| Manufacturer |
Aerocar |
Aichi Kokuki |
| Description |
The Aerocar 2000 was a proposed flying car under development in the early 2000s in the United States. |
The Aichi AB-2 was a prototype Japanese reconnaissance floatplane of the 1930s. |
| First Flight |
|
1930-01-01 |
| Designer |
Ed Sweeney |
Tetsuo Miki |
| Type |
Flying automobile |
|
| Length (m) |
8.2296 |
8.24 |
| Height (m) |
3.048 |
3.446 |
| Cockpit Crew |
|
2 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
|
180.3846 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
431.3042 |
129.6399 |
| Min Speed (km/h) |
|
71.8575 |
| Armament |
|
1× fixed forward-firing 7.7 mm machine gun and 1 machine gun in rear cockpit; 2× 30 kg (66 lb) bombs |
| Capacity Description |
one passenger |
|
| Endurance (h) |
|
5.9 |
| National Origin |
United States of America |
Japan |
| Number Built |
2 |
2 |
| Powerplant Description |
1 × Lotus 2.5L V8 piston engine, 261 kW (350 hp) each |
1 × Aichi AC-1 9-cylinder air-cooled radial engine, 246 kW (330 hp) each |
| Status |
Halted |
|
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerocar_2000 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aichi_AB-2 |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
10.9728 |
11 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
|
36 |
| Aircraft Engine |
|
Aichi AC-1 |
| Number of Engines |
1 |
1 |