Gimballed Flying Car Heading For Production

There is a serious lack of engineering scrutiny associated with this project. There will be an inordinate amount of skin and interference drag associated with the vehicle shell. As for the flight deck, besides the complexity of the gimballed mount, has anyone ever hear of separation drag. The resulting drag components will severely limit both its speed and thrust efficiency in flight.

Taking orders before you have a flying model is a scam common in small aircraft startups and saying they will have a flying production unit by the end of 2025 (article in Edge) is totally unrealistic when they have yet to even fly a full scale prototype at this point in time. Inside Alef Aeronautics, the company trying to build a car you can both drive and fly

Something can be said for the aesthetics of the design but the reality of it ever becoming a flying car is severely limited by the aerodynamic design.

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