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В США канадский стартап Opener представил прототип летающего автомобиля — одноместный мультикоптер BlackFly. Разработка машины велась на протяжении последних 10 лет. Всего за время испытаний было проведено 1400 полетов общей протяженностью 19 300 км. 
Длина аппарата составляет четыре метра, высота — полтора метра. Мультикоптер рассчитан на одного пассажира весом не более 113 кг и ростом не выше двух метров. Машина работает от электродвигателя и может пролететь до 40 км без подзарядки. Максимальная скорость — 62 км в час.
Летающий автомобиль поступит в продажу в Канаде в 2019 г. Его стоимость сравнима со стоимостью внедорожника. Как выглядит BlackFly‍, смотрите в нашей фотогалерее

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BlackFly is latest attempt at flying car A flying car that will not require a pilot's licence to operate has been unveiled in California.BlackFly can travel for up to 25 miles (40km) at a speed of 62mph. Its makers say it will eventually cost the same as a typical sports-utility car, but early models will be more expensive.Kitty Hawk - another US start-up, which is backed by Google co-founder Larry Page - is also testing a personal aircraft in Las Vegas.Several other rival flying cars are in development across the globe. BlackFly's creator is the Palo Alto-based firm Opener. The car has been tested in Canada, where the country’s aviation authority has authorised its use.Like Kitty Hawk, BlackFly could perhaps be more accurately described as a human-carrying drone. The vehicle carries one person in a small cockpit, powered by “eight propulsion systems, spread across two wings”. It works best, Opener says, when taking off and landing from grassy surfaces.'Total command'“Watching BlackFly take flight just blew me away,” said Darren Pleasance, director of the US Experimental Aircraft Association. “I’ve never seen anything like it.”While the vehicle will not require a pilot's licence, Opener said as a precaution riders would have to undergo a training programme in order to become acquainted. “Even though not required by Federal Aviation Administration regulations, BlackFly operators will be required to successfully complete the FAA Private Pilot written examination and also complete company-mandated vehicle familiarisation and operator training, it said.Opener’s chief executive Marcus Leng said the on-board controls offered “instant gratification”.“You have total command of three-dimensional space,” he told CBS News correspondent John Blackstone.“When you press the thumb-stick to climb, you have absolute full control. When you stop in the middle of the air and go off the joystick, the aircraft freezes. “And when I say freezes… it literally freezes in the air.”BlackFly News Today, Breaking News, Breaking news today, US News, UK News, trump news, World news