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August 16, 2017 - inconnu - Ferrari Press Agency Ref 8330 Electric1 15/08/2017.See Ferrari text.Picture must credit : DeLorean Aerospace A nephew of Back to the Future sports car maker John DeLorean has unveiled plans for a flying car that’s all electric.The pioneering new US company DeLorean Aerospace is developing a two-person vertical takeoff and landing aircraft called the DR-7.It combines rotating ducted lift and /propulsion fans with an autonomous flight control system, meaning it could be flown by a minimally trained pilot.DeLorean Aerospace was founded in 2012 by Paul DeLorean, the nephew of John DeLorean.John founded the DeLorean Motor Company whose only model was the now famous DMC-12 piloted by Doc Brown in the Back to the Future films. Although that car flew at the end of the first film in the trilogy, the DR-7 is intended to make a flying DeLorean a reality.It has short, foldable wings and is designed to be compact, lightweight, and deceptively simple. It measures 19.5 feet / 6 metres long and has a wingspan of 18.5 feet / 5.6 metres.The wings fold up to just 7.5 feet / 2.3 metres , allowing it to fit in a home garage or parking space. It would boast a composite monocoque fuselage with tandem seating.What sets the DR-7 apart from other flying car designs are a pair of, 360-degree thrust-vectoring electric ducted-fans.The fans, mounted along the centre line, front and back, swivel from horizontal for takeoff, to vertical for forward flight.The company says are simpler and cheaper compared to similar multi-engine designs, yet provide better performance, reliability, and greater stability.The autonomous flight system has a manual mode to suit the desires of more experienced flyersDeLorean says that the rechargeable electric power-train would provide the DR-7 with a top speed of 240 mph / 386 km/h and see it cruise at 150 mph / 241 km/h for a range of 120 miles / 193 kms. A patent-pending failsafe system is designed to deal with power emerg

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Daily Round Up 16 Aug 2017
August 16, 2017 - inconnu - Ferrari Press Agency Ref 8330 Electric1 15/08/2017.See Ferrari text.Picture must credit : DeLorean Aerospace A nephew of Back to the Future sports car maker John DeLorean has unveiled plans for a flying car that’s all electric.The pioneering new US company DeLorean Aerospace is developing a two-person vertical takeoff and landing aircraft called the DR-7.It combines rotating ducted lift and /propulsion fans with an autonomous flight control system, meaning it could be flown by a minimally trained pilot.DeLorean Aerospace was founded in 2012 by Paul DeLorean, the nephew of John DeLorean.John founded the DeLorean Motor Company whose only model was the now famous DMC-12 piloted by Doc Brown in the Back to the Future films. Although that car flew at the end of the first film in the trilogy, the DR-7 is intended to make a flying DeLorean a reality.It has short, foldable wings and is designed to be compact, lightweight, and deceptively simple. It measures 19.5 feet / 6 metres long and has a wingspan of 18.5 feet / 5.6 metres.The wings fold up to just 7.5 feet / 2.3 metres , allowing it to fit in a home garage or parking space. It would boast a composite monocoque fuselage with tandem seating.What sets the DR-7 apart from other flying car designs are a pair of, 360-degree thrust-vectoring electric ducted-fans.The fans, mounted along the centre line, front and back, swivel from horizontal for takeoff, to vertical for forward flight.The company says are simpler and cheaper compared to similar multi-engine designs, yet provide better performance, reliability, and greater stability.The autonomous flight system has a manual mode to suit the desires of more experienced flyersDeLorean says that the rechargeable electric power-train would provide the DR-7 with a top speed of 240 mph / 386 km/h and see it cruise at 150 mph / 241 km/h for a range of 120 miles / 193 kms. A patent-pending failsafe system is designed to deal with power emerg