Thing of the day: Flyer - a personal electric flying from Kitty Hawk and Google
Devices / / December 19, 2019
"Driving this thing is as simple as playing Minecraft», - says Sebastian Thrun, director general of Kitty Hawk.
Startup Kitty Hawk, bought by Google co-founder Larry Page, introduced the single flying car Flyer. The device named after the first airplane Wright brothers.
The aircraft is a hybrid quadrocopter, seaplanes and electric and weighs little more than 113 kg. The device is capable of speeds greater than 30 km / h and fly at a height of from one to three meters.
Flyer driven by five rotors, which operate on electric motors. So far, the battery is only enough for the flight duration of 20 minutes. And yet the device can only take off and land with water on it though.
But, according to the creators, further autonomy Flyer increase significantly, and flight speed reaches 160 km / h. However, you will first need to equip the pilot parachute.
In the video, CNN journalist Rachel Crane experiences Flyer in flight. To master control, it took only one and a half hours.
While Kitty Hawk Fluer does not disclose the price and date of the start of mass production, but takes
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