Terrafugia has released
specifications and computer graphics of its next generation flying-car design.
The company made use of the world's biggest aviation industry platform –
AirVenture 2010 – to detail the future shape of its Transition Roadable
Aircraft which sports automotive-style crash safety features, a touch-screen
interface, improved wing design and a folding mechanism that can be activated
from inside the vehicle... plus sleeker lines than the proof of concept vehicle
we've seen previously.
The announcement comes hot
on the heels of news last month that the proof-of-concept Transition has been
cleared by the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority.
The Transition promises
safety on the road and in the air via an energy absorbing crush structure in
the nose along with a rigid safety cage, airbags and a ballistic parachute
system. The improved wing design includes an optimized airfoil and there's also
a pusher propeller with an open empennage that makes efficient use of the 100
hp Rotax 912S mid-mounted engine in flight and is locked in place when driving.
To get around on the
ground, the Transition uses rear-wheel drive with a continuously variable
transmission (CVT) and tuned independent suspension.
Deliveries of the
Transition are slated to begin late next year and 80 have already been reserved
by way of a $10,000 deposit. A final price has not yet been set, but a tag
somewhere in the range of US$190,000 is anticipated.
Jos, the Plateau state capital, boiled yet again recently leaving in the wake of it hundreds of lives lost and properties worth billions of Naira destroyed. A good number of those who survived crisis have been economically displaced and may have to start life all over again.
A number of people would have kept their dead parents in the mortuary for months, thereby delaying the natural process of decomposition, all for fear of kidnap in the southeast today.
Deregulation, the magic wand, we've been told is the only solution to our petroleum needs. Nigerians, the federal government insists, must embrace deregulation if they need petroleum products or face the fate of returning to the medieval era of using firewood and stones or at best acquire plenty of donkeys from northern Nigeria, if they must move around.
Hey Ladies, In the last publication we
talked about being independent as a lady and highlighted so many points, but we
want to continue exploring the independent state of mind placing emphasis on
when the quest for independence could turn into arrogance in homes or amidst
friends.
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