Airspeeder: The eVTOL Flying Car Series | The Team & Process

Take a look behind the scenes to meet the Airspeeder team and understand how they work (January 2019).

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Airspeeder is the world’s first racing series for electric flying cars.

Our mission will accelerate eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) advanced aviation technology through intense sporting competition. This mobility revolution, underpinned by future tech will transform urban air mobility (UAM), global logistics and even medical applications with a clean-air electric vehicle (EV) solution.

Our racing multicopters are developed at our advanced aerospace engineering hub in Adelaide, South Australia by engineers drawn from elite motorsports, automotive, aviation and even FPV drone, electric plane, electric vehicles and passenger drone backgrounds.

Airspeeder’s vision will deliver the most exciting and future focused motorsport on the planet. Following an inaugural unmanned season, elite pilots will take to the skies to race prop-to-prop while navigating electronically governed racetracks in the skies above some of the most visually arresting scenery in the world. These manned multirotor electric vehicles will define a new era in advanced air mobility (AAM).

Airspeeder’s first unmanned air race is scheduled for 2021 and will feature a full grid of multirotor unmanned Airspeeder Mk3 racing craft. The best pilots from drone racing will utilise latest RPAS (remotely piloted aircraft systems) in aerial battles across the globe.

Our innovations will hasten the arrival of new advanced air mobility (AAM) technologies. Close but safe air racing is assured through latest LiDAR and radar technologies that create virtual forcefields around the sport’s cutting edge quadcopter format flying cars. Rapid hair-pin turning manoeuvrability is delivered using a multicopter layout. This pioneering approach to aircraft design also enhances stability while electronic speed control (ESC) systems empower pilots to exploit the full potential of our advanced electric powertrains.

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[firestorm]

This does look super cool and I can't wait to see it. I think realistically for these to be safe enough to be manned they need not only rollover protection but also impact absorption for the pilot in case they take a drop from height. Also since we're talking racing here, collisions will be inevitable and I can see the exposed rotors as liable to damage and also potentially able to injure another pilot. If these things, and doubtless more besides, can be worked past they should be great to watch.

[hamzadd]

This is very promising, wish you success in your endeavor.

[Akram]

firestorm966 covered my thoughts on the safety side. It is very interesting to realize that the frontal area is quite substantial. I'm sure that you studied how to minimize drag force as much as possible. I know it adds another layer of control system complexity and increased weight, but did you study tilting the rotors to try to keep the body horizontal as much as possible?

[crafteru]

make the wings bigger and make the props rotate for forward flight and make it fly it self

[ElectricUAM]

Felix rocks! I can't wait for the Airspeeder to take to the sky. But one question, can I race one? :)

[ElHolyBoy]

I'm curious what added a rear facing "thruster" prop would do?

[alfan]

they need to perfect their safety system

[vestel]

I'm still waiting for an actual company to actually sell a Real Flying Drone Car. So far there's None that are ready.

[timofren]

This, will be awesome and fun to watch. However, ESC errors motor errors battery melting, etc.. won’t be long before someone’s gonna die :(