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]

https://www.volocopter.com/newsroom...coverage-of-the-urban-air-mobility-ecosystem/

 

[Zoo Tycoon]

Oh well, there goes Volocopter;-

https://www.reuters.com/business/ae...rt-up-volocopter-files-insolvency-2024-12-30/
Unless there’s a last minute rescue…

But honestly did anyone think this was a good architecture ?