| Manufacturer |
Aerocar |
William Beardmore and Company |
| Description |
The Aerocar 2000 was a proposed flying car under development in the early 2000s in the United States. |
The Beardmore W.B.V was a prototype British single-engine shipborne biplane fighter of World War I developed by Beardmore. |
| First Flight |
|
1917-12-03 |
| Designer |
Ed Sweeney |
G. Tilghman Richards |
| Type |
Flying automobile |
|
| Length (m) |
8.2296 |
8.1 |
| Height (m) |
3.048 |
3.61 |
| Cockpit Crew |
|
1 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
|
180 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
431.3042 |
|
| Min Speed (km/h) |
|
72 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
|
4270 |
| Armament |
|
One 37 mm Le Puteaux quick firing gun firing through the propeller shaft or One .303 in Vickers machine gun and one Lewis gun |
| Capacity Description |
one passenger |
|
| Endurance (h) |
|
2 |
| National Origin |
United States of America |
United Kingdom |
| Number Built |
2 |
2 |
| Powerplant Description |
1 × Lotus 2.5L V8 piston engine, 261 kW (350 hp) each |
1 × Hispano-Suiza 8, 149 kW (200 hp) each |
| Status |
Halted |
Prototype |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerocar_2000 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beardmore_W.B.V |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
10.9728 |
10.92 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
|
36.6 |
| Aircraft Engine |
|
Hispano-Suiza 8 |
| Number of Engines |
1 |
1 |