For millennia humanity has dreamed about the skies, but only for the past few centuries have we been able to explore the flight. Yes, we have planes casually crossing the oceans, we have reached the vast infinity of space, but we are still not at the point of where science fiction has been taking us.
Our roads are getting extremely overcrowded, so maybe the time has come for the cars to fly and hoverboards, passenger drones, iron man suits and spaceships to replace outdated ground transport?
Engineers strongly agree with this idea and work hard on bringing the skies closer to us, today we will be showing you the latest inventions in the world of personal and public air transportation, that will be reshaping the way we travel in the nearest future.
Vehicles featured in this video:
Hybrid AeroMobil 4.0: www.aeromobil.com/flying-car/
The newly revealed AeroMobil 4.0 looks way more like a finished product, than the 2014 3.0 prototype, and the fact that the small company got attention of big players in the aerospace and automotive industries is a clear indication of the right direction.
Daedalus: gravity.co
The prototype of the first human propulsion flight system is called Daedalus, and it is powered by 6 jet engines with two mounted on each arm and another two on the waist.
Flyboard Air: zapata.com/air-products/flyboardair
The Flyboard Air is personal aviation hoverboard that develops 87 mph speed and can be flown at 492 feet.
Scorpion 3 hoverbike: www.hoversurf.com/scorpion-3
Scorpion 3 is one-seat all-electric vehicle that combines motorcycle, drone, and quadcopter technologies. It price starts at $59,900 and it is already available for pre-order.
Jetman: jetman.com
Jetman Dubai is the company that comes out of vision of the Swiss extreme sports enthusiast and inventor Yves Rossy and his companion Vince Reffet and it manufactures the Jetman system.
BFR from SpaceX: spacex.com/mars
Elon Musk undoubtedly has the craziest ideas about the future of transportation. He is willing to ensure that travelling to any destination on Earth takes one hour at most. How? He will fly you out to the orbit on a Big Freaking Rocket and land on the other side of the globe.
Pop.Up: italdesign.it/project/popup
Simply put this hybrid vehicle is a taxi cab that can seamlessly switch between the road, the sky and tracks. Pop.Up is currently being developed by the big players in the aerospace industry Italdesign and Airbus.
Volocopter: volocopter.com/de
Volocopter is powered by independent electric motors, 9 batteries and 18 rotors ensured flying capabilities. In 2017 the company came up with the second generation vehicle called X2, that has also been approved as an ultralight aircraft in Germany.
Ehang 184: ehang.com/ehang184
The news about the Autonomous Aerial Vehicle from China Ehang 184 had surfaced for the first time in 2016 at the CES in Las Vegas, but at that moment the world met the newcomer with skepticism. However, the recently revealed footage of the first test flights proves that Ehang is not a joke.
Vahana Airbus: www.airbus-sv.com/projects/1
Vahana airbus is a self-piloted all-electric VTOL aircraft that is aimed to become the flying taxing on the market.
Lilium Jet: lilium.com/
Lilium Jet is an all-electric VTOL 5-seater aircraft that was designed to become an air taxi of the future. It has a capsule-like body and 186 mph cruising speed.
Terrafugia TF-X: terrafugia.com/tf-x
Terrafugia is a US based company headquartered in Boston that is famous for developing the first fully-autonomous flying car under the name Terrafugia TF-X.
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All those machines demonstrated in this video are not realistic to be used as a daily transportation as a car and flying car, only Ehang machinr is logical that is found to be feasible that can land snd fly anywhere. Flying cars with wings still need runways.
I like pop.up
Fudge, when the rotor blade fails, he will be legless.
the 1st is the best ?
the 1st is the best ?
I would like to fly the BFR. But probably will let other people test it out. Dont really feel like blowing up just yet
Lilium is the best
I sometimes start day dreaming, when such videos start playing… I just watch at the data on the screen. The digits for no. 4 seem to be off
Are sure that all specifications on the screen are correct?
Yes the future is exciting
Getting stuck in massive city traffic is no fun and usually this is the situation, where people get a chance to think about the benefits of air travel. Today you’ll get a chance to see how modern aircraft manufacturers see the future of flying and explore the benefits and downsides of such inventions. Do you believe in the future of these machines?