Volocopter was among the earliest companies to announce their flying taxi construction project. Since then they have successfully conducted test flights in Dubai and Singapore with plans to build airport taxis in major world cities including Kuala Lumpur. Starting with Volicity with a drone -like design they then announced the design of the VoloConnect last year for long -distance travel.
Now Volocopter announces VoloConnect has successfully made its debut pilot last May. In its maiden flight, it flew about 3 minutes and reached a maximum speed of 64 km/h. This is still behind the target of reaching a maximum speed of 250 km/h and a flight distance of up to 100 km when it starts operations in 2026.
The VoloConnect has a six -fan hybrid design for vertical flight and two more side engines for horizontal flight using a pair of wings resembling a conventional aircraft. With full electric power, the VoloConnect is expected to reduce air pollution compared to helicopters.
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