Remember when you were a kid and dreamed of one day flying through town? Well, it seems as though we’re one day closer, as a real flying car may be on the market sooner than you think.
Although the company Terrafugia has been working on a flying car called the Transition for years that’s expected to hit the market in 2015, a better option has seemed to come along.
The Transition isn’t exactly a take-off-in-traffic flying car, but rather a small airplane that happens to be street legal, as well. The clunky machine needs a runway to take off in the same way as a traditional airplane.
At a price tag of $300,000, the Transition doesn’t deliver the way a flying car should.
The future, however, is here. The TF-X, Terrafugia’s recently announced alternate model, is the flying car we’ve all been waiting for.
The TF-X is a sleek looking car, shaped like a bullet and when it comes time to fly, it opens up gracefully the way a flying car out of a science-fiction movie would.
Taking off with rotor propellers, the TF-X eventually makes the transition to a 300-hp engine that allows jet-like flight at speeds up to 200 mph.
With a flying range of 500 miles and a four person capacity with “in car-like comfort,” the TF-X may be the flying car thatactually is a flying car.
We will certainly be bypassing the Transformation and save our money for the TF-X.
Source: http://elitedaily.com
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