Pal-V Liberty (the flying car)

2018: Beginning of sales

At the end of August, 2018 in Spain the first-ever flying car went on sale. It is developed by PAL-V company and provided in March, 2018 at the Geneva motor show. The company spent for its development more than ten years.

The PAL-V Liberty model of the Pionner Edition series represents a combination of the car and a giroplan and was exposed in elite salon Marbella Supergarage in Marbella (Malaga). Not the helicopter as this technology, according to developers, provides big stability and simplicity in management was taken as a basis for the flying car giroplan, but.

A starting series is provided by 90 cars with unique external and internal characteristics worth $599,000, and clients will be able to receive them at the beginning of 2019. By that moment the company will receive all necessary documents allowing to use PAL-V Liberty as as the land vehicle, and the aircraft. After PAL-V is going to release more available version of Sport Edition at the price of $399,000. For control of the flying car the owner needs to have not only the car driver license, but also the pilot license of the helicopter.

The flying PAL-V Liberty car

PAL-V Liberty is expected two people. It is equipped with three engines: one for land movement and two for flight. Maximum speed of the movement of the car is height of 100 km/h on the ground, but in air it is capable to accelerate up to 180 km/h with a maximum height of flight of 3500 m. As it is specified in the press release, in air the device is capable to work in the auto pilot mode. The car needs slightly less than 10 minutes to stop from land transport in the aircraft, and for take-off it needs only the take-off platform without acceleration band. The volume of the fuel tank is 100 l, and on the earth the car can pass up to 1300 km in a standalone mode, and flying range makes up to 500 km.^[1]

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