http://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/volocopter-vc200-e-volos-18-rotor-electric-vtol-green-aircraft-flies-its-maiden-flight.71819/ Volocopter VC200, E-volo's 18-Rotor Electric VTOL 'Green' Aircraft, Flies Its Maiden Flight by Ambarish Ganesh, Nov 26, 2013
[image http://data.crazyengineers.com/attachments/slide-jpg.7340/ video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNulEa8LTHI Volocopter VC200 First Flight forschungsbuero· Nov 20, 2013 http://www.e-volo.com __ Two years after the first manned Volocopter VC1, our e-volo team presented the two-seater VC200. The first radio controlled flight tests took place on November, 17th 2013 in the dm-arena in Karlsruhe, Germany. The flight tests have been very successful. We performed 9 flights with a total airtime of 20 minutes and still some battery capacity remaining. Our team was excited about the flight stability, the low vibration and the pleasant sonorous sound of the Volocopter. Sie wollen Teil dieser Innovation werden? Investieren Sie bei unserem Crowdfunding: http://www.seedmatch.de/e-volo ] - Volocopter VC200, E-volo's multicopter recently debuted in the German skies to its first successful flight. The nine flights it took in 20 minutes at Karlsruhe's arena were pretty much summed by by Alexander Zosel, Managing Director of E-volo, in this statement- "Rich and incredibly quiet sound, absolutely no noticeable vibrations in the flight, convincing structure with a great, new spring strut landing gear, and an extremely calm rotor plane." Those are some real proud features on the craft. - VC200 seats two at a time in its roomy cockpit, and is a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) manned aircraft. It derives power for propulsion off 10 battery-powered electric motors (zero-emission), and features a carbon-fiber frame and branched-supports to weigh them down. E-volo claims that the Volocopter VC200 offers its passengers a pollution-free, smooth and a quiet flight. The vehicle could be easily maneuvered via a joystick, and shall have minimum operating and maintenance costs. - In its first sky-kiss, it the VC200 touched a height of about 70 feet. And though the flight at present clocks 20 minutes, the developers are sure that with enhanced battery technology the flight time could be bettered to one hour or more. Following some more testing and flights, the prototype shall be used for series production soon. As E-volo puts it, "the world's safest piece of air sport equipment" shall be mass-manufactured soon enough. [© 2013 CrazyEngineers Technologies] http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Could-This-Be-Your-Next-Ride-To-Work-233597131.html Could This Be Your Next Ride To Work? - WIBW.com Nov 27, 2013 - Search. WIBW - HomePage - Headlines. News ... to "Not sure you could pay me enough to sit in the middle of flying blenders bolted together." ... http://www.dvice.com/2013-11-26/18-rotor-electric-helicopter-takes-skies 18-rotor electric helicopter takes to the skies Nov 26, 2013 - E-volo's electric zero-emission two-seater Volocopter VC200 successfully passes first flight tests ... http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/27/tech/innovation/volocopter-18-propeller-electric/ Volocopter: 18-propeller electric helicopter takes flight Nov 27, 2013 - An electric helicopter -- powered by 18 propellers -- has made its maiden flight. ... the latest innovations in art, culture, science and technology ... http://www.theengineer.co.uk/video/all-electric-volocopter-makes-successful-maiden-flight/1017573.article All-electric 'Volocopter' makes successful maiden flight - The Engineer Nov 28, 2013 - E-volo has successfully flown its VC200 'Volocopter', a vibration-free flying machine driven by 18 electric rotors ... For all EVLN posts use: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=evln&sort=date Here are today's archive-only EV posts: EVLN: mais.uol.com.br University developed an agricultural EV (video) EVLN: Electric bikes, a peddling menace on Hanoi streets EVLN: 100k-mile Leaf EV owner to be honored, a real long range commuter + EVLN: Electric Vehicles For Mining: An Interview With Erik Svedlund {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Volocopter-VC200-E-volo-s-18-Rotor-Electric-VTOL-Maiden-Flight-tp4666721.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
