http://www.businessinsider.com/electric-helicopter-unlike-any-chopper-2016-3 This electric helicopter is unlike any chopper you've seen before [20160315] Mary Grady, Robb Report
[images http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/56e31e8b91058427008b5de9-1400-795/nk_15_5102.jpg The Volocopter http://static3.businessinsider.com/image/56e31e8b91058426008b5dd4-1400-795/nk_15_8144.jpg (dash) http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/56e31e8b52bcd05b008b5dd7-1400-795/nk_15_5114.jpg (bottom up view) ] If we ever perfect the true flying car, it is likely to look something like E-Volo’s prototype—a vertical-takeoff-and-landing, semi-autonomous, two-seat multicopter with an electric engine. The Volocopter is designed to be easy to fly, with all parameters of flight managed by a single joystick. Networked microprocessors and sensors translate the pilot’s input to direct the aircraft’s multiple rotors and to maintain stable flight. The latest version, the VC200, flew for the first time in November, piloted remotely by company CEO Alexander Zosel, who had never flown it before. He said he found the controls intuitive and simple. “The Volocopter stays in the air as if it has been pegged up there if you release your hands from the controls,” the company says. E-Volo’s next step is completing the first manned flight of the aircraft. German aviation authorities are working to create a new aircraft category that the Volocopter can fit into, so it can be certified for sale. The Volocopter’s battery-powered motor will last for about 20 minutes of flight time, but E-Volo is looking to extend that to an hour or more ... A folding mechanism for the propeller array that would make it easy to store or transport the Volocopter is also in development. The company won a technical award at the United Nations climate-change conference in December, honored as a “climate champion” for the Volocopter’s potential to provide clean, energy-efficient transportation. (volocopter.com) [© 2016 Business Insider] ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTOL A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is one that can hover, take off, and land vertically ... For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Volocopter-VC200-joystick-controlled-Electric-helicopter-VTOL-tp4681117.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 Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
