The first air taxi flight from the Airbus though from the future(video)

2018-02-24 14:27

The first air taxi flight from the Airbus though from the future(video)
European aircraft manufacturer Airbus showed a video of the first flight air taxi

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European aircraft manufacturer Airbus showed a video of the first flight air taxis, which are developing in the framework of the project Vahana, reports Rus.Media.

The prototype taxi Alpha One rose to a height of 5 meters and hovered it for about a minute

According to the developers, for flying air taxi in 53 seconds spent 8% of battery charge.

Dimensions Alpha One is 6.2 meters width-5.7 meters in length and 2.8 meters in height. He can lift up to 745 pounds, however, the seat in the cockpit is only one passenger. Drone works completely on electricity.

It was designed on the principle of the tiltrotor has eight propellers and six rotors. The machine can rise vertically and independently adjusts the position of the wings.

Earlier at CES 2018 in Las Vegas, was presented a prototype of a flying car Volocopter.