The companies Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Siemens have combined their knowledge and together they will create a completely new aircraft engine E-fan X. It is a hybrid-electric aircraft engine system that should be ready by 2020. After 'ground' tests the real one will follow, in the air, when one of the four conventional turbine engines will be replaced by an electric one.
If you didn't know, Airbus also makes helicopters. At this year's Paris Air Show, they presented the design for the aerodynamics of the fastest helicopter, which is being created under the auspices of the European research program Clear Sky 2. They plan to finish the last details in 2019, and a year later, the fastest helicopter in the world, the Airbus Racer, should already be flying.
When great names join forces, great works are usually born. And nothing different happened with the new private plane Airbus A319neo, the interior of which was designed by the company Pagani, known for super sports cars. The interior was named Infinito and is currently on display in Geneva.
Airbus recently announced flying cars already in 2017. Now it has introduced the Airbus Pop.Up, an autodrone that will make it possible for you to never be late for a meeting or work again. stuck in the crowd. Airbus created its vision of the transport of the future - a car that can transform into a drone - with the renowned Italian design studio Italdesign. It will work according to the sharing system or like a taxi.
Flying cars have always stirred the human imagination, and already in 2017, our wildest dreams can turn into reality. At least that's what the European aviation giant Airbus predicts, which plans to build a prototype of an autonomous flying car later this year.
The Airbus H160 is the helicopter of the future, the result of a collaboration between the car brand Peugeot and the aviation brand Airbus Helicopters. The helicopter, for which the design was contributed by Peugeot or its special department Peugeot Design Lab, and manufactured by Airbus, swallowed a billion euros in the creation phase (but the operating costs are 20 percent lower compared to competitors)! It was presented to the public for the first time at the Heli-Expo event in Orlando, and this civilian helicopter spread its wings for the first time at an air show in Dubai.
If Airbus's futuristic idea for the plane is anything to go by, their future is bright. Not only because the claustrophobic tubes will be replaced by a transparent shell, thus allowing natural light to spill over the entire passenger body, but because flying will become a unique experience and not just travel from point A to point B.