Australia's Flying Race Car Takes Off
Alauda Aeronautics Airspeeder Mk3
First Unmanned Flights for Flying Race Car
Alauda Aeronautics' Airspeeder Mk3 - a flying race car - has just successfully completed its first, unmanned test flights over the South Australia desert. The flying car is a spectacular piece of technology, inspired by Formula One race cars dating back to the 1950's and 1060's. It's an all electric, 13 feet long, octocopter e-VTOL, that vertically takes off and lands like a helicopter. Alauda is building at least ten Airspeeders, which will participate in the world's first flying race car races later this year.
Cutting Edge Flying Car Technologies
Airspeeder is powered by a lithium polymer battery that delivers fifteen minutes of flying time. The flying car weighs 287 pounds. It delivers incredible speed - up to 155 mph - and has tremendous power and agility. It accelerates from 0 to 62 mph in 2.8 seconds. For collision avoidance, it is outfitted with highly advanced LIDAR and radar systems. The aircraft has room for a pilot but is currently being operated by a "telerobotic avatar". There is a robot in the cockpit linked to a pilot on the ground. They are designed to work seamlessly in sync with the human controlling the e-VTOL through the robot. Human pilots in the cockpit will rollout in 2022.
Off to the Flying Car Races
The soon-to-begin flying race car races are called Airspeeder EXA. Alauda founder Matthew Pearson says he hopes that the races will move flying car technology forward and accelerate clean air mobility for global cities in the form of zero-emissions, electric flying taxis. For a series of executive briefings and great images on the future of travel, go to https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B08S958SBV&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_WJS9PZ0A3M3R60ZSQ440
... ...
Comments
Post a Comment