Japanese Flying Car Skydrive

Japan s skydrive inc among the myriads of flying car projects around the world has carried out a successful though modest test flight with one person aboard.

Japanese flying car skydrive. Local media outlets said it was the first public demonstration for a flying car in japanese history. Flying cars are beginning to look a little like the zippy airborne rides science fiction once promised. Japan s skydrive has successfully tested a single passenger electric vertical takeoff and. Japan s flying car skydrive is powered by 8 independent electric motors and has been in development since 2014.

Tomohiro fukuzawa who heads the skydrive effort said he hopes the flying car can be made into a real life product by 2023 but he acknowledged that making it safe was critical. It looks like a passenger drone but the flying car skydrive is currently in its test phase and the next steps will be at wheels. A japanese company has announced the successful test drive of a flying car. Last month japan showcased its own flying car skydrive build by the company toyota.

Skydrive s sd 03 prototype in which. A video was released on friday. The vehicle uses eight propellers to stay in the air and it managed to hover six feet above. A japanese startup with financial backing from toyota has successfully tested a flying car and hopes to make the vehicle available to consumers in three years.

Tokyo based skydrive showed off a test flight of its sd 03 flying car model earlier this month in the japanese city of toyota.