Designing a modular platform of flying cars for diverse demands

ABSTRACT: Current flying-car designs lack scalability for diverse missions. This paper presents a modular design platform for developing reconfigurable flying-cars, embedding modularity across structural, electrical, and flight control domains. A full-scale sightseeing prototype demonstrates the platform’s feasibility and flexibility. The work contributes to design methodology by illustrating how modular architectures improve cross-mission adaptability, scalability, and lifecycle efficiency in complex mechatronic systems. (project introduction video available at https://www.aidilab.ai/flying-car )