They test the world's smallest flying car

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They test the world's smallest flying car

The future of flying cars is not that far off, at least not according to Japan's SkyDrive, which is already testing a person's decision on the subject.

 

 

 

SkyDrive is a Japanese startup company founded mainly by Toyota engineers - about 30 - who started working on a flying car in their spare time. In 2018, they officially went into business, and this January received serious funding from Toyota (nearly $ 400 million), which allowed them to continue on their preliminary plan.

At this point, they are absolutely on schedule with the first stage, after they began flying tests on the "world's smallest flying car." Unmanned tests have been running for over a year, but according to The Asahi Shimbun, pilot tests of single-seater flying vehicles have already been conducted last month. They take place in a sheltered enclosure at Toyota Headquarters.

If everything goes according to schedule, we should see a public demonstration this summer, and limited numbers will be put on sale in 2023. Three years later (2026) the mass sale should start.

SkyDrive's goal is to ease traffic in large conglomerates such as Tokyo, but the flying machine can also carry out rescue missions when conventional infrastructure is unusable.

The dimensions of the prototype are 3.6 by 3.6 meters, its height is 1.6 meters, and each pair of propellers are mounted.

SkyDrive aims to achieve a top speed of 100 km / h in the air and up to 150 km / h when flying near the ground. And engineers say they will be able to reach a minimum flight height of a meter above the surface.