On March 25, Xiaopeng Huitian has been developing flying car products, and its latest intelligent electric flying car, the Traveler X2, has completed several test flights and arrived in the Netherlands for the first time on March 10, preparing to debut in Europe. Today, the Internet exposed another flying car design patent of Xiaopeng Huitian, which looks more like a car, and the top propeller is a foldable design, which is really cool.
From the exposed design patent schematic, it is understood that the flying car of Xiaopeng Huitian is equipped with a double propeller on the top, and there is also a turbine propeller and a tail wing at the rear. The twin propeller at the top of the car mode can be folded backwards and stored, relying on the wheels at the bottom of the car to drive, which is not much different from a regular car.
When switching to airplane mode, the top twin propellers unfold to give the car the power to lift off. From the figure, it can be found that the propeller of this flying car is somewhat similar to the V-22 Osprey tilt rotorcraft, and the propeller rotates horizontally to provide upward buoyancy when the car lifts off; when entering the cruise phase. The propeller flips forward 90° to turn vertically, which reduces energy consumption while keeping the car flying smoothly at the same altitude.
As you can see from this design drawing, this is indeed a very cool flying car product, which can quickly switch between cars and aircraft. The footprint of the vehicle has also been greatly reduced, which does not affect its normal driving on the ground. However, at present, this is only a design schematic, and it is difficult to say whether it can really be built as envisioned. Although he knows that he can't afford it, Xiao Lei is still looking forward to it.
Although the Xiaopenghui Sky Traveler X2 is called a flying car, its appearance really does not have much connection with the car, but it is more like a helicopter. The difference is that the large propeller at the top becomes four small propellers on the side, and the cabin is a little smaller. If you look at it from a longer distance, you might think that the Traveler X2 is a large drone, because it really looks like it.
The airline X2 weighs 560 kg and can accommodate 2 passengers with a maximum load of 200 kg. It adopts pure electric power, the maximum flight speed is 130km per hour, the design flight altitude is less than 1000 meters, and the endurance time is 35 minutes. The aircraft also supports functions such as autonomous planning of routes, self-service return landing, etc., and is very advanced in all aspects.
However, the Traveler X2 does not satisfy everyone's fantasies about flying cars, because it cannot be driven on the ground. Xiaopeng's new flying car is obviously cooler and more practical, and I hope to see its birth as soon as possible.