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FD-One Tri-Rotor Concept by Lazzarini is a Retro Futuristic Dream

By Paul Crowe

FD-One formula drone concept flyer from Lazzarini Design – a flying reverse trike

Hey, it’s the 21st century, where are all of the flying cars we were promised? Well, it seems a few others are wondering the same thing and the guys over at the Lazzarini design studio in Rome, Italy came up with the FD-One, a three rotor concept flyer in, what we might call, the reverse trike configuration. The colors and design are inspired by a Ferrari racer from the 50s, and what they conceived is flat out gorgeous.

A lot of us probably look at all of those little drones and wonder what might happen if you scaled one up so it could carry a human or two. At the Lazzarini studio, they’re serious about the idea and have started sketching a lot of classic designs and then transforming them with rotors. The FD-One cockpit features side by side seating in a fuselage carried aloft by three rotors, powered by a combination of electric motors and a V12 engine! Ah, the sweet sound of a Ferrari V12 overhead as you watch this beauty flying by, or better yet, as you pilot this retro futuristic tri-rotor over crowded city streets or perhaps over the countryside on the way to your vacation hideaway. If motorcycles evolve into something like this, I’m in!

The cockpit offers high tech comfort with a Formula One look

I think the images in the video of the FD-One flying above the clouds and over mountain peaks is a bit, um …, optimistic, but at lower altitudes, who knows?

The inspiration behind the design

The body sports a composite shell with batteries in the bottom and the rest of it is composed of dreams, desires and imagination, if only this were real. Could something like this work? I have no idea, but they’re looking for investors to build a prototype. I really hope they can pull this off because this is truly the 21st century I’m waiting for.

How the parts are laid out
C’mon, admit it, you want one!

Lazzarini Design via Daniele Sabatini

Posted on January 6, 2020 Filed Under: Motor Vehicles Tagged With: design concepts, flying vehicles


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Comments

  1. Drive the Wheels Off says

    January 7, 2020 at 5:34 pm

    +1
    diavolo si
    🙂

  2. Paul Crowe says

    January 7, 2020 at 7:07 pm

    In the post above I wondered if something like this was possible and then, yesterday, at CES, Bell revealed future plans for air taxis like this:

    It looks to me like this sort of flying vehicle is definitely possible. The future looks like it might be a lot of fun.

  3. ChV says

    January 10, 2020 at 2:14 pm

    We saw this idea 50 years ago in the Comic „Spriou et Fantasio“. Great, if it flies. But still too big for a real „flying car“. And refer to https://www.lazareth.fr/

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