New Delhi: After petrol, diesel, CNG and electric, now flying car has entered the market. So far you must have heard the story of such a car or seen it in a movie or cartoon. But now this will be seen in reality. A flying car simply means a vehicle that you can drive on the road and also fly in the sky. The Switchblade is the first flying car that you can buy in the US market. According to the information, about two thousand people have also booked this car. Samson Sky took 14 years to build this car. After years of work on design, R&D and fundraising, Samson Sky’s first flying car has completed high-speed taxi testing. This car has been driven at a speed of 87Mph and brake testing has also been done.
This is a car and also a plane. In the US market, the vehicle is reportedly listed as a three-wheeler motorcycle, it can even fly. In the car you get a pilot and a passenger seat. You can also drive it on the road and fly it in the sky.
Making a flying car a reality is not as easy as it sounds. But this is a dream, which is incomplete even after completion. According to the information available, a runway will be required to use it. That means legally you can only fly it by following any flight protocol. This also means that the take off and landing location of the car will be similar to that of an airplane. Where can this car fly? This question must be coming in the mind of many people. The company says, ‘You can fly wherever you want’. But this is not the reality. Currently, there is no specific facility developed for private flying taxis in the US. Apart from this, information on how car owners will book their slots at the airport is also not known yet.
The Switchblade is registered as an experimental homebuilt aircraft for the skies, while on the road it is registered as a custom motorcycle or kit car. According to the company, it will take a common man two thousand hours to prepare this car. Or if they want they can take help from Samson Builder Assist Center. Where the company claims it will take a week.
Will a license also be required? This question can come in everyone’s mind. Because most people will have a license to drive a car. But to drive it, you will need both a car and a flying license. The company has said that 20% of people who book its cars are non-pilots. Now let’s talk about the price of the car, it is common for you to hear about a car of one crore or two crore rupees, similarly you will have to spend 1.7 lakh dollars (about 1.35 crore rupees) for this car. However, this is its estimated cost.