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For drone-style helicopters, I find the Volocopter (https://www.volocopter.com/de/ https://www.volocopter.com/de/) the most intriguing concept. The designers of
by _ph_ 9y ago
For drone-style helicopters, I find the Volocopter (https://www.volocopter.com/de/ https://www.volocopter.com/de/) the most intriguing concept. The designers of the Volocopter took extreme care for redundancy. It can keep flying with up to 6 of the 18 rotors failing. Even the electric system and the controls have multiple redundancies. The first craft already got licensed for flying in Germany.
- FabHK 9y agoMuch prefer the Volocopter as well. Better redundancy, further down the line (manned flights since 2016, negotiations with regulators progressing), not vapourware, more visually pleasing (though that's subjective, obviously). In this design, I like the compactness (foldability), counterrotating rotors (for efficiency), the fact that the rotors are not in knee-height (like in this eHang 184 abomination), and the electric/fuel hybrid system. BTW, I like PEVA as a name for this type of vehicle: Personal electric VTOL aircraft. EDIT to add: Volocopter and eHang 184 have been around for years, and SureFly "reinvented" the helicopter? Right...