Do you remember Geely’s flying car?
At the 2021 Shanghai Auto Show, Geely exhibited a unique-looking flying car. It is reported that it is a new generation of pure electric flying car product jointly created by Geely and German aircraft manufacturer Volocopter.
Geely’s flying car exhibited in 2021
html On July 8, Geely once again disclosed an appearance patent related to the aircraft fuselage. The patent describes that it is used in aircraft, gliders, drones and other aircraft to enable flight operations. Judging from the drawings of the patent, compared with the previously exhibited products, the body in this patent has some improvements and becomes larger.
The three-dimensional view of the aircraft in the patent
The side view of the aircraft in the patent
It can be clearly seen that the aircraft previously exhibited has a single-cabin structure, and this time it has been increased to 2 cabins. The space in the rear cabin is relatively spacious, and the overall structure is more like an helicopter. The fuselage of the aircraft is gone.
A larger body means more passengers can be accommodated. The previously exhibited aircraft has 9 replaceable batteries, an overall weight of 290 kilograms, a maximum payload of 160 kilograms, and can carry 2 passengers. After this increase, does it mean that the battery capacity has been further improved? The top view of the aircraft in the
patent
has a huge platform on the top with 4 obvious mounting holes for installing the flying wings. The previous aircraft wing was a huge ring with 18 rotors distributed on it, which was used to provide power for the aircraft. It is expected that there will be no major changes in the rotor structure.
Geely has a lot of plans in flying car patents. In addition to this one that looks like a helicopter, there are several others. The
is a combination fixed wing and rotor wing, which can both glide and take off and land vertically. But the cabin still looks like a helicopter cockpit, with a few small wheels at the bottom that can only be used to assist gliding.
The main part of this model is exactly the same as above, but the bottom of the cockpit is equipped with tires, and the rear space is larger, and it may be able to be driven like a normal car. But how do you fold such a large wing? Otherwise it may occupy several lanes.
The applicants for these aircraft patents are Wofei Changkong Technology (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. . Geely is very active in the field of flying cars. Wofei Changkong is a subsidiary of Geely's Hubei Geely Taili Flying Car Co., Ltd. established in 2017. It focuses on low-altitude travel, consumer drones, and industry intelligent solutions as its core businesses.
Although there are currently no flying car products on the market that can be commercialized, Geely is confident in its future. It is said that Wofei Changkong is negotiating airworthiness space with regulatory agencies and is expected to allow flying cars to land in China within 3-5 years.
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