{"id":5407,"date":"2013-11-23T19:55:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-23T19:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5407"},"modified":"2013-11-23T19:55:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-23T19:55:07","slug":"sci-tech-electric-2-seat-volocopter-makes-first-test-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5407","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech: Electric 2-seat volocopter makes first test flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The German\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-volo.com\/\" target=\"_d\">e-volo<\/a>\u00a0company has now flown, in unmanned mode, its two seat electric <a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-volo.com\/information\/what-is-a-volocopter\" target=\"_blank\">volocopter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.e-volo.com\/entwicklungs-news-en\/successful-maiden-flight-of-the-worlds-first-green-helicopter\" target=\"_d\">Successful maiden flight of the world\u2019s first green helicopter &#8211; e-volo<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2013-11-electric-two-seater-volocopter-germany-video.html\" target=\"_d\">Electric two-seater Volocopter is tested in Germany (w\/ Video) &#8211; phys.org<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The vehicle, inspired by the \u00a0multi-rotor scale model fliers like the popular RC quadcopters, has 18 independently powered rotors.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The maiden flight and first test flights were conducted in the dm-arena in Karlsruhe with the prototype of the 2-person VC200 on Sunday, November 17, 2013. Based on this model, it will be prepared for series production in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>With multiple flights lasting several minutes reaching the nearly 22 m high ceiling of the dm-arena, including a number of smooth takeoffs and landings, the Volocopter concept exceeded all expectations. \u201cRich and incredibly quiet sound, absolutely no noticeable vibrations in the flight, convincing structure with a great, new spring strut landing gear, and an extremely calm rotor plane,\u201c concluded the e-volo team.<\/p><\/blockquote>\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\/tNulEa8LTHI?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The German\u00a0e-volo\u00a0company has now flown, in unmanned mode, its two seat electric volocopter. Successful maiden flight of the world\u2019s first green helicopter &#8211; e-volo Electric two-seater Volocopter is tested in Germany (w\/ Video) &#8211; phys.org The vehicle, inspired by the \u00a0multi-rotor scale model fliers like the popular RC quadcopters, has 18 independently powered rotors. The &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=5407\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sci-Tech: Electric 2-seat volocopter makes first test flights<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","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-5407","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-1pd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14153,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14153","url_meta":{"origin":5407,"position":0},"title":"Sci-tech: Volocopter 2X &#8211; Two person VTOL multicopter going into production","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It appears the first multi-copter-style VTOL vehicle to come to market will be the Volocopter\u00a0from e-volo of Germany: World premiere of the Volocopter series model 2X The flying taxi is just about to be launched onto the market Friedrichshafen, Germany in April 2017.\u00a0The German start-up e-volo is celebrating the world\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Science and Technology&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Science and Technology","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=9"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/NK_17_7129_520x293.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12460,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=12460","url_meta":{"origin":5407,"position":1},"title":"Sci-Tech: Multi-rotor Volocopter flies manned for first time","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 10, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"The\u00a0Volocopter\u00a0is a vertical takeoff and landing vehicle similar to quadcopter UAVs but a lot bigger and\u00a0it has\u00a018 electric rotors instead of 4. 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