There is no shortage of flying car concepts throughout history. Marrying the automobile and the airplane is a long-promised dream, but building them and making them safe is no easy task. People have a hard time dealing with the road vehicles that today’s automakers produce, and adding flight capability to their complexity won’t help.
Flying cars have been promised for decades. While there’s always buzz around the next big thing and plenty of ideas vying for investment dollars, they haven’t yet turned into a viable product for the masses. However, flying cars on a smaller scale is possible, as shown in a new video from the YouTube channel Make Your OWN Creation Make Your OWN Creation.
Construction begins with a red Lamborghini Aventador RC car. It only requires a few parts for flight, such as rotors, electric motors, and mounting hardware. The plastic rotors are painted red along with the support structure to match the car’s exterior, which attaches to the end of the fenders attached to the Lamborghini’s doors. A small hole under each fender allows wiring to reach the car’s cabin.
Hot glue marries the electric motors to the support structure – three on each side for a total of six. The solder connects the wiring between the rotors and the solder attaches the rotors to a motor control board from a remote control helicopter. This one slips into the cabin.
The final bit of construction adds a tail for stability, but the makeshift flying machine is far from stable and doesn’t fly very well. The car tilts, rocks and weaves without rising too much off the ground. He retains his car’s normal RC controls, which also makes him able to drive on the ground. The video description has a list of parts needed to build, all of which were purchased from Amazon.
A little ingenuity and a handful of parts can create something new and neat. The Lamborghini drone won’t be as stable or easy to fly as a dedicated drone, but the focus of such a creation isn’t so much the finished product as the journey to build it.
