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X-Hawk: an Israeli idea for a flying car

Tel Aviv, Israel - Its prototype should be able to fly in 2009

There are many projects related to the so called flying cars but now also an Israeli engineer has tried to suggest something interesting. Rafi Yoeli, 53 years old, has been studying for seven years a vehicle provided with four motorbikes’ engines, which power four fans able to generate concentrated air flows useful to the vertical lifting of the vehicle. Two propellers located in tail enable instead t...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 129616
Rome, Italy, 10/24/2005 18:16
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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