Australian Flying Car going to the USA

[red750]

I received a news bulletin covering many subjects, and in the Aviation section was a report of a flying car. I thought I would glance at it and was amazed to see that it was from Melbourne Australia. The article included videos  of a ploice version registered and flying here in Australia. To confirm, I did a CASA rego search, and here is the result:

 

https://www.casa.gov.au/search-centre/aircraft-register?reg=8A8&search_api_fulltext=&field_tx_aircraft_manufacturer=&dt_first_registered[min]=&dt_first_registered[max]=&field_tx_aircraft_model=

 

Here ist the article from the bulletin:

 

Watch: Nevada's new flying car handles like a go-kart, hovers like a heli

NEWATLAS.COM

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It drives at highway speeds, handles like a go-kart, transforms from drive to fly mode in three seconds, takes off vertically, and can fly for up to three hours on a hybrid powertrain. This remarkable road-going...

 

 

[Thruster88]

The vid of it flying looks a little CGI. It will be a thing when VH-8A8 appears on flightradar24 or flightaware. 

[440032]

Oh it's real, in Melbourne, it's quite an amazing bit of gear. First time I saw it, I noticed the AU Falcon door handles.

Nothing of the helicopter interferes with the car, nothing on the car interferes with the helicopter.

The single common item is the right pedal - yaw for heli and throttle for car. It has 3 pedals. yaw-brake-yaw/thr. It is physically impossible to be operated in "both" modes, one locks out the other.

Of course, the Pol wrap job is just for show. 8A8 won't appear on FR24, no transponder, no ADS-B.

The CGI looking vid is weird - yes. Watch the weeds as it goes by. Not local.

That's about all I can say about it. Technology and build wise, I was impressed.

[red750]

When it's on the track and the rotor is tethered, I can't see how the wheels are being driven - no drive shaft or diff, and no chain (a la motorbike). and they don't look like they have electric motors.

[440032]

One electric motor propulsion on the road, toothed belt to the rear wheels "diff", auto CV axles, disc brakes, all hi tech.

[spacesailor]

In wheel EV motor ? .

Keep the IC motor to drive the generator. 

spacesailor

A bit nippy on that track, for one motor .

To drive that " lifted wheel  " !.

Edited July 12 by spacesailor
A little more

[Red]

2 hours ago, red750 said:

When it's on the track and the rotor is tethered, I can't see how the wheels are being driven - no drive shaft or diff, and no chain (a la motorbike). and they don't look like they have electric motors.

They removed the drive shafts (and who knows what else) for the flying part of the video, probably too heavy with them fitted.

(pause the video on the bit where you see a rear view on the track and there are clearly drive shafts and a diff)

The flying car always was and still is a daft idea, yeah you can build one but then what?, does anyone seriously think someone is gonna take something that expensive and flimsy into modern road traffic?

One bump and it'd be a write off even if repairable it would be under an airworthiness regulatory system,...so huge cost

 

Concept always was nonsense 

Edited July 12 by Red

[Area-51]

Totally obsolete machine; about 100 years late and still unable to deliver...

[facthunter]

Too much of a compromise generally and costly. At least it's a helicopter. Landing on four car type wheel spacing would have some interesting flare and rotate characteristics.   nev

[Thruster88]

9 hours ago, 440032 said:

Oh it's real, in Melbourne, it's quite an amazing bit of gear. First time I saw it, I noticed the AU Falcon door handles.

Nothing of the helicopter interferes with the car, nothing on the car interferes with the helicopter.

The single common item is the right pedal - yaw for heli and throttle for car. It has 3 pedals. yaw-brake-yaw/thr. It is physically impossible to be operated in "both" modes, one locks out the other.

Of course, the Pol wrap job is just for show. 8A8 won't appear on FR24, no transponder, no ADS-B.

The CGI looking vid is weird - yes. Watch the weeds as it goes by. Not local.

That's about all I can say about it. Technology and build wise, I was impressed.

Have you seen it fly. Testing it near a large apartment block seems a little strange. Anyone recognize the building? 

[BrendAn]

1 hour ago, Thruster88 said:

Have you seen it fly. Testing it near a large apartment block seems a little strange. Anyone recognize the building? 

That video of it flying is CGI. The track video looks real so it's basically a buggy with rotors. It has never flown . If it had they wouldn't have had to make a fake video.

[Red]

42 minutes ago, BrendAn said:

That video of it flying is CGI. The track video looks real so it's basically a buggy with rotors. It has never flown . If it had they wouldn't have had to make a fake video.

Nah I reckon the video is real, look at the mirrors wobble at different frequencies in the hover, one of them looks really flimsy.

I don't think they would put negative detail like that in a fake video

[spacesailor]

There's an American " fire hydrant " in the video .

spacesailor

[red750]

15 minutes ago, spacesailor said:

There's an American " fire hydrant " in the video .

The article in the opening posts mentions it is be exported to the US. But it is Australian, has a genuine Austalian registration, and the CEO of the company lives in Melbourne.

[Red]

It actually says in the piece...

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Before we get any further, you have to see this frankly insane "only in China" urban flight test footage, shot in what appears to be a deserted industrial estate.

China uses similar looking Hydrants to American Hydrants

[BrendAn]

That video does not look real at all sorry. That's CGI. 

The Thunderbirds look as real as that. I can't believe people are falling for it.

In real I thought it would be tested in an open area and maybe even some tethered testing videos like every other VTOL has.

Are trying to lure investors 

 

 

Edited July 13 by BrendAn

[440032]

22 hours ago, Thruster88 said:

Have you seen it fly. Testing it near a large apartment block seems a little strange. Anyone recognize the building? 

That video was clearly not filmed in Australia. Duh....

[BrendAn]

16 minutes ago, 440032 said:

That video was clearly not filmed in Australia. Duh....

Have you been to Specsavers. It's fake 

[Thruster88]

2 hours ago, 440032 said:

That video was clearly not filmed in Australia. Duh....

I should have twigged with the reference to the AU door handles.