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Electric Single Passenger Helicopter Shows Off at CES

Samantha Joe — Fri, 08 Jan 2016 17:40:28 +0000

You may be able to fly yourself somewhere soon. At the Consumer Electronics Show, Chinese drone manufacturer Ehang claimed to have built an electric single passenger helicopter that is self-piloting. Allegedly, a person would be able to travel 10 miles in it. It is supposedly capable of lifting off, flying, detecting obstacles, and landing safely, all […]

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One-person Electric Helicopter Developed by Students

Mila Luleva — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 13:30:15 +0000

Students from the National University of Singapore have built an electric helicopter that can carry one person for five minutes up in the air. There is no limit to what a creative and enthusiastic young mind can do, and a team of students from Singapore have proven this yet again. As part of a program […]

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E-Volo, World’s First Ever Electric Helicopter Takes Off In Germany

Mila Luleva — Mon, 25 Nov 2013 20:51:12 +0000

For a first time ever, German engineers managed to not only design and produce a prototype of an electric helicopter, but they were also able to demonstrate how it takes off and flies up to almost 22 meters in height. The tests of the emission-free machine were extremely successful, surprising everyone with its impressing capabilities. […]

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E-Volo: World's First Manned Electric Multicopter Takes Off Successfully

Ovidiu Sandru — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:16:58 +0000

Once in a while, innovation sparks in some people’s minds, resulting in things that could change everything from then on. Thomas Senkel, a German engineer, just like the early aircraft pioneers did at the beginning of the 20th century, performed a first manned flight in a 16-rotor electric multicopter he called “e-Volo”. His flight lasted […]

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Hybrid Electric Aircraft to Take Off by 2009

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:14:42 +0000

Falx Air Vehicles, from Staffordshire, UK, will release commercially a tilt-rotor hybrid airplane by the end of 2009. The tilt-rotor concept is present in the aviation since the 1950’s, but there haven’t been any breakthroughs in this area yet. Still, Falx puts a 100hp combustion engine on it, a powerful solar array, and an electric […]

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