It seems that the idea of unmanned flying taxi relished the authorities of Dubai. After all, they decided to make it the first city in the world in which to operate such transport service. And there’s no reason to doubt that the idea will really be implemented. The project is developing so fast that it began the first test flights of the flying taxi above the city.
Monday was the first flight of a taxi in the framework of a fully-fledged service that will benefit the residents and visitors of Dubai. The aircraft was developed by the German company Volocopter, specializing in drones. Cab is a double cab, which goes up in the air by means of propellers 18. Taxi was created with all the safety standards and includes many systems, providing for any emergency situation. Just in case it has a backup battery, and if the worst should happen – a couple of parachutes for passengers.

The first test flight, of course, was made remotely, without people in the cab of the vehicle. The launch was the crown Prince of Dubai Hamdan bin Mohammed al Maktoum. For the most part, the test run was arranged for him. He is confident that such transport of the future will make Dubai even more technologically advanced and comfortable. During a test flight taxi soared to a height of 200 meters above the city and flew over it for five minutes. In addition to the flying taxi in Dubai in the coming years planning to create metro trains unmanned, as well as start to use robotic cops.

Source: newsworld.co