The Third China Helicopter Exposition was opened in Tianjin, north China, on Wednesday. As a main exhibitor of the exposition, Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) displayed its latest developed helicopters and several conceptual aircraft.
Sailing - a multi-rotor flying car, is one of them. It was designed based on the technology of multi-rotor aircraft. It can run on the complex surface, and land and take off vertically. Furthermore, it is capable of hovering, flying forward and yawing.
The propellers of the ariphibian can stretch and retract. When retracting, the vehicle is like an ordinary car.
The flying car weighs 100 kg. It is expected to enter into people's daily life and be used in military patrol and self-driving tour after a hybrid type is developed.
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