The Ford Volante was a 1958 concept for a flying-wing car that could drive, fly and hover, built and shown by Ford as a three-eighths scale model. Its shape was compared to a kazoo, and it was meant to fly on three counter-rotating rotors, a variant of the quadrotor layout, steered in every direction by lateral and longitudinal vanes. The idea drew on US Army prototypes of the time such as the Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee and the De Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle. The Volante belongs to a series of 1950s science fiction concept cars from Ford that also includes the FX-Atmos, the Mystere, the Nucleon and the Levicar.
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La Ford Volante est un concept car futuriste de rêve de voiture volante-aile volante-drone, du constructeur automobile américain Ford, présentée en 1958.
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La Ford Volante est un concept car futuriste de rêve de voiture volante-aile volante-drone, du constructeur automobile américain Ford, présentée en 1958.
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