{"id":16770,"date":"2018-09-19T14:50:26","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T18:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16770"},"modified":"2018-09-19T14:50:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T18:50:26","slug":"sci-tech-videos-of-fly-astro-elroy-and-metro-skyways-cityhawk-vtol-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16770","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Videos of Fly Astro Elroy and Metro Skyways CityHawk VTOL vehicles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>***\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flyastro.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Fly Astro<\/a>\u00a0is developing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flyastro.com\/features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elroy<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20180509005824\/en\/Astro-Aerospace-Acquires-VTOL-Industry-Leader-Passenger\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously called &#8220;Passenger Drone&#8221;<\/a>), another electrically powered Vertical-Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) vehicle making flight look easy:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V3pi4HfQ0Gc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2018\/09\/18\/1572390\/0\/en\/Transport-Canada-grants-Astro-Aerospace-SFOC-for-flight-testing-of-their-passenger-drone-Elroy.html\" target=\"_d\">Transport Canada grants Astro Aerospace SFOC for flight testing of their passenger drone, \u201cElroy\u201d. OTC Markets:ASDN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*** Latest video for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metro-skyways.com\/cityhawk.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CityHawk<\/a>\u00a0from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metro-skyways.com\/\" target=\"_d\">Metro Skyways<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.urbanaero.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban Aer<\/a>o:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AHcsmMJA42w?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/urban-aeronautics-cityhawk-flying-car-vtol\/55589\/?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=2018-07-24%20143048%20USA%20Daily%20Basic%202018-07-24%20143729%20CityHawk%20eVTOL%20flying%20car%20entering%20full-scale%20development&amp;utm_content=2018-07-24%20143048%20USA%20Daily%20Basic%202018-07-24%20143729%20CityHawk%20eVTOL%20flying%20car%20entering%20full-scale%20development+CID_3d9e67f2d0cbd2cb656b89cf4ecbabfc&amp;utm_source=Campaign%20Monitor&amp;utm_term=CityHawk%20eVTOL%20flying%20car%20entering%20full-scale%20development\" target=\"_d\">CityHawk eVTOL flying car entering &#8220;full-scale development&#8221; &#8211; New Atlas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=videogames&amp;banner=0YBSTB3PG6TJ80MABQG2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=fef0176ddb8f1a2053cdf6c167e8a86b&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>***\u00a0Fly Astro\u00a0is developing\u00a0Elroy (previously called &#8220;Passenger Drone&#8221;), another electrically powered Vertical-Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) vehicle making flight look easy: More at\u00a0Transport Canada grants Astro Aerospace SFOC for flight testing of their passenger drone, \u201cElroy\u201d. OTC Markets:ASDN. *** Latest video for CityHawk\u00a0from Metro Skyways\u00a0and Urban Aero: More at\u00a0CityHawk eVTOL flying car entering &#8220;full-scale development&#8221; &#8211; New &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16770\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Videos of Fly Astro Elroy and Metro Skyways CityHawk VTOL vehicles<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4mu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3219,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3219","url_meta":{"origin":16770,"position":0},"title":"Sci-Tech: Updates on VTOL vehicle projects at UrbanAero and Aerofex","author":"TopSpacer","date":"July 6, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"UrbanAero, which I've posted about occasionally over the years, is developing vertical takeoff and landing vehicles, both manned and unmanned, based on a design using large ducted fans. 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