The Debut Flight of the Volocopter

Flying instead of driving in traffic in the car has become more common than most people imagine, In New York City people use helicopter services that land on rooftops to get them away without having to face the nightmare that is a traffic grid. Now the Europeans are coming around to the same way of thinking.

Urban Air Mobility will get a huge boost with the Volocopter once it begins it’s operations. A commercial air taxi which can be booked by an app on your smartphone. On Saturday, September 15, 2019 the first test run of the Volocopter was conducted in Stuttgart, Germany.

The urban flight debut of the Daimler backed electric air taxi service, was conducted during a presentation at the Mercedes-Benz Museum an event called “Vision Smart City — Experience future mobility today.” Daimler is the parent company for Mercedes-Benz and began funding the science project for the drone technology based Volocopter in 2017.

The Volocopter is capable of vertical take off and landing. The system is limited to a top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph) and a range of roughly 27 km (16 miles). It has 18 motors and nine battery packs plus a fuselage that is robust enough for carrying passengers. Now people can dream of flying into the future instead of simply driving!