Uber Flying Taxis

Designed to be all-electric and accommodate four persons and one aviator, in a streamlined, cylinder shaped design with large window areas. Each capsule, and two smaller capsules further out, have stacks of rotor blades forming the electrical elevator for take-off and land. There is only one side entrance on one side to facilitate floor operation.

It is expected to travel between 150 and 200 mph, up to 2,000 ft above floor level. Just one load will be good enough for 60 leagues and Uber anticipates that the thing will only take five moments to recharge the battery between heights.

Thing is, Uber has no intent to build this thing, at least not in any way. Just as with automobiles, Uber wants to be the middleman who connects drivers and passengers. UberAir is hoping to start a business air transport company with pilot missions in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, and Los Angeles in 2020.

Trouble is, there are automobiles, but there are no flying automobiles. That' s why she's holding the Uber Elevate summit in LA this weekend, where 700 industrial, governmental and scientific stakeholders can come together and discuss how this whole flying cab thing is becoming a reality. However, the networks Uber wants to construct will only really work if they can handle different manufacturers' trucks.

It is the type of car that Uber wants, with the most varied specifications and practicality, that would allow different planes to travel the same route and sharing the infrastructures. "Uber has created these ideas as a kind of neutrality so that we can communicate our findings with all our partners," says Rob McDonald, Uber's Director of Automotive Technology.

Mark Moore, Uber's Aeronautical Technology Manager, who worked at NASA for 30 years as a pioneer in electrical power engines, leads the design group. The work he did there peaked in the X-57, a small aircraft with 12 electrical blades that mark the length of the wing. Developing unique demonstration cars, the X-Plane programme is a good example of Uber's approach.

Aeroplanes demonstrate what is possible - ultrasonic flying, radically designed wings, fly-by-wire - and then encourage the remainder of the business to spread it. However absurd it may seem, flying automobiles are about to start. Considering the combinations of new light-weight construction material, battery packs that can save more power and lower costs, and decentralized electrical drive, expert say that an electrical car that can transport several persons in one town makes sense.

Workhorse' own electrical aircraft engine named and named for the first launch of ever engine from Workhorse. In order to underpin its expertise in aeronautics and space, Uber is working with renowned firms such as Bell, the Bell chopper company, Embraer and Aurora Flight Sciences, part of Boeing, to develop a new category of aircraft that could ultimately be integrated into a global airline alliance.

Particularly, this is the electrical drive, which enables several shorter journeys and a quick turnover rate and minimizes noises. There is no aircraft and no helicopter that can offer this full spectrum of capabilities. Every business is now working on it, but Uber is hoping to combine its effort with its approach so that it gets the car it needs.

In order to demonstrate that it is serious, Uber made this approach - the third of its kind - easier and more real. Contrary to his original visions, it has no complex rotary gondolas, such as a tilting wheel that swings during flying to move from upward to forward motion. Instead, it has a more dependable range of blades that cope with the perpendicular flying and the rear one to go horizontally.

About says that preliminary testing also shows that this approach is more quiet than earlier design, which will be important to fly over crowded towns. Eventually an on-line course for prospective flying auto engineer. Can' you figure out what kind of flying cars to get?