Engineers in Japan are racing versus the clock in a bid to be able to light the Olympic torch at the 2020 games using a flying car.
The Summer Olympic is regularly viewed by the host nation as a method to flaunt its expertise and it appears Japan isn’t really seizing the day lightly throughout the next games, due to be kept in Tokyo.
The plan is to apparently drive the car around the athletic track in the new nationwide stadium prior to flying it into the air to light the cauldron in the climactic minutes of the opening ceremony.
A bunch of young automotive engineers from a group called Cart!vator are working on the task. They have established a garage and screening facility in an eliminated elementary school on loan from Toyota and are contributing to bring their vision to reality.
The completed product is anticipated to be about 3.5 metres long and about 1.3 metres wide.
The automobile will be a single person electric tricycle with propellers placed on the front and rear corners to supply a vertical take off and landing (VTOL) system.
The car is created to be operated with the steering wheel and accelerator pedal either in the air or on the road.
As per the group’s website, the task is created to a new era where everyone can fly easily.
It likewise explains that flying automobiles will enable us to survive on water by reducing our dependence on roads.
Although the group is fairly little, they intend on producing a full-scale working prototype while partnering with a large company for financing and production needs.
The group is led by Tsubasa Nakamura, an automotive specialist who established the project named SkyDrive in 2012.
And their preparation for the flying car aren’t restricted to the theatrics of the Olympic opening event as the group ultimately intends to make the product commercially feasible.
