Someone actually made a REAL Flying car!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ย. 2023
- Bellwether eVTOL - Here at the Dubai airshow 2023 there were so many cool things but this one was the actual amazing - a real life flying car!
While still a prototype it’s amazing and I can’t wait to deep dive into it with you!
That thing looks fast! Probably moves at the speed of pretend!
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LOL I like the pretend speed comment, but yha if it flies 120 - 230 kmh
@@yvangenesse1649 that thing seems like it certainly could, and that could be problematic in the real world. the g forces too, this thing looks like it can move a lot of air.
And very affordable for people living in a pretend economy!
😂
SO in reality they haven't built a flying car. They built a small remote controlled toy.
exactly
and some futuristic looking renders
It doesn't appear to have any wheels either.
Scaled down model, they've had flying RC drones for many years. If they can get this FAA approved, could be another was of transportation. It isn't gonna be cheap like the price of an uber though.
They have built a 1/2 scale prototype. That's normal for any aviation company to do before building at full scale.
Someone actually made a real model of a flying car for the 300th time.
yea and people dont understand that if the flying car was so great it wouldnt come up every ten or so years as a "NEW TECHNOLOGY" and then dissapear again
@@cheese3024ngl at how fast technology is advancing rn i feel like i can get myself a little bit hyped about stuff like this since it may actually become reality. I would LOVE to see flying car races first for like the first 10 years or do, and if they decide to allow ppl to drive them around they should only allow experienced and trusted drivers
Bc guys like this keep showing up😂
And people like me commenting and clicking,, oh and you as well, thanks for playing into the algorithm
@@f87115 Maybe they should bring back the dislike counter??? Wouldn't that be something.
I love it when you say your concept is better than anything built right now. Especially when your concept isn't even full scale.
Even if it fails, still the sleekest looking prototype design I've ever seen. Could slip that thing into a Blade Runner movie, wouldn't even notice 👌
At least someone knows how to design..
If only Lamborghini would start churning out their vehicles into aircars !!!
It actually flies already they have done real life testing already. Now umm will it work once scaled up probably but we will have to wait and see.
Then you should check out 3d design and model.
I was thinking that myself. I think visually it is cooler looking than any of the Star Wars Racers that Young Vader flew in. I only saw part of that movie; he watched the race or was in the race...not sure which one. Anyway this is cooler than any of those Star Wars concept vehicles. However the cool look while it would be really popular with people who like Blade Runner or Sci Fi, that look would mean the inside the passenger area would be cramped; people still would buy this version even knowing it is cramped, but the practical consumer would want more room.
An actual flying car that doesn't fly , I can't believe that people still try selling these concepts out side of video games and films .
There is one that is FAA approved. It is probably the first one we will see. That is the problem with most of them the FAA will not approve them.
@ComdrStew Their not going to have a bunch of idiots flying above raining down on people. Besides it wouldn't even be affordable for the average person.
@@josephallen8044 I agree with the idiot drivers part yes, but if flying cars came to market then that I would think eventually they would become affordable similar to how cars evolved from being something only for wealthy people to then becoming common place like today.
Exactly. This is only a design for what a flying car could look like until we figure out how.😒
The gas prices for super petrol alone with make it impossible for any normal person😂
Smaller propellers / impellers at higher rpm also mean higher disc loading and less efficiency. With those very minimal lifting surfaces, I cannot imagine it to be very efficient.
Exaclty. its click bait at the moment. That probably why its only a small RC size scale. Its not true legit fully car until its full size, can carry atleast 2 grown adults + some extra weith for at least 100 miles
Making any vehicle look good is the easiest part. It's the actual flying is the hard part.
The day people start driving flying cars is the day I move underground.
There are a lot of car crashes on the ground already, what's more in sky? Imagine the mortality rate going up.
**flying
@@noleal08Um not worried about sky crashes as much as them coming down, but I think this thing is limited in height it can fly
@noleal08 Can't be that high or our billionaires would invest... for carbon reduction, of course.
Ya that way you can really say "I live under a rock"😂
For anyone wondering, the company name is Bellwether Industries. A London-based Taiwan company. The 'flying car' model name is Volar. It uses 4 ducted fans as propulsion.
Ah, so they made a car shaped drone.
@@dompan9169so what
Has it got sublight engines
😳🤪😂🤣😅
I'll just put it on my wish list of this is never going to happen. just below elio motors (trike car)... if I live to be 100 years old, this is just a pipe dream in real time. It's just never going to be real. And probably too expensive for rich people, let alone general population..
The concept of this is cool and it looks great but I’ll believe it when I actually see it with someone in it and it flying!
this is equivalent to concept cars that never get made, except this is way worse because they don't even know how they're gonna
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Yep, this is worst than concept cars. At least Concept cars are full size actual working models, here this thing is all lame Animation or a Small RC drone. Can we say Cheap Click Bait???
Like all such vehicles I'll believe it when I see it actually in use in any environment that isn't very carefully controlled .
Indian cities are exploding and would be a challenge to see them flying around without getting hit
@@SanjayGupta-nt9vn I've ridden in an Indian taxi. Forget about flying.😂
@@SanjayGupta-nt9vn :) or get tangled in powerlines....
Other companies already have their own versions of these but those ones I seen are more like flying one person ATVs with 45 minute fly times.
Air space is vary limited for personal flying, Any flight is going to be carefully controlled
Honestly, all we need is a hover car not a flying one. Not having to deal with the harsh roads everyday would be nice.
Yes! It would be more realistic and could be used much safer and would be a REAL beginning to implement flying vehicles.
Agree, Hoovering is more pratical and safer. We dont need to go hundred or thousday of feet in to air, we can just made wide strecth of land that isnt dusty for car to slightly hover over. Flying cars will need designated space and air to fly over anyways, why not just make some wider strecth of land for cars to hoover over.
I designed one just like it but left out unnecessary body panels. I had 2 enclosed propellers in the rear using on an outer pivot system, so the motor is fixed separately and the maneuvering is done moving the enclosure. On the front a single larger enclosed propeller on the same set up. 3 all together to stablalize and maneuver good while reducing the demand 4 motors would draw. The center cabin could seat four or two and cargo. I dont think we will be able to accommodate larger designs with the volume taken from possible roads or landing areas. It would exceed lane and parking widths to do more.
Their design would be controlled by wind easier an operate against more resistance with more weight. Mine would be the egg shape to reduce drag by simply not having the fancy looking wing body panels.
Finally looking like someone took a proper step towards the future of hovering/flying cars!!
Instead of open propellers they enclosed it to pressure the air only downwards, just like thrusters!
Well done and hoping for best.
Facts I jus said this on another channel propellers n the whole drone design is flawed
George Jetson would be very proud! Finally a design that looks truly futuristic!😎
And by the time he's grown up it'll be ready for him right now he's just a baby
Meet George Jetson, Jane his wife, his boy ElRoy...........
@@jerodoverfield9635 You mean his father is likely a baby or maybe a teen if we're optimistic.
@coreym162 if I remember correctly, (saw a post about it a while ago) according to details in the cartoon, George is born this year
Given how well people drive cars on the ground, this a thoroughly splendid idea 👍 It’s not like they can fall on a school or something.
Thinking how easily Americans can buy guns and even after so many school shootings happening there. It wouldn't be any more terrible idea than that. Just need to make getting a license for this much harder and like a millitary or getting a pilot license today rather than getting a car license and a few more strict rules. I mean, just imagine when people used to travel around with cycles or non motorized vehicles, and when cars or motorized vehicles were being tested or conceptualised, how people must have reacted to that.
@@Azraeel11 Yeah, civilians having guns is another splendid idea.
I can fly an ultralight airplane with no pilots license. Yet you never hear about them crashing into scools
Finally I been waiting 20yrs for flying cars... Flying ships look way better than flying cars 😂😂😂
you may as well be standing next to a Warp Engine, until it is actually hovering, it is about as realistic
I'm surprised they didn't claim it was going to mars.
Thats what they said before the Wright Brothers flight. If this is like standing next to warp drive then I guess we warp drives since I know of one flying car you can actually buy for over $75k.
@@brianawilk285 Except it was easy to build a model and test it independently, There were gliders and airships, it was only a mater of time, really days or weeks before someone else beat the wright bros. This fantasy model is just that, fantasy.
The warp engine is next on the to do list, be patient.
@@egrintarg230 O'reiley's already sells a flux capacitor.
Beautiful vaporware that will go the way that all flying cars have. Nowhere.
very ambitious! it’s people like them that vehicles from fiction will become reality in the near future. kudos to them!
This is what l have been hoping for. Well done! Anybody can attach propellers to anything. Doesn’t make it a car. Now this is a car!
No wings or visible means of lift. Lots of cool shiny plastic. Excellent!
It will use antigravity (when it will be invented LOL)
The propellers are on the inside like dyson fan, did you miss that part if the video?
Did you see the model? It is covered in delta wing shapes, ie lifting surfaces with forward flight. It will work. The question is will it be commercially viable.
@@mythrin It looks like they are designed for the forwards thrust there is nothing for the vertical lift.
@@jamesvertrees5857 With wing so small it will need to fly at MACH 3 to generate enough lift. a car needs to be able to hover so wings are useless
Wow! This looks really cool. The only problem is, people already have a serious problem with driving on the road, so I really don't trust people with a flying car.
I always see people say this and never understand what they mean. Roads are finite areas typically rife with hazards all around ( medians, telephone poles, street lights, construction crews etc.) not to mention other vehicles in close proximity at all times, and are prone to external conditions like weather (freezing, flooding, cracking etc.) and have to be maintained consistently for optimal efficiency/safety so it would make sense accidents are commonplace when there are so many variables. Wouldn’t it actually be much easier to navigate and maintain safety when you have the entirety of the atmosphere to escape to in a dangerous situation. Less costly to maintain air travel as well (virtually no cost whatsoever aside from maybe some guidance systems) Think how rare it is to hear about or witness two planes or helicopters or really any aerial vehicles crashing into each other vs how often it happens with vehicles. This is due to the inherent differences between the two travel modes. I think sky travel would be way safer as long as we had dependable vehicles and established altitude limits keeping you from risk of interrupting planes or crashing into skyscrapers.
By the time we get to flying cars, everything will be AI controlled
Proof of flying concept is more important than another Dr Moller’s day dream.
Yup TOTAL BS hahahaha
Seen so many of these in the last 30 years, they all end up as a more expensive helicopter alternative or fail to meet regulation standards.
Moller's vehicle worked! His rotary engine works. His idea is valid but his business sense not so much. There is an interview with him on TH-cam explaining how it all went wrong.
@@jamesvertrees5857 if it was only 'business sense' that was lacking, then somebody else would have picked up the idea and ran with it. But unfortunately the idea itself was the problem.
@@chriscampbell4857 The idea is not the problem. A generator powered by a wankel engine using energy dense fuel to have greater range is what some drones use now. The idea is solid because the math supports it and it is validated by many engineers using same concept in their designs. The Bellwether EVTOL uses many lifting surfaces in its design to take some of the load off the engines. Many drones uses this concept. I believe Moller has the right idea in using highly efficient engines to generate the power for the fans. New designs in vane shapes can increase lift and quiet the noise. Technology is always advancing but for a project to be successful the math must work. Bellwether has a design where the math works. Moller's idea worked. It was his business sense that ultimately was the problem along with skeptics with little imagination. The hybrid approach is becoming more popular in the drone biz just like Moller predicted because the math works.
I've been following bellwether industry for a while and they've been getting better and better and I'm confident they will come to the market
LOL I'm not
Ive been promised this in the year 2000. 24 years later and I'm still on the ground like a peasant.
That integrated wing design is just top tier aerodynamics. Exciting!!
So a mockup of an 'actual' flying car. Hmm. I smell actual equine manure.
Finaly a flying car that actually looks like a flying car and not looking like a helicopter with different design
I have never understood with all the other ideas how anyone thinks open blades is a good idea! This looks better!
Covered blades reduce efficiency.
You're so smart, you should ask why they dont cover Helicopter blades already.
Can Jet's hoover the same way these Spinning Drone/Heli's can?
@@abcxyz6606 Covering any blades add weight and reduces airflow, helicopter blades are above peoples heads at a safe distance so no need to cover them.
I give it another 50 to 100 years before we see this come to fruition 😂!
Regulations certainly would take a big part in that happening, although research and development can be much faster now vs the past 20 years, such things tend to slow based on funding the projects, but the technology is here
Don’t be so negative.
Can’t they use AI to figure this out
I would say probably say in a slightly shorter time due to the people working on projects involved in EV flight. The problem is power for these concepts. It certainly needs a big leap in battery tech for it to be viable. Most are only any good for 20 minutes flight time. The first company to crack flight time will corner the market.
An artplane is an airplan when it flies. Not before.
It’s all fun and games till your future kids snatch it for a joyride
It's a fancy looking quad copter that won't be able to achieve very dynamic flight capabilities specifically because it uses small ducted fans instead of open rotors, all to achieve a futurist aesthetic.
The point of having coaxial props is to have redundancy incase of motor or propeller failure in one corner. Without redundancy, a failure in one corner will cause the craft to plummet into the earth.
Trouble is it won't work , not enough power or lift .
It's a real shame an expert like you isn't working for the team that has designed and built this - they'd have saved so much time and effort with this input.
@@ned_biggsYes I will try to contact them .
It looks like a standard quad drone with a fancy fascia.
Automobiles were like that too. Took about fifty years before they were able to get the public onboard.
It is and and the scale model has a lot of dipping/diving when in flight. It almost looks too unstable for a commercial air vehicle...
And you sound like someone that has sight impairment.
Racing is going to work out so well, no one will die from this.
Maybe it'll be time trial based?
Yeah nobody dies in F1 or nascar or anything either you're right... people definitely dont still do those regardless of the threat of death. Oh and base jumping AND skydiving. Way too dangerous... tf out bitch lmao
Nikola: This is an actual electric truck! (Then films it rolling down a hill) 🙄
3:50 is the model hovering by its own power (with safety tether) for those wondering if it's just a model. They have tested it flying as model scale, which how all the current rideable drones in production started.
If they want this fully autonomous flight they should really be consulting with Tesla
They probably hoping Tesla will buy them
It's about time.
Look forward to seeing these things racing.
Wipeout is almost here.....WOW!!!! Just need to build the racetracks from the game
This is basically like a giant wingsuit that can lift off from a standstill. Love the concept. Personally, I've always wanted to see something like this with wheels that can drive and lift off from a runway.
Exactly, hence the term Flying car!!!
@@jamessmith6162 something like that.
I remember playing f-zero on my Gameboy Advanced on the school bus back in the day, and now I see we are getting to see the real thing in our lifetime.
Yes, all we need is a powerful fan, and we can call it a flying car!
That vehicle looks like something from the 5th Element movie.
Always nice to see something like this and that people put effort and time in it. It would surprise me if I realy see it someday in action though!
An actual static model of a flying car that hasn't even been produced in prototype yet.
Even empty you can see the instability and wild pitching corrections necessary to hold hover position. He makes a point of shooting down large rotors and such but it is those large lifting configurations that yield stability they are lacking. Looks like we have another Moler sky car to watch...
That race they are going to be doing, especially in the desert is going to be something out of Star Wars.
I was also thinking F- Zero style races...
@@jacobe1942 Hell yeah! F-Zero too🤘
@@itzamia I remember how many tries it took me to master some levels.... actually kings court 2 is near impossiple. So racing them is not for me.
Only way I can see this working is by having pilots operating them like ubers or private jets. Won't be available to the mass until AI is good enough to completely take over like in bladerunner
It's about friggin time. The Flying car has been 24 yrs over due
Is anyone else just dying to know the obvious question or is it just me, they seemed to be very careful not to talk about what actually powers this thing or show any details of the underside wherein lies the secret I'm sure - is it EDF, DF, DP or anti gravity?
What's the name of this concept?
I think it's in the stage of development, right now it's mostly stimulated through computers, it hasn't been picked up by any brand, but they could give it a model name 😅😅
Name of the concept is Volar
@@g0d182 Thanks
XR-1 Deathtrap.
What defines a "car."
A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people, not cargo.
A 2 seater private aircraft. Is still called a air plane, jet or etc (and not a car) for a reason.
It's a good idea to put it in sports first since it'll be the perfect area to test for any needed upgrades and design modifications. I'd hate to see things falling out of the sky because of a malfunction or a news saying someone hacked the navigation and made these "flying cars" rockets for some terrorist organization.
would be nice to know the name of the vehicle or at least the name of the company.
I was intrigued by the car and it's advancements that I didn't hear the name of it the first time, so I watched again, but no name revealed
Their name is BS Industries
This creates a major problem. Not only accidents on the roads. But also puts Houses and any other Buildings into the equation when you try to insure it.
I think it's hilarious that he ignored that last question several times about needing a pilot's license 😂
flying is the future! I can hardly wait until i get to own something like this!
Musk has a ride on a hyperloop for sale, too.
This looks like a mockup with no engine or whatever it's supposed to run on. It's got a big open space in the middle and no sign of controls or windscreen.
REAL flying cars have been coming out every few years since the 1990s!!! Literally dozens of them that were all hyped in this same way...
... muito top o carro voador, tem um design bem futurista! 🛸
I agree 💯
Almost there then. Just need to invent the anti-gravity drive to power it and put it into production. No worries!
I love this. I’m very excited to an actual hover car be made for society. As a business man that lives near the city and is looking to eventually move to the city, a hover car will definitely come in handy, especially if it can seat 5 people. I’m also looking forward to watching sports leagues that will be racing these vehicles. That is so cool. This is another good way to introduce how cool this kind of car will be. I look forward to building this car in the future, and being able to see different design concepts and suv versions of this vehicle.
The car goes up to a fixed elevation point that requires a sub-pilot license similar to a drivers license as the vehicle cannot go higher altitude than its fixed lift off from the ground. You drive it just like a car. You wouldn't crash your road car on a highway because you would exercise control staying in your lane and regulate your distance therefore, a flying car would require the same level of commitment to stay in your air space or "air lanes". Probably the first air lanes will go just above the highway where the driver would simply follow the road below them and going away from the road might require to stay within the tall pylons or air poles marking the air lanes that doesn't go along an existing ground road. Air roads, air lanes and landing lots might end up in our future.
This vehicle is all show and no go! It is just a quad copter with the prop motors hidden inside, with air fed to the prop motors via ducts in the top of the body. Unfortunately the fancy looking ducts block free flow to the prop motors and reduce the thrust and efficiency, which will give it poor range and will make it loud. The prop motors do not tilt, and in order to move forward, the entire vehicle has to tilt forward like a drone. But unlike a drone, it has a lot of body surface area that gives the vehicle a lot of drag and slows the vehicle down, and also generates negative lift as the air in the front pushes the nose down, which will also create serious control issues. The large surface area of the body will also make it susceptible to winds and will make it difficult to fly forward and control in high winds. Also, all those fancy looking fins all over the vehicle create a lot of drag. The vehicle has no wings, and the short fins on the body will not provide any lift unless the vehicle flies really fast, and this is not possible since it flies like a drone. Instead of focusing on a good flying design in the beginning, they started with a fancy looking body and then tried to find a way to make it fly. Given that batteries today are so heavy and have low energy densities, flying cars have to be very efficient aerodynamically to get decent performance. The specifications of the vehicle are ridiculous and completely fictitious. But it is a cool looking vehicle. Too bad it wont work very well. Lastly, it is not a real flying car, since does not have any wheels. It is just a poor performance manned drone with internal prop motors. But I will say that it is inspiring !
About time.. this is the new Apple iPhone, the new Tesla.. I hope these guys get the support or whatever they need to bring this into existence.
the prototype looks better than anything I've seen for flying vehicles.
we won't be able to commercially inhibit this vehicle for civilians. civilians aren't qualified
This reminds me of that Iron Man scene where the competitor had his own version of the iron man suit and it twisted the guy all the way around from the waist up.
Years of dedicated research and development precede the unveiling of this innovation. Demonstrating its functionality in 2 seconds proves this concept is not even close. However, the current battery capacity might pose a challenge for lifting five individuals. I anticipate advancements in the next five years; perhaps Elon Musk will have already devised a solution, leaving others trailing behind, as is often the case.
👍🏾 excellent design, I can see that being quickly adopted into special operations, space force, low orbit, flights
Im sure once all the radar sensors are programmed properly it can be made to never contact objects within a certain distance and havi g AI help fly/drive vehicle to location should be very safe if theres secondary safety features to bring you down safety.
Very cool and looking to get one soon. Cheers, and keep up the awesome work.
"looking to get one soon" 😂😂😂 bro gtfoh.
There is no way this can be allowed to be manually flown in the private sector.
There will need to be a pre-existing system in place that is developed in parallel with the development of the vehicle.
A system that handles navigation coordination and routes automatically in order to eliminate collisions and to secure a safe environment both for those in the air and for those below.
Ask me how I can improve on the Bellwether eVTOL energy efficiency?
Really cool concept. All the best going forward! 👍
I ones commented on a TH-cam video about the exposed propeller on flying cars and this is what I was talking about, great work keep it up!
I always was thinking the same thing, no body wants drones, we want that flying car!
dude, very impressive. First flying car that’s impressed me since I heard about them in 2004.
Paul Cornu. 1907. First flying car ever. Been around more than 100 years. They are everywhere. Medical transports, troop transports, cargo, civilian, industrial.
THAT CAR MOVES FASTER IN YOUR DREAMS...SO KEEP DREAMING🥲
"why did we end up with so many boring evtols." Because flying is energy intensive. They also all look very similar to maintain stability while flying or to maintain a low drag coefficient.
For this design, I'm not seeing how this will generate enough lift, maintain a good balance between aerodynamic stability, and instability, or any control surfaces. In addition it's missing any form of thrust and looks to have a fairly high drag coefficient for aircraft. Basically this is vaporware, but it certainly looks cool.
This has got to be the future of transport, this will significantly reduce infrastructure costs.
Wow! That e-vtol car looks awesome! I agree with the company representative that open rotor designs are not safe...that has always been in the back of my mind when looking at some other e-vtol concept vehicles. One possible accident which could occur with open rotor e-vtol cars would be when the passengers exiting the the vehicle too soon after landing before the propellers came to a complete stop and slicing the exiting passengers into bloody pieces! However, with the sleek e-vtol presented in this video, the electric fans are completely ducted and concealed within the vehicle's sleek fuselage, so accidental fan blade slicing of exiting passengers is never a problem. I wish this company success.
Glad someone figured out lifting bodies and enclosed propellers are the way to go.
Finally a streamlined and SEXY flying car. It looks fast just sitting there. I can easily imagine this sporty beast whipping around our skies. I wanna fly one. Yay!!!!!
I think of the F-Zero game right away when I saw this. Nice concept.
How do I sign up to compete in the first race?
From what i can tell by the design, the thrust propulsion system, is not produced by any propellers at all.
finally a flying car that makes sense
Oh WoW a real flying car CONCEPT
Im not going to be impressed until someone actually flies in it. Right now you have a nice looking drone
I have too, but mine is with anti-gravity tech.
It is pretty simple if you look at it as the gravitational pull having positive and negative factor then using superconductive elements to adjust your vectors as well as achieving a perpetual charge... but that is to far ahead for public consumption in 2024.
Looks like every sci-fi vehicle from the early 2000's
Please put this in a marvels production.
Ferrari with wings...I can tell this machine is for the wealthy 0nes.
We should be making flying cars that can survive a solar flare storm and a emp attacks that can protect us when flying in the air we can all survive safely.
When solid state batteries become readily available like the battery is at your local supermarket then we will see flying cars like in our dreams.