Key points :
- Turkey’s first ‘flying car’ prototype named Cezeri successfully completed its first flight test.
- Cezeri ascended to 32.8 ft in its 230 kilograms prototype flight test.
- The car is designed and engineered locally by Baykar Makina which estimated it would take 10-15 years for Cezeri to be available on the roads but it may be available for recreational uses in 3-4 years.
Istanbul : Turkey’s first indigenious ‘flying car’ named Cezeri was successfully tested in Istanbul last week. In its first test flight, Cezeri ascended to 32.8 ft in its 230 kilograms prototype flight tests, said manufacturer Baykar Makina in a statement.
“We will make more advanced prototypes in the upcoming process, and perform flights with a human [on board],” Selcuk Bayraktar, the chief technology officer, was quoted as saying.
Bayraktar estimated that it would take anywhere from 10-15 years for Cezeri to hit the roads and 3-4 years for it to be ready for use for recreational purposes such as quad bikes in rural areas, Anadolu agency reported.
“After smart cars, the revolution in automotive technology will be in flying cars. So from this point of view, we are preparing for tomorrow’s races, rather than today’s,” he added. The ‘flying car’ is designed and manufactured by Turkish engineers. Last September, Cezeri was displayed at Teknofest, the Turkish technology and aerospace fair, in the metropolitan city of Istanbul. The car is named after Ismail al-Jazari, a renowned 12th-century Muslim engineer and polymath. Baykar, established in 1984, produces armed and non-armed drones, control systems, simulators, and avionics systems.
