AeroMobil prepares the launch of the first commercial model for next April 20.

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The production of the first flyer will start shortly and is in charge of the AeroMobil company of Slovakia. This same year anyone can buy one if they have enough money.

Forbes magazine estimates its price at $ 200,000 (about 580 million pesos). The exact value will be announced next April 20 at an event held in Monaco, the Top Marques car show.

The vehicle has a hybrid design that allows it to be used as a street car or as an airplane, at the user's convenience. The edition that will be launched this year aims at users with high purchasing power. The introduction of a lower cost model is expected, but a possible release date has not yet been sti[CENSORED]ted.

At previous press conferences, AuraMobil President Juraj Vaculik detailed that the first commercial flying car will have four seats, offer an operating range of up to 1,400 kilometers and will have automatic driving systems.

The current model is the result of over 25 years of work, in which the developer has produced four prototypes. The last one was presented in 2014.

The 2014 prototype resembles the one that will be presented on April 20. This model would reach a top speed of 200 km / h in airplane mode and 160 km / h in land use. Your engine will couple an electric power unit and one by combustion.

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It will require 200 meters to take off and 50 meters to land. It can be mobilized on rural or paved tracks.

The car was built to be refueled at gas stations with Rotax 912 ULS engine fuel.

The structure is made of steel and is covered with carbon fiber. For Juraj Vaculik, the introduction of AeroMobil to the market faces several challenges:

"We must deal with laws that have governed air and land transport for the last hundred years. It will not be easy to obtain permits for our vehicle to operate without restrictions, "he said in 2015.

The AeroMobil flying car will not be the first to be offered to the public. In February this year, Dutch manufacturer PAL-V announced the pre-sale of its 'Liberty' vehicle.

It has three wheels, its dimensions do not exceed those of a regular car. The company raised an initial price of 1,520 million pesos (500,000 euros), excluding taxes, for the 'Pioneer' version, which has the possibility of personalization.

The standard model, called 'Sport', has a cost of 911 million pesos (300,000 euros). The distribution of these models is expected by the end of 2018.

For its part, Airbus plans to test, before the end of 2017, the prototype of an autonomous flying vehicle as a way to avoid bottlenecks in big cities.