Flying car wins its wings

Terrafugia was founded by five MIT graduates who are also pilots. Sponsors include SolidWorks and CableOrganizer.com, with extra help coming from Garmin International, Dynon Avionics, CO Guardian, David Clark Company, Bose Corporation, Icom, and Air Graphics.

The Transition designers used Dassault Systèmes (DS) SolidWorks 3D design suite for the initial design. Terrafugia engineers are using DS’s Catia computer aided design software for 3D composite material and finite element modelling to experiment “in silicon” with different materials and sizing for the wings for its beta prototype, expected in 2011.

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