Volocopter presented its latest air
taxi design, dubbed VoloCity on Wednesday. The machine is able to accommodate
two people and hand luggage. It is actually the fourth electrical take-off and
landing aircraft iteration, noted by Aerospace Testing International, Ben
Sampson. But, the first meeting the new European Aviation Safety Agency
standards. The international certification baseline EASA published requires air
taxis to be as safe as airliners, the VoloCity is developed to live up to these
standards. Volocopter a German company in 2011 made the news with a manned
flight of an electrically powered vertical take-off and landing aircraft. . The
company also headlines in its public flight performances in Dubai in 2017. To
get flying flying machine to work successfully, is to build out the environment
that will have these air taxis operating realtime. Building up the operational
environment means the physical take-off and landing infrastructure and
integrating into air traffic management. Global players like Fraport, the
operator of Frankfurt International Airport, is working with Volocopter to
optimize passenger and ground procedures and align regulations with the
relevant authorities. Volocopters, is partnering with companies such as
Frankfurt Airport operator Fraport to achieve
ways to integrate its air taxis into air traffic management systems of
cities. The company’s biggest focus right now is building up an infrastructure
for mobility in the third dimension. At first Volocopter will connect main
transportation hubs, such as airports and business parks to city centers. The
air taxi service will be linked with trains, buses and commercial airlines and
provide a connection to and from Frankfurt Airport. Technical and safety
features is noted by the company that included redundancy in all critical
systems, a low noise signature and rigid commitment to the inner-city mission.
The VoloCity can fly at a speed of 110 kilometers per hour, and a commercial
variant will have the calculated range up to 35 km.
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