Go for a long drive, or flight- or both, with the Firenze Lanciare, or Fusion JC7, jet-engine car. With more power and torque than both the Ferrari 488 Pista and Lamborghini Aventador, the Firenze is a force on the road or in the air. The future is here and the future is flying cars.
The Firenze can go zero to 60 in three-four seconds and has an estimated 150-mile driving range. The car can perform on the road with its front and rear Tesla Electric motors, LG chem batteries, 1000 hp and 920 lb-ft Torque. The hybrid car also has two Williams FJ-33 2000 lb thrust engines for in-air performance. The wings generate lift and active front suspension extends to set the takeoff pitch attitude. For easy flying, there is no flare landing suspension and the four wheels are complete with high-performance carbon brakes.
The carbon fiber body and canopy glass provide a strong and quiet body and cabin. The design is certifiable under Part 25 and for limited automobile production. After a ten-vehicle limited run and a partnership with a business jet maker, the vehicle could be certified and manufactured. The jet engine suppliers are Williams International, Honda Jet and Pratt andamp; Whitney, who have certified engines in the same weight and thrust class, allowing for a variety of optimizations. Armada Engineering is ready to design and build a chromoly frame and integrate the wheels, electrical components, suspension and steering.
The car can transition to an aircraft with hidden wings that unfold. Only two cables are needed to carry the primary and backup electric power and signaling for electronically actuated flaps, spoilers, anti-ice and wing lights. The wing fold is simplified, designed without hydraulic connections, no flight control or flap mechanical linkages, no bleed or air piping, no complex mid-wing connection methods and no bifurcated flight surfaces requiring alignment.
When the car transitions to an aircraft it can access short public airfields and has a balanced field length. This new category of super car is a next-generation vehicle that can not only revolutionize travel by allowing for both on-the-road and in-air transportation, but offering another way to reduce carbon emissions. By choosing to travel with the Firenze rather than a corporate jet, carbon emissions can be reduced while still offering speed and convenience.
This hybrid car has 1/5th of the fuel burn and increased capability. According to Firenze Lanciare, about 40 percent of corporate jet flights are empty due to crews flying to pick up passengers or to deadhead aircraft to maintenance facilities. By allowing the use of the road and battery, the Firenze can eliminate a large amount of fuel burn.
Once the batteries are integrated, the Firenze can take on full electric flight as battery density becomes sufficient to offer for inner city air transportation utility. The turbine engines can be converted to use hydrogen power when the use of hydrogen gas as a viable energy source becomes a possibility and even in its current configuration, it could exclusively use renewable biofuels.
As the presence of eVTOL grows, the idea of them replacing the frequent use of helicopters for shorter and improved transportation and passenger use is becoming more realistic, but still years away. The Firenze has a proven conventional design and with its use of certified engines and avionics, could be ready for use in as little as five years.
Greg Brown, a designer from California, has been working on this idea for over 20 years. Brown told Robb Report the project could take $20 million to develop and cost about $2.5 million once in production.
“The engines, wings, and other components are similar to existing business jets,” Brown told Robb Report. “So it’s not a question of will it work, it’s more a question of maximizing performance, and finding someone who wants to develop it.”
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