{"id":11605,"date":"2017-09-26T21:20:28","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T04:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=11605"},"modified":"2017-09-26T21:20:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T04:20:28","slug":"volocopter-starts-autonomous-air-service-trials-in-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/volocopter-starts-autonomous-air-service-trials-in-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Volocopter Starts Autonomous Air Service Trials in Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In June, Dubai\u2019s Road and Transit Authority (RTA) announced its plans to test fly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.volocopter.com\/en\/\">Volocopter\u2019s 200<\/a> over the country by the last quarter of this year.\u00a0 The government and Volocopter have succeeded in meeting that timeline, with demonstrations this week of Volocopter\u2019s quiet ability to fly autonomously (although without passengers so far).\u00a0 Aerial transit will be a small part of a much broader scheme, the government intent on providing excellent public transportation, as shown in this well-produced video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Volocopter and RTA Dubai cooperate on eVTOL Autonomous Air Taxi (AAT)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V08IQz7Rk3o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To ensure meeting Dubai\u2019s ambitious goal, Volocopter\u2019s designers tested the machine thoroughly in German skies.\u00a0 Note the Grob Strato 2C by one of the hangars, the twin-engined airplane in which Einar Enevoldson, founder of the Perlan Project, set the still extant world altitude record for propeller-driven airplanes in 1995 \u2013 60.897 feet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RTA flies into action with Volocopter to launch Autonomous Aerial Taxis in Dubai\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s7gP_i8KQjQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>With fresh infusions of 25 million euros from Daimler AG and \u201cserial entrepreneur\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crunchbase.com\/person\/lukasz-gadowski\">Lukasz Gadowski<\/a>, Volocopter has been able to achieve this early trial as a sky taxi.\u00a0 Both Volocopter (rebranded as Autonomous Air Taxi by the Dubai government) and eHang are flying their multi-rotor craft in Dubai, although the AAT is being shown publicly at this time.<\/p>\n<p>A press release from the government stresses the importance of this test.\u00a0 \u201cHH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, attended the maiden concept flight of the Autonomous Air Taxi (AAT), a vehicle that will be used for the world\u2019s first self-flying taxi service set to be introduced by Dubai\u2019s Road and Transport Authority (RTA).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Crown Prince, along with other dignitaries, attended the test flight, held near the Jumeirah Beach Park.\u00a0 Sheikh Hamdan explained the relevance to Dubai\u2019s future plans.\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cAfter the remarkable success of the first driverless metro in the region, we are glad to witness today the test flight of the Autonomous Air Taxi.\u00a0 This is another testament to our commitment to driving positive change. We are constantly exploring opportunities to serve the community and advance the prosperity and happiness of society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dubai&#039;s flying taxi \u2013 the volocopter \u2013 takes first flight\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4b4tztjRJkA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>HE Mattar Al Tayer, Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the RTA assured those present of the safety factors involved.: \u201cThe Autonomous Air Taxi has a variety of unique features that include top security and safety standards, and multiple redundancies in all critical components such as propellers, motors, power source, electronics and flight controls. It is also fitted with optional emergency parachutes, [and] nine independent battery systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted the battery quick-charge and plug-in system takes two hours to reach full charge in the prototype version, hinting at an action item for the German developers,\u201d \u2026A time that will be significantly reduced in the production version.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the skies filling with the hum of eight or eighteen rotors at a time, Dubai\u2019s citizens will doubtless find cause to look up, and often.<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Fvolocopter-starts-autonomous-air-service-trials-in-dubai%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In June, Dubai\u2019s Road and Transit Authority (RTA) announced its plans to test fly Volocopter\u2019s 200 over the country by the last quarter of this year.\u00a0 The government and Volocopter have succeeded in meeting that timeline, with demonstrations this week of Volocopter\u2019s quiet ability to fly autonomously (although without passengers so far).\u00a0 Aerial transit will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8173,14],"tags":[8174,2477,5449,8175,381,6355,8176,8177,1483,2392],"class_list":["post-11605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sky-taxis","category-sustainable_ga","tag-crown-prince-hamdan-bin-mohammed-bin-rashid-al-maktoum","tag-daimler-ag","tag-dubai","tag-dubais-road-and-transit-authority-rta","tag-einar-enevoldson","tag-grob-strato-2c","tag-he-mattar-al-tayer","tag-lukasz-gadowski","tag-perlan-project","tag-volocopter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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