{"id":10807,"date":"2023-05-19T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/?p=10807"},"modified":"2025-10-21T07:45:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:45:03","slug":"hybrid-vehicles-that-fly-and-roll-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aertecsolutions.com\/en\/infografia\/vehiculos-hibridos-que-vuelan-y-ruedan-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying and rolling vehicles (I): the pioneers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Desde hace unos a\u00f1os, la posibilidad de desplegar la movilidad a\u00e9rea en las zonas urbanas ha despertado el inter\u00e9s de muchos. Sin embargo, desde el tiempo de los pioneros aeron\u00e1uticos, pudimos vivir el desarrollo de diversas iniciativas, unas con m\u00e1s fundamento que otras, para el desarrollo de vehicles that can fly... and roll on the road<\/strong>. Algunos los llamaban\u00a0flying cars<\/em>, mientras que otros se indignaban con dicho t\u00e9rmino. Digamos tan solo eso, que son veh\u00edculos polivalentes que permiten volar y rodar, lo cual no es poco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

La expectaci\u00f3n generada ha sido actualizada por la concurrencia de varias noticias y presentaciones en poco tiempo, como fueron los casos del interesante\u00a0Pop.Up<\/strong>\u00a0of Airbus or the expectation generated by the\u00a0Uber<\/strong>\u00a0al anunciar que dispondr\u00eda de una flota global de estos veh\u00edculos para 2020 (cosa que nunca ocurri\u00f3, por cierto).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although many think that such devices are inherent to the extraordinary development of aeronautics in recent years, and in particular to the technology developed for unmanned vehicles, the truth is that this is nothing new. Already at the beginning of the 20th century<\/strong>At about the same time as the first aircraft were taking to the skies on a regular basis, aeronautical and automotive pioneers already had some ideas on the subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first of these hybrid devices that had some resonance was the one devised by Glenn Curtiss, back in 1917. It was called the \"Curtiss Autoplane<\/strong>\"and flew just 15 years after the Wright brothers' first attempt. The novel aircraft-car was unveiled to great acclaim at the Pan-American Air Show in New York. The cabin was made of aluminium, had three seats and was powered by a four-bladed rear engine. It used the wings of a Curtiss Model L, which separated for road travel, and had four wheels, the front two of which were steerable, like any car of the time (or today).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From that model onwards, many inventors and manufacturers tried to tackle man's dream of unlimited movement on land and in the air<\/strong>. Some were more successful than others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this infographics<\/strong> hacemos una somera recopilaci\u00f3n hist\u00f3rica de los prototipos m\u00e1s relevantes de coches-voladores desde aquel primero de Glenn Curtiss hasta los a\u00f1os sesenta del siglo XX. En una pr\u00f3xima infograf\u00eda repasaremos los modelos m\u00e1s recientes, prototipos que rompen moldes y las propuestas que est\u00e1n por llegar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n