Design and development of a novel flying car for future transportation

Abstract

Modern day traffic has led to more pollution causing harm to the environment, thus more emphasis is given on electric vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle which will have dual mode of transportation both in terrain and air, commonly known as flying cars. Previous concepts of flying cars are taking up lots of space to take off and land. This paper presents a detailed design, fabrication and testing of a prototype of a flying car completely based on green fuel and compact in size. Newly developed flying car will have vertical takeoff and landing capabilities with optimized aerodynamic design for minimum drag at cruise condition. The flying car is incorporated with retractable rotor arms. The aerodynamic optimization and the endurance test of the proposed flying car is carried out under varying cruise velocities in both ground and air. This novel flying car expected to be a potential future technology for green transportation.