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!
@@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.
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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.
@@tippedjungle I genuinely doubt it, as it's just plain impractical on what ends up feeling like an infinite number of levels, but it looks cool in movies, and is perfect for Dubai's fake economy.
@all4espi have you not seen the single person drone vehicles? Impractical? Why? Ofcourse something like this will become commercially viable.. I'm sure people thought the same about the aeroplane until the wright brothers built and flew one. Future technology is not beyond our capacity to believe it in some cases it is because we have no way of knowing. But this is going to be a reality maybe in our lifetime. Just you wait and see
Its a matter of energy economy. A fixed wing aircraft is a very energy cheap way to get stuff off the ground. This thing .. I wouldn't be surprised if it's $10k per hour to lift just one guy.
@@tippedjungle As an engineer, I can list off so many reasons why, but none of those reasons matter, as the laws of thermodynamics cut them off at the pass. A steampunk world with helium or hydrogen filled balloons and human powered propellers and rudders would be more practrical than any kind of heavier than air craft that relies on pushing the air down faster than it would otherwise fall. And lets not ignore the elephant in the room - the noise pollution caused by all those idiotic oversized drones hovering around. There is no commercial viability whatsoever, and it is impractical on all levels. It's just dumb.
Thing is. Making flying cars is relatively easy. We’ve been conceptualising the idea since the 1980’s. Some people even made em. The problem isn’t making a car fly. But making it safe. Car crashes are very common. But on the ground you have physical barriers that stop most from flying off and hitting someone’s house. Or populated buildings. But if every car was flying. You’ll have a thousand flying metal projectiles wizzing around everyone’s head all the time
We could bypass this by having emergency backup power that's used for emergency landing in the event of accidents, hazards, or battery dropping below a certain percentage. If the onboard computer could calculate the distance and time it would take to reach a destination while accounting for potential variables, efficiently reserving power would be much more possible. The questions then become how do we achieve this and how many variables should be counted for this to be even viable? Worse, how do we land safely if the chassis and or onboard flight system has been compromised due to hazards or accidents? I haven't even addressed the current constraints with battery capacity and charging. I could see this taking decades to solve.
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.
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
@Fuzzled369 I feel like you didn't even read the comment. I don't know why people wake up and choose chaos... Okay. They're testing it on sports first. Hooray! Congrats to them! But it's not a full scale... which was my point... so what's your point? What exactly are you burning me on and giggling like a schoolgirl about?
@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.
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.
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..
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.
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 RU-vid 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.
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.
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
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.
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???
@@57HarleyDavidson Concept cars are real working cars that never make it to market, this as a concept isn't even full sized yet, it's just a toy at this point
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.
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.
So apparently, if it applies air pressure downwards, it needs speed and it needs to be continuesly moving forward to fly upwards?, this will need alot of artificial thrusters when parking and slowing down to avoid damage, and it would require a whole lot more energy or gas
They're many but ugly as fock and not easy as to drive since its big and most of the fying cars look like a drone. This one in other hand look usable and practicle. Used your braincell little you have or have common sense and get better speaker.
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.
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.
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
Just use more? I'm not worried about the speed but the battery. How far can you drive/fly this before it goes down. 18-100km for an hour at 80km/h would be awesome 😎
@@AndroidFerret You cannot just add more batteries as more batteries mean more weight. Eventually, you get diminishing returns. At this point, no matter how many batteries you add, the range won't increase.
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.
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 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.
To come to market is one thing, for people to buy these as it stands they will have to have a pilot's licence. There's only a few people that are wealthy enough with a pilot's licence that would be able to lease one of these never mind buy because the price tag will probably be about a million bucks if not more. And of these people only a few will even bother more than once, it's a very limited market. To sell these and be viable you have to sell to the greater populace so it would have to be cheap and reliable, and the government would have to approve it. Let's look at self-driving, Tesla's cars can all self-drive, you're not supposed to but the software is there. The reason it hasn't been legally deployed is that Tesla can't meet the safety standards required, the AI software will run over obstacles, make incorrect analysis of what it sees. Several stories of cars doing the incorrect actions. Elon keeps saying ext year but for all these self-driving cars in the works none are remotely close in the final analysis Now apply all of that data to average people driving in a city. As it is right now, they'll need a pilot's licence and log hours until qualified to fly one of these, perhaps 500 to a thousand hours in a real plane and then one of these hover cars but not on the road. Then there comes traffic control systems like stop lights and whatnot because you know people will just fly between buildings and won't see the cross traffic. These things count in terms of one of these things being able to be sold, because there will need to be MASSIVE infrastructure changes to incorporate these into a city environment Making these things a reality will cost time and effort to even remotely get off the ground.
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
The first flying car was licensed on March 8, 1946. The only reason they are not everywhere is because helicopters are very difficult to fly. "Flying cars" will only become popular when AI is advanced enough to fly them for us. So, until fully automated self-driving cars are ubiquitous, you won't have your "flying cars".
This. The only scenario where flying cars are allowed to exist without people crashing them into buildings and killing dozens of people is when we have autonomous self driving cars that communicate with each other to get around and avoid crashes.
@@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.
@@abcxyz6606 Answer is yes. A few jets were designed to lift off in hover mode, they're called VTOL's (Vertical TakeOff and Landing), one of which is called the Harrier
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.
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...
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?
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.
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.
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 😅😅
Is that a Click Bait Large RC?? There are Tons of RC plane/cars already. Don't try to claim it a legit flying car until its a full functional Size, can carry at least two grown adults, plus some luggage, for at least 100 miles plus of range in air, and 200 miles on road.
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 !
I remember back in the sixties (1960s), the self styled 'futurists' said that by the year 2000 we would all have flying cars. In the year 2000, many of us were protesting to society, dude, where is my flying car? I'm still not sure what to think about this flying car shown here. Still waiting I guess.
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!!!!!
Not sure why so many people are sceptical. Have you seen how much more efficient a Dyson fan is? You know hidden blades and what not… they’re just making this into something drivable.
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.
i understand everyone's skepticism yet they are going about it the correct way,, making models that are scaled up with each prototype allowing for more data, its why these things take years to complete. i cannot wait to see their full sized (human sized) prototype flying around.
