World's first manned flight with an electric multicopter

On October 21st, 2011, Thomas Senkel of e-volo made the first manned flight with an electric multicopter (VTOL), the so called volocopter VC1, at an airstrip in the southwest of Germany. The flight lasted 90 seconds, after which the constructor and test pilot stated: "The flight characteristics are good natured. Without any steering input it would just hover there on the spot". This could be the future of aviation, piloting a device as easy as a car.

More information: www.e-volo.com
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[JOYYATES99]

Its a big rc...

[sickwill lemons]

This would make one,UGLY,wreck.....

[Grégoire Pfennig]

NASA wouldn't be interested, this is only useful where there is a heavy atmosphere, and the atmospheres on mars or the moon are too light (more than 10,000 times that of the earth), so the blades have nothing to push against. Basically, planes only work on earth ^^

[Timetraveller2208]

I'd be very surprised if NASA isn't interested; but maybe they will just nick the idea and modify it knowing them! It would be small enough to pack away and deploy somewhere like the Moon or Mars.

[Kevin Hannigan]

really anoying filming!



[ZZombyWooff]

just throttle the fucking thing straight to greenpeace headquarters and crash it violently.

[Welekifa]

who else if not the germans... :D

[nina shiva]

Super event, wäre auch noch schön , wenn ferngesteuert, das Gleiche Modell in z. B.

1:6 gleichzeitig , auch vom Piloten gesteuert, abheben würde.

[ShamRock1938]

too much talking -

[Hueborn]

Do a loop