The first test flight of the autonomous air taxi of Airbus, Vahana, has completed its test flight.
On a special site in Pendleton, US Oregon became the first test of Vahana successfully held. It flew the Airbus Autonomous Transporter at a height of five meters and then landed successfully.
Vahana – Autonomous air taxi from Airbus in test in the USA. Source: airbus-sv.com
The test flight lasted 53 seconds and the flight taxi flew by itself – so autonomously. The test object, Vahana, is powered electrically and has the appropriate sensors. The takeoff and landing is vertical, which is caused by a Drohnenartigkeit is reached.
In the future, the prototype will transport people independently. The concept is called VTOLwhat Uber is also researching. With that you want to avoid the traffic on the ground and fly up to four times as fast as it would be possible to drive on land. The range of airbus of the air taxi should be 80 kilometers.
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