Health, Weight Loss & Diet Plans General Blog: Terrafugia digitally renders TF-X

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             Terrafugia claims to offer the future of transportation 
but that point still looks to be years away, if ever. The company’s 
Transition flying car has shown itself able to fly, but the even more 
ambitious TF-X has been in development for years with promises of 
vertical takeoff and landing capabilities. So far, we’ve only seen 
renderings of the sci-fi craft take to the skies, and that hasn’t 
changed with the latest video showing the newly updated outer mold line 
design.<br />

The TF-X’s revised shape features a sleeker, more car-like front end 
design and wraparound glass. Terrafugia is still making some absolutely 
monumental promises about the aircraft’s capabilities, though. The 
four-seat plane uses an engine and two electric motors for propulsion. 
For take off, the wings fold out from the body, and propellers on 
swiveling nacelles let it take to the sky vertically like a V-22 Osprey.
 The props then fold back once airborne, and a ducted fan starts 
providing thrust, at least theoretically. Terrafugia claims the TF-X 
could cruise at 200 miles per hour and would offer a 500-mile range.<br />

The time when we can see a real TF-X actually take off and land could
 still be quite a way off. According to Terrafugia, the company now has 
one-tenth scale model based on the new design. The shape is still in 
wind tunnel testing to work out important things like the transition 
from takeoff to forward flight.<br />

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Press Release</h3>
Terrafugia premiers new TF-X™ Outer Mold Line<br />

Monday, Jul 20th, 2015 by Terrafugia PR Team<br />

Terrafugia is excited to premier the new Outer Mold Line for the 
TF-X™, the four-seat, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) hybrid 
electric aircraft that will make flying easier and safer than ever 
before.<br />

We are thrilled to share new image and video media that reflect our 
updated Outer Mold Line (OML) design for the TF-X™, developed in 
collaboration with Ben Schweighart and Transportation/Automotive 
Designer Vedran Martinek. Visit our Image Gallery to view our new 
stills, and watch the new video below.<br />

In addition, a one-tenth scale wind tunnel test model of the TF-X™ 
has been successfully developed based on the new OML, and is currently 
on display at EAA’s AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI. The model will be tested 
at the MIT Wright Brothers wind tunnel, the same tunnel that was used to
 test models of Terrafugia’s Transition. The wind tunnel test model will
 be used to measure drag, lift and thrust forces while simulating 
hovering flight, transitioning to forward flight and full forward 
flight.<br />

These new developments represent exciting, significant progress on 
the path towards the realization of Terrafugia’s revolutionary vision 
for the future of personal transportation. For more information on the 
TF-X™, please click here, and to stay up to date on the latest 
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