Electric Race Flight Airspeeder:

Airspeeder Alauda MK3 “flying” race car had its first unpiloted test flights in southern Australia. The vehicle, an electric vertical takeoff multicopter (abbreviated eVTOL for electric vertical takeoff as well as landing) was remotely controlled.

 

The test flights took place under the supervision of Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority.

Alauda Aeronautics the parent company has made the Airspeeder the racing series.

Matthew Pearson, the founder of the parent company has built the speeder for the sole purpose of racing them.

Airspeeder’s website mentioned that the “successful execution of these flights means that uncrewed electric flying car Grand Prix will take place in 2021 at three soon-to-be-revealed international locations.”

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A document from Airspeeder stated that the unpiloted MK3 weighs 130 kilograms (about 286 pounds), can go from zero to 62 mph in 2.8 seconds, and also climb to 500 meters.

 

The racing car has a removable battery, which can be replaced in under 20 seconds just like in actual racing on road events. The time margin for each flight is 10 to 15 minutes on a single charge or battery pack.

 

According to theverge, the company said the racing car will be equipped with lidar and radar to create a “virtual forcefield” to help prevent collisions.

Airspeeder said its planned EXA Series races, scheduled for the closing months of the year will include up to four teams with two remote pilots per team.

We would be seeing a kind of F1 racing soon but on the skies. Technology once again is enabling disruption in the way things were done.

 

 

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