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The model named PAL-V One has just been tested by the company PAL-V (for "Personal Air and Land Vehicle"), located in Raamsdonksveer in the Netherlands. This machine has three wheels…

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The model named PAL-V One has just been tested by the company PAL-V (for “Personal Air and Land Vehicle”), located in Raamsdonksveer in the Netherlands. This machine has three wheels and a rotor like a conventional helicopter. It is also propelled by a propeller at the back, which makes it more likely to be a two-seater gyrocopter.

It takes less than a minute to deploy its blades and prepare for takeoff. This machine is capable of reaching a speed of 180 km/h on the ground as well as in the air up to an altitude of 1200 meters. It will have to take off on 165 meters to take off, needs a 30 meters runway to land and can only be piloted from an airfield, which limits the interest.

For the moment this helicopter car is still in the project stage, the company is looking for investors. The company hopes to market its vehicle by 2014 for a price between 250,000 and 300,000 euros.