(SPOT.ph) Anyone who has ever thought of what the future utopia—ideally speaking—will look like has almost 100% for sure included people driving flying cars in the mix. And it looks like we're getting closer to the real thing as Japanese company SkyDrive Inc. ran a successful demontration of their flying car on August 25 at the Toyota Test Field, their home base and one of the largest test fields in Japan. The SD-03 and its pilot flew for around four whole minutes in the first ever public demonstration of its kind in Japanese history.
This model by SkyDrive Inc. with the goal of making flying cars a norm in the near future. SD-03 aims is designed as the world’s smallest electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing model (read: like a helicopter) in order for it to be a viable transport option. The aircraft is two meters tall, and is four meters wide by four meters long; it roughly takes about as much space as two parked cars when on ground, said the company in a statement.
Now that the company has succesfully passed the demo at the Toyota Test Field, they're working to get approval for more tests outside the limits of their base. And if all goes well, SkyDrive Inc. aims to launch these flying cars by 2023. No price point has been announced yet.
"We want to realize a society where flying cars are an accessible and convenient means of transportation in the skies," said Tomohiro Fukuzawa, the company's chief executive, in the statement. The company hopes to help build a world where "people are able to experience a safe, secure, and comfortable new way of life."
In 2018, a Pinoy created his own flying car, too. Inventor Kyxz Mendiola took to Batangas skies with his craft, the "Koncepto Milenya." The single-passenger aircraft was powered by same technology usually found in small unmanned drones. An Australian company called Star8 has partnered with Mendiola to develop and mass-produce the vehicle, according to a report by Reuters. With all the flying cars in the works, we've got our fingers crossed we see these cool crafts in our streets, er, skies sometime soon!
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