Recently, the mainland independently developed
2-ton eVTOL (Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing Aircraft)
The first M1 aircraft successfully completed a test flight in Shanghai
Considered the "air taxi" of the future
eVTOL aircraft
Make a 2 to 3-hour drive
Shorten it to about 30 minutes
Some Shanghai netizens said
"Leave work at 6 p.m.,
At 7 o'clock, I went to Yangcheng Lake to eat hairy crabs.
This originally sounded like a science fiction elementary school situation.
It is expected that this will become a reality with the help of 'air taxis'. ”
So, what exactly does it look like?
How to use it?
The editor will take you to take a look↓
The "air taxi" looks like this
This first aircraft was built in a composite wing configuration
It has 20 rotors
The machine is in the electric system,
Flight control systems, composite materials
The three core links have all been localized
How do you use an "air taxi"?
Such flying machines
It can take off and land vertically like a helicopter
The maximum load is 500 kg
It can seat 5 people
Cruising speed 200 km / h
The design range is 250 km
In the future, it will be mainly used to solve the problem of
The demand for short-haul air travel between cities
Make a 2 to 3-hour drive
Shorten it to about 30 minutes
It is reported
The machine has low requirements for the site
Compared to helicopters
Its security is higher
It can reach the safety level of civil airliners
And thanks to the electric drive
Low noise and zero carbon emissions can be achieved
What is the current airworthiness propulsion?
Previously, Yufeng Future was released in September 2022
It was officially released
Manned eVTOL M1 design
End of March 2023
The first M1 officially rolled off the factory production line
After half a year of testing of various systems
and machine-wide test optimization
M1 in September 2023
The first round of flight tests officially began
Rapid progress in more than 30 days
Complete full-powered ground testing
Electromagnetic compatibility testing
Fully powered aerial test
Pneumatic servoelasticity test
Powertrain failure mode testing
Hovering test flight, low-speed flight test flight, etc
A number of major test projects and successful first flight
(Economic Information Daily)