Advanced Design Studies and Unusual Concepts

Roadable Aircraft (Flying Cars)

from the Virginia Tech Aircraft Design Information Sources pages

Some web sites relevent to the design of dual-mode aircraft, provided to us by Mark Moore of NASA:

• Introduction to the Small Aircraft Transportation System
  • NASA General Aviation Programs Website

• Baseline Concept
  • NASA General Aviation Programs Website

• Dual-mode Write-ups
  • Flying Car History, VTOL and Futuristic Vehicle Review
  • What has four wheels and flies? The dream of a roadable airplane continues.
  • The age of a flying car in every garage may be dawning.
  • http://www.newscientist.com/ns/19990529/imjustflyi.html
  • The Skycar Gets Ready for Takeoff
  • SPECIALTY FILE: THE AMAZING FLYING CAR OF TOMORROW!

• Dual-mode Concepts
  • WELCOME TO THE ADVANCED FLYING AUTOMOBILE (AFA) TECHNOLOGY WEBSITE-SOKOL A400
  • The VT/LU Roadable Aircraft/Flying Car Concept
  • The Magic Dragon Aircar: A Roadable Airplane and Flyable Roadster
  • The CityHawk flying car
  • AutoPlanes: High Performance Personal Aircraft with Roadable Versions
  • http://retrofuture.web.aol.com/flyingcar.html
  • The Haynes Skyblazer
  • Moller's Home Page
  • Space Magnetics: Radical Flight Concepts - lots of links, some too far out

• Telescoping Wings
  • Telescopic Wing Gevers Aircraft, Inc. GENESIS

• Non Planar Aero
  • Ilan Kroo, John McMasters and Steve Smith: Highly Nonplanar Lifting Systems

• VSTOL Concepts
  • Vertical and/or Short Take-Off & Landing (V/STOL) History
  • V/STOL: The First Half-Century by Michael J. Hirschberg, ANSER
  • Xantus Powered Lift Aircraft
  • SoloTrek XFV
  • Kulair, Inc. K9915 Convertiplane
  • MACRO Industries, Inc. SkyRider X2R
  • DM AeroSafe Group Eagle/
  • AIRBORNE AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS INTRODUCES THE HORIZONTAL OR VERTICAL TAKE OFF OR LANDING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE (HOVTOL)
  • Skyaid.org - a list of concepts is available

• Alternate Personal Mobility Concepts
  • Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) or Personal Automated Transport (PAT) Quicklinks

• Ground mode Mobility Concepts - Scroll link down to Mobility Lab
  • Motobikes 2001, find Intelligent Mobility Lab

• This is a valuable site as far as travel statistics
  • The American Travel Survey
  • Planning Process, So. Calif. Association of Gov'ts.
  • Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey

• Ducted Fan Design, Vol. 1

• *NOT CURRENTLY FOUND ON WEB* Building a VTOL RPV

• Free Piston Engines

• Jeff Spitzer's Rapid Regional Travel

direct comments and suggestions to W.H. Mason, whmason@vt.edu