Ehang 184 AAV Will Turn You Into An Actual Drone Pilot
At CES 2016 in Las Vegas, a unique drone product was unveiled. The EHang 184 AAV stole the spotlight from every other quad-hexa-octocopter out there.… [Read More]The post Ehang 184 AAV Will Turn You Into An Actual Drone Pilot appeared first on Pursuitist.
At CES 2016 in Las Vegas, a unique drone product was unveiled. The EHang 184 AAV stole the spotlight from every other quad-hexa-octocopter out there. Wondering what is so special about this drone" Well, its the closest thing to a flying car, probably even better!Ehang‘s 184 AAV (Autonomous Aerial Vehicle) is designed to carry a single human passenger, independently flying them from one location to another. CEO Huazhi Hu was inspired to design the one-seater electric drone a couple of years ago, after two of his pilot friends were killed in plane crashes. He felt that people needed a form of short-distance personal air transport that didn’t require them to have a pilot’s license, and that took the danger out of low altitude flying.The Chinese-built passenger drone will allow the user to simply get in, power it up, select their destination using a 12-inch touchscreen tablet display, then press the “take-off” button. The drone’s automated flight systems will take over from there, managing tasks such as communication with air traffic control, obstacle avoidance, and of course navigation ? it will always choose the fastest yet safest route to reach the destination. The drone also ...
At CES 2016 in Las Vegas, a unique drone product was unveiled. The EHang 184 AAV stole the spotlight from every other quad-hexa-octocopter out there. Wondering what is so special about this drone" Well, its the closest thing to a flying car, probably even better!Ehang‘s 184 AAV (Autonomous Aerial Vehicle) is designed to carry a single human passenger, independently flying them from one location to another. CEO Huazhi Hu was inspired to design the one-seater electric drone a couple of years ago, after two of his pilot friends were killed in plane crashes. He felt that people needed a form of short-distance personal air transport that didn’t require them to have a pilot’s license, and that took the danger out of low altitude flying.The Chinese-built passenger drone will allow the user to simply get in, power it up, select their destination using a 12-inch touchscreen tablet display, then press the “take-off” button. The drone’s automated flight systems will take over from there, managing tasks such as communication with air traffic control, obstacle avoidance, and of course navigation ? it will always choose the fastest yet safest route to reach the destination. The drone also ...
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