PAL-V, Flying Car

Like the Terrafugia Transition flying car, the PAL-V ONE also sports a push propeller, which it uses for forward speed.

The PAL-V One has finished its maiden flight and is now working to secure investors for the commercialization phase – the company hopes to start delivering production models in 2014.It will cost $279,000 and the company said it has already accepted 100 orders.

The PAL-V flies in the air like a gyrocopter with lift generated by an auto-rotating rotor and forward speed produced by a foldable push propeller in the back. It has three wheels, a narrow base, but a high center of gravity and on the ground it drives sort of like a motorcycle thanks to a patented “tilting” system.

The flying range of the PAL-V is between 315 and 350 miles, and it can reach speeds of up to 110 mph on the ground and in the air.