VOLOCOPTER
VOLOCOPTER
I wrote 2 previous posts about UBER Elevate; taking to the sky and ENHANG 184 about innovation in electrical, aerial personal transport.
Today I am writing about the VOLOCOPTER which is a, two seat, electric powered aircraft, that can be flown manually, by use of a joystick or it can fly autonomously!! This aircraft is manufactured in Germany and has 18 rotors, each powered individually.
This aircraft entered production in April this year, thus it is already available. It is envisaged that this aircraft will be used as an air taxi in densely populated areas.
The first unmanned flight already took place in 2013, in an indoors arena. The first manned flight took place in 2016 - the aircraft was piloted by Alexander Zosel, which is the company co-founder, that is showing some confidence in the company product!!
This aircraft however have a rather short range of 27 km and can fly at a height of 2 km. (Charging time of the batteries is 2 hours, but it can be quick charged in 40 minutes) It can reach a top speed of 100 km/h and can carry 160 kg. In my opinion the use is rather limited, both in range and carrying capacity.
You can read more about the VOLOCOPTER by clicking on the links VOLOCOPTER Home, which were my sources.
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Wow... this is so far the coolest aircraft article I've seen!
Great videos and this interesting invention! Thanks @rynow
An interesting helicopter, but I would probably be afraid to fly on this :)
It looks quite stable to me, but it is very small.
An interesting video @rynow and this is the plane of the future!
Though its has a limitations on carrying and distance capability but it seems like strong technically designed, if it covered double distances than now then it would be good enough!
Yes, and in cities, the distances is small.
Its awesome thanks a lot for sharing.
You are welcome.
This is another nice concept the future is really looking promising now and watching your posts from the last couple of days is really fascinating to me :D got to know a lot about new tech
OMG, I wrote a bit about this 11 hours after you. more so because they are testing in Singapore next year.