Increasingly, various companies have recently reported on developments in the field of creating passenger aircraft, so there is no doubt that the creation of a full-fledged “flying taxi” is not a matter of such a distant future. The only question is which of the companies will present the finished consumer product earlier. Perhaps this will be the Israeli Tactical Robotics, which has already developed a vertical take-off device Cormorant, on the basis of which the product is being prepared for the masses.
Tactical Robotics, together with their colleagues from AirMule (both companies belong to Urban Aeronautics) are currently actively developing and modifying the device. The future flying car was named CityHawk. It is based on the technology Fancraft, the essence of which is to use propellers with rotors hidden inside the body. Due to this, CityHawk does not have protruding blades and wings that impede movement, takeoff and landing. Compressed hydrogen will be used as fuel.
Cormorant. It is on its basis that a new aircraft is being developed.
In the future, installation into the CityHawk electric motor is not excluded. True, the same compressed hydrogen will act as a fuel. At the same time, the use of this type of fuel eliminates the emission of carbon dioxide and other exhaust gases, which will not pollute the atmosphere. Designers have also taken care of passenger safety: CityHawk will be equipped with an “ultra-fast” parachute system, which will instantly turn around, firing upwards in the event of a malfunction.
In the construction of CityHawk there will be 4 passenger seats (including space for the pilot). At the same time, CityHawk can also receive automatic control technology, which is already being tested on the Cormorant. Urban Aeronautics plans to complete development within 5 years.
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