Volocopter hover-taxi to enter service

[Grey Havoc]

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-driverless-hover-taxi-concept-flight-dubai.html

Some previous mentions of the Volocopter design on the forum here and here.

 

[Reaper]

I wonder what happened to Ehang. They got replaced by Volocopter.

 

[AeroFranz]

I heard the unmanned flight demos were...unconvincing, even unnerving.

 

[edwest4]

VoloConnect: Expanding Volocopter’s Coverage of the Urban Air Mobility Ecosystem

Volocopter is here to change air transport and the aviation industry with the its all-electric air taxi. Discover it now!

www.volocopter.com

 

[Zoo Tycoon]

Oh well, there goes Volocopter;-

https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/german-air-taxi-start-up-volocopter-files-insolvency-2024-12-30/

Unless there’s a last minute rescue…

But honestly did anyone think this was a good architecture ?