Bellwether eVTOL | Free Flight with volar
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ม.ค. 2022
- In the past two years, we have conducted several phases of iteration to improve the flight performance of the volar prototypes. Now we are pleased to announce that the free-flight test of our volar was completed and achieved breakthrough progress.
The volar flies smoothly and proves our efforts that go into innovation and technology. We are confident in our volar and will strive for perfection with continuous improvement.
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I’ll be impressed when they build a full scale model with a person in it.
...you mean more impressed
Agree! Right now its just a big a$$ drone.
@@rogerpriestwell6379 no, just impressed. This, for instance, is impressive where Volar is not: th-cam.com/video/sFpgLxqJDQg/w-d-xo.html
agree'd. look how unstable that is. inherent concept has base-level design flaws. thrusters need to be spread more widely, which as i said, defeats the basic concept, which is obviously "car shaped" or "rectangular"
and it can fly for ah hour.
It has a beautiful design but it looks unstable/unsteady, I can't see myself being inside because it wobbles too much. I know it has taken years to get to this stage, congratulations on your futuristic and promising project.
I would like to see how it works when the weather is windy & rainy.
They will stabilize it.
Center of gravity too high
This was a small scale size, fly by remote test. By the time this becomes a full scale size machine, they should have some kind of stabilizer built in to steady it.
@@blasterman1r I would love to see the final results!
THAT'S THE real flying CAR we're talking ABOUT !
Finally a flying car that looks like something out of a sci-fi movie!!
Bring your vomit bags.... Barf bucket - better design something that works instead of looks cool. You know X wings that open when flying around the no air Death Star might look cool but are stupid - thus it's in a sci-fi movie with fake engine sounds - no air in space and with Earth like gravity for a tiny Death Star breaking laws of something called physics. OH well, please don't become an engineer stick to comic books or X-Men. ;-)
@@HDnatureTV So you're like the voice of pessimists. Nice to meet you. Now I understand why it took so long to get flying cars.
@@ultravioletron Also get ready to pay more taxes, the infrastructure this thing demands is way more expensive that we think. Innovative is necessary but, Flying cars are impractical. We already have them, they're called Helis and Planes.
I also can't think of different ways to stop happening 9/11 every 30 minutes. Also, the repair and maintenance costs are going to kill us, not to mention the Noise.
There is absolutely no need of flying cars if it's all about feeding our egos.
Technically not a flying car. It has to drive like a automobile and take off like a flying vehicle. Still it’s pretty cool and it’s just another VTOL aircraft concept.
Also forgot to mention we have flying cars already. Those that converts to a plane or gyrocopter with foldable parts like wings and blades.
No visible and potentially dangerous propelers in sight... love the direction you guys are heading! So far so good!
As an aerospace engineer in the same industry, keep up the good work 👏 we will make flying cars accessible to everyone in the safest and most practical manner.
As a tip, you guys should study more on flight dynamics. When it's this unstable at low speed, you won't able to reach high speed without it flipping over.
this project might be very challenging due to this flight dynamics thing. But it is really cool that flying car go this far, may a mature design need to retract a bit base on 3D FOD not as simple as 2D FOD
Do you think we should give up on Planes and Helis and just pay more taxes to get flying cars?
A flight controller with a PID loop could easily fix the stability issue. FPV drones have been using that for a long time, Betaflight is one such software. It's supported on many controllers.
how are these going to be as safe as a land vehicle or helicopter? What insurance company with underwrite this? Would Kobe fly in one of these? it seems like they are trying to provide a solution where there isn't a problem. Where would these be useful? its like a pocket knife, its fun until you need a real airplane, helicopter, or car.
@@brianthered I agree completely. Energy density isn't high enough to be able to support such VTOL craft for extended periods of time in a safe manner for general use. If they find a way to modify the Higgs field to reduce local mass values, then you could fly a tank on a tiny coin cell battery. Until that is discovered/invented, I don't see these becoming mainstream.
На данный момент есть тысячи дронов, которые взлетают и садятся намного аккуратнее чем этот, держат направление точно. А разработчики - ну, у нас же охуенный дизайн!
This was designed first, and then built and made to fly. Typically, I would work the other way around and design something that flies, and then I would make it look good after the fact.
fackit till u make it
It’s because they have to do something to try to hold people’s attention while they build one that can actually fly with someone in it...
for more 15 minutes.
"I would work the other way around"
so, you would fly first, then build something, then design it?
Well, if you look at their website you kinda understand the reason behind their process. They state developing a compact evtol with hidden propellers as part of their objectives. So, they need to put that up in their design from the get-go. That's why evtols projects start with a small model. You can't afford to make a full scale prototype without testing the feasibility of a new design first. Also, they need funding. This is a good way of ensuring it.
Those ducted fans will give it very low performance. The design makes it incapable of much in the way of forward velocity. You can't expect a supercar design to have super flight characteristics.
Wow, these guys managed to make a drone
*wobbly drone
Not really a drone. Just a RC multi rotor VTOL to demonstrate how their concept will look like. Anything they can do to convince their shareholders 👍.
Y, and a highly unstable one. They even cut the landings, they looked pretty brutal
Does it come in black?
@@ronmartin1375 Yes by magic after the first flight and crash the "fire" should make your under performing drone black!
Like others here have commented, it looks sleek. But these guys are behind the times. Other companies are already achieving flight times with fully stabilized manned aircraft. These guys look like they're trying to reinvent the wheel at this point. There are already successful stability systems out there and after 2 or more years of development, that's the least of what they should have, is proper stability.
Also, just looking at it, it does not look like they have the multirotor redundancy in place, this looks like it's got 4 ducted fans propelling it. If one fails, down you go in spectacular fashion. Other companies all use at least 8 motor/rotor combos for redundancy purposes.
One matter these guys could be trying to solve is the exposure of the propellers and the overall size of the eVTOL, which are gigantic concerns. Personal aircraft conmuting will never be a thing with vehicles that could cut your limbs off with the minimal mistake, nor vehicles so big their existence basically creates a problem we don't currently have (where to park them). Size and propeller exposure could be one of the reasons this prototype is unstable. I guess the idea is to tune things up so it stops being so. Not only do we need stable aircrafts, we need them as small and secure as cars.
@@BarcadsONE dude, wheels are the same. If you fall under the wheel of a semitruck you die or get amputated.
@@alexisduarte8820 Not exactly, because wheels are aligned vertically and, in most vehicles, riders need to get out (throw themselves beneath or in front of the car after opening the door) in order to become vulnerable. Needless to say, motorcycles are statiscally more dangerous. Just being next to the vehicle is extremely risky here, it doesn't even need to be flying. Direct physical harm is not the only safety concern, though. There's a bigger margin for error on land in regards to objects crashing into the wheels. If something goes wrong, you may very well have the chance to just stop the vehicle. Besides, wheels are made to make contact with a solid. With aircrafts and propellers this margin is way smaller, and any accident can compromise the entire safety of not only the rider and passengers, but of the vehicle itself. Not just the one propeller affected. The propellers need to be protected for these eVTOL to become reliable conmuting alternatives. The thing is, doing so puts a lot of weight. It seems these guys are trying to tackle that problem.
@@BarcadsONE until this happens they should invent Propeller wich make no noise. I see people already complaining about the safety noise of Elektrik cars.
@Jac K Hey, it's not me xd; they literally state in their website having a compact and safe vehicle, and hidden propellers, as part of their objectives.
Congratulations, you seem to have built another multi-rotor aircraft model, albeit a really beautifully designed and cool looking one. Is it not just another quadcopter with a visually appealing body? How does this differ from other multi-rotor aircraft like the EHang air taxi, and other similarly powered multi-rotor aircraft?
It looks more futuristic, and has worse flight-controllers making it more unstable :P
the flight time will be considerably less than the ehang because it uses smaller ducted fans. I bet it has no other benefit other than looking cool
How does this differ from other multi-rotor aircraft ?
Let me answer that Starstream, see unlike you Decepticons our human technology and lack of "Energon" knowledge,this only allows us to use basic power sources, however with the help of Optimus prime and the Autobots along with our top human car/rocket desinger Elon Musk we are transitioning over to electric power sources, soon we will have flying cars to rival the Decepticons and our return to the Moon to raid more technology from your crashed ship. So its all about power sources to rival Energon.
As you know you're Enrgon super heats air incoming over your inlets and without moving blades literally redirects said superheat air out your exhaust, this is why us humans must use rotors.
@@ntal5859 nailed it 👌
It's just more expensive ESCs, Flight controllers and out runner motors. With a super light and fragile body mold around it. More than likely has terrible yaw authority as well, seeing its all enclosed like that. So ya what u said. Still damned cool looking tho
That's how loud the scaled down version is!
Imagine the noise from the full size version!
Imagine the noise from dozens even hundreds of theses above you!
Yep. That's just a scaled down DRONE, that level of noise doesn't even take in consideration the weight!!!!
Чуваки "придумали" большой и нестабильный квадрокоптер. Журналисты: - "О, Боги! Перед нами же будущее!!!"
I see a beautiful functioning prototype, keep up the good work! Because if you got this far, I would like to believe you are fully Intelligent and aware of all the criticisms on the instability of your Prototype that's being pointed out in the comments below. And, I hope none of your team members that may read some of the comments and become discouraged. Because you achieved your first goal by getting your prototype to fly. And I look forward to seeing your final well engineered fully functional flying aircraft that will be safe enough for any pilot to fly..
Mini and full size are always different.
Incredible. Here's a slogan: Doesn't matter which way, backwards or sideways; volar will get you there... or possibly somewhere else if too windy
Как же это круто влетит в землю, когда боковой порыв ветра перевернёт вверх ногами! 👍
That's a huge achievement. I wish you the best of luck on your research and development.
I have seen so many flying cars / prototypes over the last two years but this one I have to say I am most excited about. The design looks magnificent!
It looks pretty sick, ngl. The loudness or stability might be an issue, but I'm sure that will be resolved in the future.
It's actually probably the worst I've seen. It's basically a quadcopter with a cartoony shell designed to get people who don't understand physics and engineering excited because it looks like something they once saw in a movie.
@@CharveL88 lol finally someone gets it
Why dont they add ANTI GRAVITY DEVICE in it ???
@@haditjandradjaja8403 bro.
Finally a concept that doesn't look like it's been slapped together by the top-gear team. All other models just look like cars with foldable cessna wings attached or big rotar blades - not practical and will never sell. I'd invest in this. Well done!
Красивый дизайн! Именно так и должен выглядеть летающий автомобиль. Никаких крыльев и внешних воздушных винтов👍
The foundation is key. Shape is the easy part
It seems that the focus was on the design rather then function. It may look cool and attract interest but it won't sell if it doesn't work. It looks very unstable and the flight scenes are too short to make any conclusion. For a quad designing the front and back engines look to close together which will make it more wobbly than it has to be. Good work in any case, don't give up, i hope we can finally have a flying car.
Attractive design is a must at first , even more than functionality. Design attracts eyes of future customers and potential investors.If something is generally accepted by the public then they can start to invest in functionality and security.
@@jordan84504 This is disruptive technology and there most important is to prove that it works. Same as the first aircraft, did they cared for the design? I agree that design is important especially in attracting inventors but you can end up in a loop where the design is all you work on. And at the end you will need to sell to customers and in this case they will care if this is reliable more than how it look. Latter in the next iterations sure, people will value the design more.
@@autodev3682 thats how most startup are nowadays, just bets. There goal is to get people to invest in there business. whether ir works or not afterwards will be just luck or perseverance.
@@jordan84504 that is true, the investments are driven by the hype. In any case it is good that this is a time when we can investments like this.
Fighter jets are also inherently unstable on purpose to make them more maneuverable. This must be the sports model
Me gusta, me gusta me gusta, yo quisiera meterme mas en ese tipo de prototipos. saludos y bendiciones
i Love the Design.. Look very Futuristic..
Great esthetics but poor stability and the video cut just a split second before landing gives an unease feeling
Looks absolutely stunning! Would love to see a fully scaled proof of concept model and one day ride in a production model!! Optimism is the way people !! Cheers!!!
Wow! You did what drones have been doing for a long time!
It needs directional thrusters and this game is on! I am quite impressed thank you gentlemen thank you ladies!
Looks very unstable. plus using EDFs thats gonna be super inefficient at this point. there are way more stable manned aircraft already flying and on sale now. good job on the sleek sexy design though. good luck with manned version.
It's a scale model. Like all eVTOL's the full sized vehicle will have stability software.
@@martinw245 Models already DO have flight controllers to keep them steady; there is no reason for this model to be so unstable, especially given the time, money and supposed expertise they've ploughed into it...
@@martinw245 stabilizing should be the first thing they installed, unless they like the risk of crashing and burn more money.
@@dragilxcom4176 Of course not. It's a small scale model. No point in writing sophisticated coding and installing expensive computer stabilisation systems when all you are doing is testing basic parameters. It would be a waste of funding and require enrirely new code for a larger vehicle.
@@SuicideNeil Same applied to previous eVTOL's, the stability systems were later in the program. Propulsion system and basic parameters are verified first,.
Looks Great guys! Can't wait to see where this is going. Love the look of the design and especially how the rotors are incorporated into the body so that they don't stick out like a sore thumb! Great work!
Bout time they build these things. I used to get Car & Driver books when I was a kid and they had these in them back in the late 90’s
It's worth calling it a flying skycar at a really low level. I think we should study this compared to clumsy drones or flying vehicles using car runways similar to airplanes. Everyone is thinking, but if you don't make it, it becomes a reality when you create it, and everyone thinks about it. I praise the developer for his hard work. It's the future of the world's leading automakers' cars.
This looks amazing cant wait to see the final full scale with stability perfected. Well done team.
When you start prioritizing fancy accoutrements over aerodynamic efficiencies you're in trouble.
Great! Always new and better flying death traps!
HERMOSO DISEÑO de VTOL ! buen trabajo amigos
Congratulations, you just invented... a drone 😏
Looks great but it's a bit wobbly.
The design look extremely slick as heck
it's design is just like a super car's and it flies. Congratulation...
This is freaking awesome!!! Keep up the good work guys!! This looks like a step towards the future.
It looks very futuristic. Very cool! Add a few more rotors in the center for stability and safety in case one of them fails. 😀
Wow. That’s the future that I want.
The way it took off, seems to be pretty light weight, the design too look great.👏
Isso sim é digno de ser chamado de um carro voador !!!
Beautiful but as a drone pilot it looks unstable like your PID loop is set incorrectly
I love Dubai, it's a country that would still be some tents and lots of sand if it wasn't for all the western technology they have benefited from. Now they are well on the way to having legitimate flying cars.
Wobbly!! Out of control!! BOO!!
A bit too complex shape, but I like the flying car look. The rotor wing or turbofan inside the body make the vehicle very compact, but it is going to lose a bit selfbalance advantage than traditional drone. A bit early to say so, wish this project go smooth and be successful in future
Great! Wobbly. But with years more of design and research, stabilization seems to be the next hurdle.
There are gyro's in the flight controller. They can easily tune that out with software. They didn't even try with this demo. Super unimpressed.
Now that's a flying car that I would like to have in my garage.
It's so cool how you got it to wobble like that. Makes it look like it is on a string...
I may never own one but it is an amazing project to follow and see come to life! Is that still half scale?
Half length maybe, but it's much less than half weight and weight is the important thing here. If you care about actually building a finished product, and not just getting excitement and venture capital. In that case by all means spend your whole R&D budget on a sick body kit for a big toy drone.
Incredible. Beautiful. 😊
Yet, I'm afraid it won't be stable enough because of physics (because of too short leverages). But I may be wrong, it's not unusal. 🤘🏼
It's just a bad take on a drone. They made something that already exists worse. Not much of an accomplishment there.
Competition breeds/speeds innovation. Beautiful design, now bring us a full size that will carry a 200lb human for up to an hour.
WOW that looks amazing!!! I can’t wait to see it once you get the PIDs tuned to get some of that wobble out!! (I would DEFINITELY take an RC version right NOW)
YES YES YES....THATS WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT EXACTLY NOW THATS A REAL FLYING CAR FINALLY YOU ALL NAILED IT YOU HAD ONE JOB.
Love the design. Yes, but what I'm always concerned about is Safety Redundancies. The Black Fly does have those very redundancies. What bothers me is everyone is after the almighty-dollar. Everyone wants to be FIRST to "market". And THAT is what impedes true technological advances. Rather, everyone who has a serious interest to this level should come together for the best possible flying vehicle for personal use. MONEY has goosestepped us ALL into misery. Why the hell do you think "THEY" have been keeping US all on the ground for sooooooo long? The sooner we do away with the paradigm of money...the sooner our species will flourish along with the planet as a whole. 🌱🌎
Good part of transportation in the future...
this is like a child's idea of personal ultralight transportation. congratulations, it's the coolest looking death trap that'll never be sold to anyone lol
Without wings, this thing is going to be terribly inefficient… It looks good, but the performance is probably worse than a regular helicopter…
lmao this is just a drone
Covered by a Bat-mobile shell. Notice that while filmed in flight, you can't tell what size it is.
@@panamaya this is their half-scale test model. Someone else nailed it above in the comments, work on good looks later. There needs to be a few hundred million to be poured into this wobble machine before it flys anyone. pfft
I love this. I'm very excited to an actual hover car be made for society. As a business man that lives near the city and is looking to eventually move to the city, a hover car will definitely come in handy, especially if it can seat 5 people. I'm also looking forward to watching sports leagues that will be racing these vehicles. That is so cool. This is another good way to introduce how cool this kind of car will be. I look forward to building this car in the future, and being able to see different design concepts and suv versions of this vehicle.
The machines became aware.2023 man marvelled at his creation
I think this EVTOL is one of the most impressive designs out there today! Can't wait to see the public version and updated range in 2030! LETS GO GUYS !!!! :) I've already know what I want my shop to look like for eVTOL! :)
Ahhh... There's my flying car. Been looking for that everywhere. Congratulations!
Well I’ll ride in it… Good work guys. As soon as you have a full-size test model. Hit me up!!
Yeah ... I'm reading a lot of sarcasm and negativity in the comment section below, but I wonder if its jealousy ... they seem to be unaware / ignorant towards the fact that this is how far you are with this project to date !
I myself believe in research and development ... and I look forward to seeing future versions of this vehicle.
Good luck !
I gotta get me one of those!!!!........once it is full sized AND stable, of course! Congratulations to all the developers.
So, it's a drone with a fancy facade. Impressive.
your editing alone makes this dubious
Looks so radical. Something I'd love to have in the future.
You definitely win the looks department, but I, too, am concerned about the design stability. However, I'm sure you'll work all the bugs out with these tests. Great job!
Awesome 👏🏾 💯
Now, that is cool. Keep up the good work guys.
That was amazing!
Felt like looking into the future!
Looks great keep up the good work
Dude it's superbly designed.
Mind blowing, awesome. Mashallah
So clever! you start the eVTOL by scale size, and then perfect it, then increase scale to car size. Create the cockpit and put some action figures in it with a tiny camera and fly around :)
@L_O_W_K_E_Y-G
What’s your point m8?
I think it’s still pretty clever...
Are you a keyboard ninja or a troll?
Impresionante solución.
This will sell good just based on looks. Nice design!
The coolest VTOL I've ever seen!
For a designer like me, that's a treat. 😋
Can't wait to send my wife to the store in this.
This is beautiful. Good work you guys have done.
I gather that long lasting clean energy is the only holdup for a true breakthrough right now.
That was a flying rc btw hopefully the full size one will be more stable
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GREAT WORK GREAT BRAIN MAY YOU ACCOMPLISH YOUR MISSION
Wow, you have set the bar for others to try and meet or beat. Let the competitions for the best VTOL begin. Oh and I love it, this should open a bunch of doors and make stuff available to the average person. Great work! Can’t wait for more videos
Other companies have already working full size prototypes that already carry a person, this is just a fancy rc quadcopter and not a good one, stabilization is crap on this one, they didn't innovated in any way
Interstletar has come!
It's beautiful work, don't give up, always better and better for better life and future 🥰🥰🥰
Model plane flies. Yippee…. Triffic…. Wonderful
Avola Team, don't give up. This team is making the next big thing.
Молодцы. Нужно развиваться в плане реактивных ЛА. А то винтовые это уже не актуально
Hope to se a full scale in the future !! Keep up the good work 👍👍👍
This is a good looking vehicle. Looks like a flying supercar.
Well...awesome does happen from time to time.
Now see THIS is exactly how a personal 21Century car should look like if you asked anyone from the 1970 / 80s this is what they thought of it looks like its just come from the film Bladerunner this is awesome i want one !
looking good. improve more and stable it. best wishes