Watch: AIR's flying sports car takes to the air - Walla! vehicle

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Another achievement for AIR: First hovercraft for the innovative Israeli aircraft was crowned a success. Full flight trials - another year

Watch: AIR's flying sports car takes to the air

The first floating experiment of the personal aircraft of the Israeli company AIR was performed and was crowned a success.

Meaning: Expected delivery to customers in 2024

Keenan Cohen

14/07/2022

Thursday, 14 July 2022, 09:03 Updated: 09:57

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AIR levitation experiment (AIR)

The flying tool of AIR brought us back to the first encounter with it and no less did the people behind it bring us back.

And yet it was one thing to see him standing in a hangar in Pardes Hanna, it is quite another thing to see him go up in the air before the puzzled eyes of the cows in the area of the Megiddo offering.

The AIR ONE completed its first hovercraft test when the two-seater, lightweight aircraft (868 kg) completed a series of hovercraft in which it hoisted, hovered in place and landed back

. The glider flight also tested energy consumption indices that, according to AIR personnel, provided an indication that consumption matched the early calculations, meaning that the tool was expected to meet the company's stated performance.

Foldable and can be stored in parking lots, garages and trailer transport (Photo: AIR)

And one moment of pause for those who do not know the story here.

The AIR, which is supposed to be a "flying sports car", is an aircraft that can take off and land vertically on a flat surface with a carrying capacity of a cargo with a total weight of 250 kg. A 60 kWh battery provides it with a flight range of about 177 km When its maximum speed can reach 250 km / h while cruising speed is 160 km / h.

The purpose of the AIR ONE is not necessarily to be a means of transport that will replace the car, but a kind of recreational vehicle for sports uses, just like a sports car. The wings and storing it in a slightly larger-than-average parking lot and its expected price tag starting at $ 150,000 (small money in aviation terms), have already resulted in a backlog of orders for 150 tools.

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What will we go on today, in Porsche or AIR ONE? (Photo: AIR)

After the fall tests to test the structural strength, propulsion tests for electric motors, electronic systems tests and controls, the glider flight is the key to a series of more advanced flights, initially unmanned and later also those with test pilots until the completion of a full flight test in 2022.

Rani Plaut, CEO and co-founder of AIR noted that: “It was really amazing and inspiring to see AIR ONE rise from the ground for the first time.

We have been on this journey for almost five years and cannot wait for the public to join us on this journey.

This significant landmark secures AIR's place as a market leader in personal air mobility, making the thrill of flight possible on a daily basis.

We look forward to continued growth as we move into the next stage of development. "

The current successful experiment comes at a time when AIR is expanding its search for strategic partners in the United States and other markets where one of the planes it focuses on beyond the technical aspect of aviation is the area of regulation, validity for this type of aircraft and the certification required to fly an eVTOL. Electric with vertical takeoff and landing capabilities).