"Mashinolёt» Terrafugia Transition released the track

world's first car-plane Terrafugia Transition has received from US regulators admission to a public road. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration USA (NHTSA) has allowed the company to withdraw from a number of standards that are applied in the production and certification of vehicles. Also, last year the product showed leniency aviation authorities. The official documentation of Terrafugia is listed as "airplane with the ability to transport by road", and not as a flying car. Legislative Transition relief for the manufacturer will be valid for three years. During this time the company expects to produce 200 machines. His first flight of the prototype Transition made March 5, 2009. From 1 October to the car-plane taking pre-orders for which you must pay a deposit of $ 10 thousand. The cost of the machine is stated at about $ 200 million. Transition in the air accelerates the order of 185 km / h and is able to overcome about 740 km with fuel consumption of 19 liters per hour. To move on the highway has rear-wheel drive. It is equipped with a 912 Rotax aircraft engine capacity of 100 liters. from. and has a two-seat cab. In the stowed position with the wings of the plane are electrically for about 30 seconds, and its dimensions in the "folded" form about 6 meters long, a little over 2 m in height and the same in width, so that it can fit in a standard garage. In "lёtnom" position wingspan of up to 8 meters.