Hovercar

A hovercar is a transport vehicle appearing in works of fiction. It is used for personal transportation in the same way a modern automobile is employed. You must steer it, like you would a normal vehicle. The only difference is the "flying" effect.

It is capable of flying and elevates itself some distance from the ground through some repulsion technology, presumably exploiting some short range anti-gravity principle so as to eliminate most friction forces which act against conventional vehicles. Unlike an air cushion vehicle, this does not produce a dust cloud.

Another similar real-world device is the hovercraft, which elevates itself above a water or level hard surface using a cushion of air retained by a flexible skirt. Such devices are not considered to be hover cars, however—that term is used only for the fictional device. Examples of hover cars can be found in science fiction films or television series such as Blade Runner and Back to the Future Part II, and in futuristic racing video games, such as the F-Zero series, and the wipEout series.

Real-world hovercars and hoverbikes

There's a hoverbike currently in the prototype phase. It was built by an Australian helicopter pilot Christopher Malloy as a personal project.

See also

• Avrocar
• Flying car (fiction)
• Ground effect vehicle
• Hoverboard
• Helicopter
• Hovercraft
• Hovertrain
• Tracked Hovercraft

External links

• Jetson-Like Flying Car in Production, ABCNews.com