and in the sky.
  • On the ground, the Switchblade’s top speed is 60 km/hour, while in the sky it can reach speeds of 320 km/hour.
  • While the current version uses unleaded petrol, Samson is already looking ahead to other options.
  • The car is kitted out with a range of features, including a sound system, reversing camera and a digital instrument display.
  • Various safety features are also included, such as a parachute for the whole car, rollover protection and crumple zones in the front and rear.
The competitors
  • Samson is competing with more than a dozen European and US firms, each coming up with science fiction-inspired vision for creating a new form of urban transport. This will be  a mix of a driverless electric car and a short-hop, vertical takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
  • These include aerospace giant Airbus, which aims to put a self-piloting taxi in the air by 2020; Kitty Hawk, a company backed by Google co-founder Larry Page; and Uber, which is working with partners on its own flying taxi strategy.

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