Dubbed the DR-7, it's the brain child of DeLorean Aerospace, founded in 2012 by Paul DeLorean. It has two sets of wings, a pair up front and another at the back, plus some winglets underneath. Two large ducted fans, mounted along the center line, front and back, swivel from horizontal for takeoff, to vertical for forward flight. The aircraft is nearly 20 feet long and 18.5 feet wide, but the wings do a clever Transformers-style hinge and pivot to tuck in against the side, so it can squeeze into a large garage. Propulsion is all electric, and DeLorean aims to make the craft self-flying, so anyone can use it, no special license required. The Los Angeles area company is still in the R&D phase, but has already built two scale models. The first one was just 30 inches long, to prove the physics works. The next was an engineering model, one-third scale. "We are moving forward on a full-size, piloted prototype which will carry two passengers and is designed to operate, fully elect ric, for a range of 120 miles," says DeLorean.
Via wired
By Ben on Sat Aug 19 2017
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Source: Delorean Aerospace DR-7 Flying Car
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