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The Pal-V One has two seats and a 160 kW flight certified gasoline engine, giving it a top speed of 180 km/h (112 mph) on land and in air, and a Maximum Takeoff

• ta12121 14y ago
  That sounds kind of slow, for air travel.
  • bigiain 14y ago
    Rotor craft are limited by a combination of needing the advancing rotor blade stay under mach1[1], and having the retreating blade still moving fast enough[2] still be able to create lift. Flying much faster then 200kmh usually needs tricks like going to more than 2 blades, and exceeding 500knh (where the advancing blade needs to exceed mach1 if the retreating blade isn't moving backwards through the air) required very expensive blades (and becomes outrageously noisy) [1] 'cause breaking the sound barrier along parts but not all of the advancing blade makes things complicated and expensive. [2] and keep in mind this is backwards, relative to the body of the helicopter.autogyro
  • spatten 14y ago
    I think it's actually about the same speed as a Cessna or something similar flies, which is pretty impressive if you ask me.
  • starpilot 14y ago
    It is, but you can also fly line-of-sight for the part of your journey that is between airports, shortening the distance, instead of following roads.
• sgt 14y ago
  Exactly my thoughts. Just imagine how this vehicle can cut down your commute. Luckily I have the best commute in the world right now (takes me 8 minutes on a motorcycle and 10 minutes in a car), but that won't necessarily always be the case. Some of my friends commute to the big city and it takes them over 1 hour. This Pal-V One would cut that down to 30 minutes, including takeoff/landing and putting on all that riding/flying gear!