The Aerocar was a car which could really fly. When it was driving on the road, the Aerocar folded up its wings and tail. This car was extremely unique.
Moulton B "Molt" Taylor invented the Aerocar in1949
Never heard of a fling car. Now, if you mean flying car then the 1949 Aerocar would be the first flying car. It was invented by American Moulton Taylor
There already are. Back in 1949, six Aerocars were built, but the design never made it to production line. However, the last of them, the AeroCar III, may be up for sale!
Yes, there have been flying cars over the years, but none have them have them have worked very well as cars or planes. One of the most famous examples is the Aerocar of the 1980s which had wings and a tail that detached into a trailer it could pull. Only a three were ever made.
Assuming you mean cars that are able to be flown in a controlled manner, yes there are, but they are expensive. Dateline 1949: Longview, Washington, USA: The AeroCar's introduction. Reality check: If you have 2.2 million, you can BUY one! See the link! I've seen a demonstration of a trebouchet that flung a small Renault car for quite a distance. But that's more like "thrown" than "flown".
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Aerocars or Roadable airplanes have a good many conflicting control and design requirements and the orthodox aircraft industry is not interested. there have been several experimental models such as The Aerocar and some home-built, again experimental roadable airplanes. There are too many conflicting design requirements including noise and pollution standards. Automobiles are axle-driven, planes are not, and so on, even the legal angle comes in Automobiles- by long tradition, have been licensed by the STATES and aircraft of all types are federal licensed. Some people have asked questions about licensing requirements in different states= for planes this misses the boats, they are a federal matter. All in all there are too many conflicting safety issues, operating rules and techniques-automobile do not have or need rudder pedals-though cranes have pedals for steering the upper works- it is not impossible but wildly impractical and probably will remain so for a long time. There was never any big- assembly line production models if a few hundred aerocars- designed by Taylor of Taylorcraft and Piper Cub fame who made that "s a lot, a pretty small garage, not? The idea is impractical. One would have to have a federal license for the airplane component and a state Motor-vehicle registration, plates etc. for the automotive component, guaranteed unwieldiness.
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