From the moment Airspeeder announced its arrival to the 100% sustainable motorsport, it captivated with its ambitious project which offers flying car races at high speeds, proving that air vehicles are now the future, so here are five things you should know about this division.
Dubbed as the “Air Formula 1”, this category is brought to you by Matthew Pearson, creator of the first flying car racing series. “We’ve been promised flying cars for decades. Clearly, they are part of the mainstream cultural consciousness through movies, science fiction and games,” he said.
Cars, not cars
The vehicles to be used on Airspeeder will be eVTOL, which means they will land and take off vertically, resembling their design to a drone instead of a car. However, the shape we see now is not going to be the final form, Pearson told Move Electric media. “We’re really working hard on the CFD (computational fluid dynamics) analysis and the airframe design to get a lot more efficiency out of the vehicle.”
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Racing Altitude
To be able to see the vehicles in the air, the running height will have to be between 10 and 40 meters above ground level, since viewing the action from the ground will be complicated if the eVTOLs exceed the above-described indications
The Action will Begin in 2021
After their respective tests in Australia, Airspeeder plans to start its first season with three races at the end of the year; although, initially, the vehicles will be unmanned, since it is still too early to venture into flying with pilots inside the cockpit, but in the near future this will be a reality.
Long Waiting List
Many people have shown interest in getting into the Airspeeder eVTOL, and Pearson said so. “We get a lot of requests, but we also have incredible ex-military test pilots as part of our team. They are not only excited to fly the vehicle, they are also equipped to give us the feedback we need on how these things work.”
Pit Stop
With no tires to change or fuel to fill up, why stop in the pits? Well, it will be necessary, given that the vehicles’ batteries last approximately 15 minutes, so a team of professionals will replace the part in 20 seconds to give excitement to the competition, and show that Airspeeder is all about teamwork.
Written by | Ronald Ortega
