SkyDrive: Manned Flight First public release: “Flying car”
SkyDrive:
You can move the sky like a drone.
For the first time, a venture company in Tokyo has publicly announced to the press that a manned flight test was being conducted in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture.
Flying car:
A venture company in Tokyo founded by people from Toyota Motor Corporation.
“SkyDrive” has been conducting a manned test flight since December last year in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture.
First published to the press:
This time, the state of the experiment was released to the press for the first time.
An aircraft with a total length of 4 meters and a height of about 2 meters.
When the pilot got in and moved the control rod,
Eight propellers attached to the four corners of the aircraft rotate
Floating about 2 meters,
I went around the test space at a speed of 4 km/h.
Intensifying international development competition:
In Japan:
Toyota Motor
invested in “Joby Aviation”, a flying taxi in the United States, and are cooperating in mass production technology.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, NEC, ANA Holdings and Japan Airlines are also developing aircraft and flight systems.
Overseas:
Uber launched the concept of a flying taxi four years ago, and in January, in collaboration with Hyundai Motors of South Korea, presented a concept model of a flying car that can accommodate four passengers.
In October of last year, the German “volocopter” was piloted by a pilot in Singapore to perform a test flight of a flying taxi.
China’s “Ehan” is also intensifying the development competition, with people carrying passengers and conducting flight demonstration experiments.
Aichi Toyota NHK News
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