Anna Mracek Dietrich: A plane you can drive

Translator: Etrit Adami Reviewer: Liridon Shala

What is it about flying cars?

Cfare dime me makinat fluturuese?

We've wanted to do this for about a hundred years.

Ne kemi dashur ta bejme kete per rreth 100 vjet.

And there are historic attempts

Dhe ka pasur perpjekje histoike

that have had some level of technical success.

qe kane pasur nivel teknikisht te sukseshem.

But we haven't yet gotten to the point

Por nuk kemi ardhur tek pika

where on your way here this morning

ku pergjat rruges ketu ne mengjes

you see something that really, truly seamlessly integrates

ju do te shihni dicka vertete, sinqerisht pak-a shume integron

the two-dimensional world that we're comfortable in

boten dy dimensionale qe ne jetojme rehat

with the three-dimensional sky above us --

me qiellin tre dimensional siper nesh --

that, I don't know about you, but I really enjoy spending time in.

qe, Une nuk di gje rreth juve, por vertet kenaqem kur kaloj kohen me te.

We looked at the historical attempts that had been out there

Ne pame perpjekjet historike qe jane bere ketu

and realized that, despite the fact

dhe kuptuam qe, pervec faktit

that we have a lot of modern innovations

qe ne kemi shume shpikje moderne

to draw on today

qe kane dale sot

that weren't available previously --

qe nuk i kishim me perpara --

we have modern composite materials,

ne kemi materiale kompozite moderne,

we have aircraft engines that get good fuel economy

ne kemi motora avionash qe konsumojne pak

and have better power-to-rate ratios than have ever been available,

dhe kemi raportin fuqi-shkalle me mire sec e kemi pasur ndonjehere,

we have glass cockpit avionics

dhe kemi nje kabine xhami ne shkencen e teknologjise elektronike

that bring the information you need to fly

qe na dergojne informacionin e duhur qe na duhet per fluturim

directly to you in the cockpit --

direkt tek tek ty ne kabine --

but without fundamentally addressing the problem from a different perspective,

por pa e adresuar thelesisht problemin nga nje perspektive e ndryshme,

we realized that we were going to be getting

ne kuptuam qe do merrnim

the same result that people had been getting

te njejtin rezultat qe njerzit kishin marre

for the last hundred years,

gjate 100 vjeteve te fundit,

which isn't where we want to be right now.

qe nuk ishte ku ne donim te ishte pikerusht aty.

So instead of trying to make a car that can fly,

Pra ne vend qe te mundoheshim me benin nje makine qe fluturon,

we decided to try to make a plane that could drive.

ne vendosem te provonim te benim nje aeroplan qe mund te drejtohesh.

And the result is the Terrafugia Transition.

Dhe si rezultat eshte TransmisionTerrafuga.

It's a two-seat, single-engine airplane

Eshte dy-vendesh, nje motor aeroplani

that works just like any other small airplane.

qe punon njesoj si nje aeroplan i vogel.

You take off and land at a local airport.

Ti ngrihesh dhe ulesh ne nje aeroport te zones.

Then once you're on the ground,

Dhe pastaj sa te jesh ulur ,

you fold up the wings, drive it home,

ju perthyeni krahet , dhe e ngisni ate deri ne shpi,

park it in your garage.

e parkoni ne garazhdin tuaj .

And it works.

Dhe keshtu funksionoi.

After two years of an innovative design and construction process,

Mbas dy vjetsh dizenjimesh te reja dhe procesi i ndertimit,

the proof of concept made its public debut

vertetesia e konceptit e bere per nje demostrim ne publik

in 2008.

ne 2008.

Now like with anything

Tani si cdo gje

that's really different from the status quo,

qe eshte vertet ndryshe nga nje status quo,

it didn't always go so well testing that aircraft.

nuk shkoi dhe aq mire duke testuar mjetin.

And we discovered that it's a very good thing

Dhe ne zbuluam qe kjo eshte nje gje shume e mire

that, when you go home with something that's been broken,

qe, kur shkon ne shtepi me dicka eshte eshte thyer,

you've actually learned a lot more

ti actualisht meson me shume

than when you managed to tick off all of your test objectives

sesa kur ti menaxhon testosh te gjithe objektivat e testit

the first time through.

per here te pare permes.

Still, we very much wanted to see

Akoma, ne duam te shohim

the aircraft that we'd all helped build

mjetin fluturues qe ne do te ndertonim

in the air, off the ground,

ne ajer , pa terrenin,

like it was supposed to be.

sic ishte e supozuar te ishte.

And on our third high-speed testing deployment

Dhe ne testit e trete te zhvendosjese se shpejtesise

on a bitter cold morning in upstate New York,

ne nje mengjes te ftohte dhe te hidhur ne pjesen veriore te New Yorkut,

we got to do that for the first time.

na duhet ta benim ate per here te pare.

The picture behind me was snapped by the copilot in our chase aircraft

Ne foton mbrapa meje eshte kapur nga piloti dyte ne mjetin tone qe e ndjek

just moments after the wheels got off the ground for the first time.

ne monemtin qe sapo rrotat u griten nga ajeri per here te pare.

And we were all very flattered to see that image

Dhe ishim shume te kenaqur duke pare ate pamje

become a symbol of accomplishing something

qe u be simbol i arritjes se dickaje

that people had thought was impossible

qe njerzit mendonin qe ishte e pamundur

really the world over.

vertet ne tere boten.

The flight testing that followed that

Testimi fluturimit qe e ndoqi ate

was as basic and low-risk as we could make it,

ishte minimal dhe me rrezik te ulet sic mund ta benin ate,

but it still accomplished what we needed to

por akoma permbushi ate qe ne na duhej

to take the program to the next step

per te cuar programin ne fazen tjeter

and to gain the credibility that we needed

per te fituar besimin qe ne kishim nevoje

within our eventual market, the general aviation community,

brenda tregut tone te mundshem, komunitetit te pergjithshem te aviacionit,

and with the regulators

dhe me rregullat

that govern the use of design of aircraft, particularly in the States.

qe qeverisin perdorimin e ketij mjeti fluturues, vecanerisht ne USA.

The FAA, about a year ago,

FAA, rreth nje viti me pare,

gave us an exemption for the Transition

na dha ne nje perjashtim per Transmisionin

to allow us to have an additional 110 lbs.

qe na lejonte ne 110ibs shtese.

within the light sport aircraft category.

perbrenda kategorine e sporteve te lehta.

Now that doesn't sound like a lot, but it's very important,

Tani qe nuk duket shume, por qe eshte shume e rendesishme,

because being able to deliver the Transition as a light sport aircraft

duke qene te afte per te shperndare Trasmisionin nje nje sport i lehte fluturimesh

makes it simpler for us to certify it,

e ben ate me te lehte per ne per ta certifikuar ate,

but it also makes it much easier

por gjithashtu e ben me te lehte

for you to learn how to fly it.

per ty per te mesuar si te fle.uturosh at

A sport pilot can be certificated

Nje pilot sportiv mund te certifikohet

in as little as 20 hours of flight time.

per me pas se 20 ore fluturimi.

And at 110 lbs.,

Dhe tek 110 Ibs,

that's very important for solving the other side of the equation --

eshte eshte shume e rendesishme per te zgjidhur anen tjeter te ekuacionitm--

driving.

te ngarin.

It turns out that driving,

Doli qe e drejtuara,

with its associated design implementation and regulatory hurdles,

eshte e lidhur me implementimin e dizenjimit dhe regullatori pengesave,

is actually a harder problem to solve than flying.

eshte aktualisht nje problem me i madh per ta bere se sa te fluturosh.

For those of us that spend most of our lives on the ground,

Per ne qe kemi shpenzuar pjesen me te madhe te jetes ne toke,

this may be counter-intuitive,

kjo mund te jete numurim-intuitive,

but driving has potholes, cobblestones,

por te drejtuarit ka gropa kalldrem,

pedestrians, other drivers

kembesore, drejtues te tjere

and a rather long and detailed list

dhe nje liste mjate e gjate dhe e detajuar

of federal motor vehicle safety standards to contend with.

e standarteve te sigurimit te mjeteve federale qe lidhen me te.

Fortunately, necessity remains the mother of invention,

Per fat te mire, nevoja mbetet mema e shpikej,

and a lot of the design work

shume pune me dizenjimin

that we're the most proud of with the aircraft

qe ne ishim shume kranare me ate mjet

came out of solving the unique problems

qe erdhi duke zgjidhur problemin kryesor

of operating it on the ground --

per te operuar ne terren --

everything from a continuously-variable transmission

cdo gje nga je vazhdimesi-e ndryshueshme e trasmisionit

and liquid-based cooling system

dhe sistemit ftohes te bazuar ne likuide

that allows us to use an aircraft engine

qena lejojne ne tee perdorim kete mjet fluturues

in stop-and-go traffic,

ne nje trafik te ndalur dhe ne ecje,

to a custom-designed gearbox

te nje dizonjo kambio te zakonshme

that powers either the propeller when you're flying or the wheels on the ground,

fuqite per me teper helika kur ti fluturon ose rrotat ne terren,

to the automated wing-folding mechanism that we'll see in a moment,

tek mekanizmi automatik i mbylljes se kraheve qe ne do ta shohim ne moment,

to crash safety features.

per te rrezuar karakteristikat e sigurise.

We have a carbon fiber safety cage

Ne kemi nje kafaz me fiber karboni

that protects the occupants

qe mbron njerzit

for less than 10 percent of the weight of a traditional steel chassis in a car.

per me pak se 10 perqind te peshes te nje shasie tradicionale te nje makine.

Now this also, as good as it is, wasn't quite enough.

Kjo tani , aq e mire sa eshte, nuk mjaftone.

The regulations for vehicles on the road

Rregullat e mjetit kur ecen ne terren

weren't written with an airplane in mind.

nuk ishin shkruar duke pasur nemedje edhe aeroplanin.

So we did need a little bit of support

Pra na duhej pak mbeshtetje

from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

nga Administrata e Trafikut Nacional te Autostradave.

Now you may have seen in the news recently,

tani mund ta keni pare ne lajmekohet e findit,

they came through with us at the end of last month

ata erdhen permes nesh ne fund te muajit

with a few special exemptions

mw disa perjashtime speciale

that will allow the Transition to be sold

qe te lejonin Trasmisionin te shitet

in the same category as SUVs and light trucks.

ne te njeten kategori si nje SUV me drita kamioni.

As a multi-purpose passenger vehicle,

Si nje mjet me sume-qellime per pasagjeret,

it is now officially "designed for occasional off-road use."

tani eshte zyrtarisht, projektuar per perdorim ne ajer .

(Laughter)

( Te qeshura )

Now let's see it in action.

tani le ta shikojme ate ne veprim.

You can see there the wings folded up just along the side of the plane.

Ju mund te shihni krahet qe ngrihen lart nga anet e avionit.

You're not powering the propeller, you're powering the wheels.

Nuk punon me helike , por fuqia qendron tek rrotat.

And it is under seven feet tall,

Dhe eshte rreth shtate kembe e gjate,

so it will fit in a standard construction garage.

keshtu qe eshte brenda standartit per te qendruar ne garazhd.

And that's the automated wing-folding mechanism.

Dhe ai eshte mikanizmi automatik i mbylljes se kraheve.

That's real time.

Eshte vertete koha.

You just push a few buttons in the cockpit, and the wings come out.

Thjesht ti shtyp nje buton ne kroskot , dhe krahet hapen.

Once they're fully deployed,

Sa ato te jene mbyllur,

there's a mechanical lock that goes into place,

aty ka nje dryn automatik qe shkon aty ne ate vend,

again, from inside the cockpit.

perseri nga brenda kabines.

And they're now fully capable of handling

Dhe ato jane ne gjendje te mbajne

any of the loads you would see in flight --

cdo ngarkese qe ju do te shikoni ne flututrim --

just like putting down your convertible top.

sikurse te ulni krabrion e makines poshte.

And you're all thinking what your neighbors would think of seeing that.

Dhe ti je duke menduar se cfare komshiu do te mendonte duke e pare ate.

(Video) Test Pilot: Until the vehicle flies,

( Video) Prove e Pilotit: Perderisa mjeti fluturon,

75 percent of your risk is that first flight.

75 % e rrezikut tend eshte ne fillim te fluturimit.

Radio: It actually flew. Yes.

Radio: Po aktualisht u ngrit. Po.

Radio 2: That was gorgeous.

Radio 2: Ishte e mrekullueshme.

Radio: What did you think of that?

Radio: Cfare menduat per ate?

That was beautiful from up here, I tell you.

Ishte shume bukur nga ketej lart, Une do te them ty.

AMD: See, we're all exceedingly excited about that little bunny hop.

AMD: E shef ne jemi te gjithe jashtezakonisht te gezuar rreth ketij kercimi lepuri.

And our test pilot gave us

Dhe testi i pilotit na tregoi neve

the best feedback you can get from a test pilot after a first flight,

pershtypjet me te mira qe ti mund te marresh nga nje test piloti mbs flututrimit te pare,

which was that it was "remarkably unremarkable."

qe ishte ai qe ishte" i mrekullueshmem pa u vene re"

He would go onto tell us

Ai do te shkoje mbi te dhe te natregoi ne

that the Transition had been the easiest airplane to land

qe Trasmisoni ka qene pjesa me e lehte e aeroplnit per tu ulur

that he'd flown in his entire 30-year career as a test pilot.

dhe ai ka fluturiar ne te tere 30-vjecarin si nje pilot testimi.

So despite making something

Keshtu pervec duke bere dicka

that is seemingly revolutionary,

qe eshte me sa duket revulocionare,

we really focused on doing

ne jemi fokusuar duke bere

as little new as possible.

aq me pak gjera te reja sa te ishte e mundur.

We leverage a lot of technology from the state-of-the-art in general aviation

Ne permirsuam shume teknologji nga te qenurit gjendje artistike ne aviacion te pergjithshem

and from automotive racing.

dhe nga garave te makinave.

When we do have to do something truly out-of-the-box,

When ne kur kemi te bejnme me dicka vertet jashte kutise,

we use an incremental design, build, test, redesign cycle

ne perdorim nje design ne rritje, ndertojme m testojme, e ri vizatojme ciklin

that lets us reduce risk in baby steps.

qe na lejon te ulim rrezikun qe ne fillim .

Now since we started Terrafugia about 6 years ago,

Tani qe kur filluam Terrafugia rreth 6 vite me pare,

we've had a lot of those baby steps.

ne patem shume nga ato fillime te para.

We've gone from being three of us

Ne shkuam nga fillimi qe te tre nga ne

working in the basement at MIT while we were still in graduate school

duke punuar ne dysheme tek MIT ndersa ishim akoma per tu diplomuar ne shkolle

to about two-dozen of us

rreth dy dyzine perj nesh

working in an initial production facility outside of Boston.

duke punuar me strukturat fillestare baze jashte Bostonit.

We've had to overcome challenges

NE na duhej ti kapercenim sfidat

like keeping the weight below the light sport limit that I talked about,

duke mbajturpeshen siper limitin e drites sportive qe une fola rreth,

figuring out how to politely respond

per te gjetur se si te reagosh

when a regulator tells you,

kur nje rregullator te tregon ty,

"But that won't fit through a toll booth with the wings extended --

" Por ajo nuk do te shkoje permes nje kabine numurimi me krahet e shtrire --

(Laughter)

( Te qeshura )

to all of the other associated durability and engineering issues

per te gjitha ceshtjet inxhinjerike te fortesise dhe te ngjitura

that we talked about on the ground.

qe ne folem rreth terrenit.

Still, if everything goes to our satisfaction

Akoma, nqs cdo gje shkon per kenaqesine tone

with the testing and construction

me testimin dhe me ndertimin

of the two production prototypes

dhe prodhimin e dy prototipeve

that we're working on right now,

qe ne jemi duke punuar tani,

those first deliveries

ato te parat na cojne

to the, about a hundred, people who have reserved an airplane at this point

tek , rreth 100, njerzezqe kane prenotuar nje aeroplan deri ne kete pike

should begin at the end of next year.

duhe te filloi ne fund te vitit te ardhshem.

The Transition will cost in line with other small airplanes.

Nje Transmision do te kushtoje ne linje me aeroplane te tjere te vegjel.

And I'm certainly not out to replace your Chevy,

Dhe une sigurisht nuk jam aty per te zevendesuar Chevin tuaj,

but I do think that the Transition should be your next airplane.

por une mendoj qe Transmisioni do te jete aeroplani juaj.

Here's why.

Ja Pse.

While nearly all of the commercial air travel in the world

Ndersa afersisht te gjithe udhëtimit ajror komercial në botë

goes through a relatively small number of large hub airports,

shkon permes nje numuri te vogel te disa nyje te medha aeroportesh,

there is a huge underutilized resource out there.

aty ka nje burim te madh te pa shfrytezueshem.

There are thousands of local airstrips

Aty ka nme mijra aeroporte dytesore

that don't see nearly as many aircraft operations a day as they could.

qe nuk kane aq shume fluturime sesa mund te kishin.

On average, there's one within 20 to 30 miles

Mbi mesateren, ka nje ne 20 deri 30 milje

of wherever you are in the United States.

kudo te ndodheni ne Shtete e Bashkuara.

The Transition gives you

Trasmisioni te jep mundesine

a safer, more convenient and more fun way

e sigurte, me te volitshme dhe rruge te kendeshme

of using this resource.

duke perdorur kete burim.

For those of you who aren't yet pilots,

Per ata nga qe nuk jane ednde pilote,

there's four main reasons why those of us who are

ka kater arsue kruesore pse nga ne qe jane

don't fly as much as we'd like to:

nuk fluturojne qa shume aq sa do te donim te:

the weather, primarily,

koha, se pari ,

cost, long door-to-door travel time

shpenzimet distanca te largeta kohore

and mobility at your destination.

dhe levizje ne destinacion.

Now, bad weather comes in,

Tani, kohe e keqe duket ,

just land, fold up the wings, drive home.

sapo te ulesh, te mbyllesh krahet, dhe te shkosh ne shtepi.

Doesn't matter if it rains a little, you have a windshield wiper.

Nuk ka rendesi nqs bie pak shi, ju kemi fshirse xhami.

Instead of paying to keep your airplane in a hanger,

Ne vend qe te paguani per te mbajtur aeroplanin tuaj ne nje hangar,

park it in your garage.

e parkini ate tek garazhdi juaj.

And the unleaded automotive fuel that we use

Dhe benzina pa plumb e amiknave qe ne perdorim

is both cheaper and better for the environment

eshte po aq e lire dhe me e mire per nje ambientin

than traditional avgas.

se sa karburanti avgas.

Door-to-door travel time is reduced,

Sa andej -kendej koha e udhetimit eshte e shkurtuar,

because now, instead of lugging bags, finding a parking space,

sepse tani, ne vend qe te fusim bagazhet, pe te gjetur nje vend parkimi,

taking off your shoes or pulling your airplane out of the hanger,

te heqesh kepucet ose te ngresh aeroplanin jashte nga hangari,

you're now just spending that time getting to where you want to go.

juve tani sapo po humbni ate kohe per te shkuar aty ku dini te shkoni.

And mobility to your destination is clearly solved.

Dhe levizja per tek destinaciini ishte qartesisht e zgjidhur.

Just fold up the wings and keep going.

Vetem hapni krahet dhe vazhdoni te ecni.

The Transition simultaneously expands our horizons

Transmisioni njekohesisht zgjeron horizontin tone

while making the world a smaller, more accessible place.

ndersa e bejme kete bote te vogel , nje vend me te pershtatshem.

It also continues to be a fabulous adventure.

Ajo gjithshtu vazdhon te jete nje aventure e shkelqyer.

I hope you'll each take a moment

Une shpresoj secili nga ju te rri

to think about how you could use something like this

te mendoje rreth se si ju mund ta perdorni dicka si kjo

to give yourself more access to your own world,

per ti dhene vehtes tuaj me shume hapsire ne botes tend ,

and to make your own travel more convenient and more fun.

dhe te beni ushetimet tuaja me shume te pershtatshme dhe me shume gallate.

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share it with you.

Falemderit juve qe me dhate shansin qe ta ndaja me ju.

(Applause)

( Duartrokitje )