madhitya@eng.ui.ac.id

Dr. Mohammad Adhitya was interested in supporting innovation in the automotive and aerospace fields. The character of a roadable aircraft or a flying car design is purposing as air-and-land transportation, like a combination of an airplane and automobile. Although generally designated as a flying car, this personal air vehicle design is to operate on the highway and shaped like a sports vehicle. 

Future alternative Transportation

Considering a lot of traffic jams and congestion in big cities, a flying car as a personal air vehicle may serve as an alternative solution to those problems. It is also a future means of transportation that people will benefit from due to its faster traveling time and ultimate time-saving. In addition, the flying car operating system design was efficient as it was easy for the driver to run it directly on land or in the air with the help of its autopilot system. 

The development idea has existed since the first years of the twentieth century, and the technology since the late 1930s. However, we can only see flying car innovation in several countries, such as Aeromobil from the Czech Republic, Terrafugia from the United States, and Carplane from Germany, currently in the airworthiness certification. Therefore, a flying car shaped like a world’s renowned sports car will soon be coming to Indonesia.

Flexible yet Sophisticated

The flying car, in certain respects, exceeds the challenges in designing an airplane taking into consideration its shape, which will resemble a sports car that, at the same time, has two wings that can be folded and stored, and its aerodynamic characteristics and weight distribution. Those aspects mentioned above are mandatory requirements to enable this flying car to fly.

With various companies developing it worldwide, a flying car will someday become a product that can market to consumers worldwide. Therefore, it is crucial to nurture a strong collaboration between industry partners and universities to design a flying car conducted Development of the Flying car technology at the Research Center for Advanced Vehicles (RCAVe) Universitas Indonesia’s latest vehicle research center.