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Change in transition engine location?

I am curious where the engine is located on the Transition production prototype. I'm pretty sure the engine was under the front hood on the old proof-of-concept Transition. I seem to remember them talking about difficulties in engineering a long drive shaft to go back to the propeller, vibration problems and such. Pictures on their website suggest that the engine may have been moved to the rear, behind the cabin, for the production prototype. You can see a few air inlets/scoops behind the cabin, perhaps for cooling air. This would also move the aircraft's center of gravity back, allowing the removal of the front canard. If anyone can find a source confirming the engine location, it might be a good fact to include in the article. I've never really edited wikipedia before, let me know if I did something wrong. Here are the pictures I was talking about: http://terrafugia.com/images/TransitionFlyingLookingUpWM-Med.jpg http://terrafugia.com/images/TransitionFlyingMountainsWM-Med.jpg— Preceding unsigned comment added by Cjmdjm (talk • contribs) 06:50, 9 December 2012 (UTC) Cjmdjm (talk) 08:22, 9 December 2012 (UTC)Cjmdjm[reply]

The engine is located "amidship" in the Production Prototype according to the test pilot in an interview with AP at the NY Auto Show. The third prototype (under development now) keeps the engine in the same location just behind the passenger compartment (ref: TechBriefs.com, March 6, 2014 presentation by Terrafugia "Developing the Transition© Flying Car: Using Physics-Based Simulation to Design Air-Worthy Composite Structures", jump to 23:38 Structure Nomenclature). MarkWarren (talk) 21:35, 7 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Details on feedback needed from reviewer(s)

Canglesea, please provide additional details on areas that need more: referencing and citation, coverage, what would be a better structure, grammatical suggestions and supporting materials. Can you share the details leading to the the addition of these categories to the article? Thanks! sn‾uǝɹɹɐʍɯ (talk) 02:00, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've assessed the article as C class, with B-Class criteria: 1,4 and 5 met. Coverage of the subject needs more detail with the addition of specifications, perhaps, to meet the B-Class-2 criteria. I suggest looking at other aircraft in the list of B-Class aviation articles. With the addition of more material, it will be possible to summarize the article to create a lead section to meet the B-Class-3 criteria. I realize this is a developing article about a developmental aircraft; it may take time to reach B-Class, which is the goal of the review and assessment process. - Canglesea (talk) 03:56, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for the more detailed feedback on how to improve the article! sn‾uǝɹɹɐʍɯ (talk) 17:52, 26 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

SciFoo image size

The current, default thumbnail size for the SciFoo image is too small to be useful. A larger, 300px or 350px thumbnail seems about right to allow casual readers to see the actual airplane without forcing them to visit a second web page. Emerson7, however has reverted the image to the default size twice without rationale. Soliciting additional input. Thank you. sn‾uǝɹɹɐʍɯ (talk) 02:04, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

In this particular case, a larger image would overwhelm the article itself (because there is not very much text). I've inserted a note to the reader to click for a bigger view. This might satisfy you. Sincerely, your friend, GeorgeLouis (talk) 04:11, 25 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

OK. Also added a gallery.sn‾uǝɹɹɐʍɯ (talk) 23:48, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

possible ref

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2012/04/the-flying-cars-are-coming-to-the-new-york-auto-show/

will review at a later time to see if there's anything here worth adding. — Ched : ? 22:16, 2 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Development milestones section - level of detail

The section Terrafugia Transition#Development milestones is starting to look kind of excessive, in particular the extensive technical regulations quoted from the Federal Register. Is there a way to summarize this more effectively for an encyclopedia? — Brianhe (talk) 21:22, 7 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It is actually much in line with other aircraft types and doesn't seem excessive to me. - Ahunt (talk) 13:40, 14 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Does Terrafugia Transition fit to the category Urban air mobility?

It does, even though it’s not a VTOL like most other aircrafts in this category. It's a roadable aircraft and can at least theoreticly start and land it on a normal street without needing an airport – that’s enough. In the German version of this category it’s included and nobody did complain. Leo067 (talk) 07:46, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Our own Urban air mobility says "In the concept phase, urban air mobility aircraft, having VTOL capabilities, are deployed to take off and land vertically in a relatively small area to avoid the need of a runway." The Terrafugia Transition is designed to be kept at home, driven to an airport and take-off from there. It doesn't fit Category:Urban air mobility. - Ahunt (talk) 13:00, 20 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]