Il-Fondazzjoni Russa għal Proġetti ta’ Riċerka Avvanzata ħabbret li laboratorju speċjali ġie stabbilit fl-Istitut tar-Riċerka Aeronawtika tas-Siberja sabiex jinħoloq “mudell ta’ dimostrazzjoni fuq skala sħiħa ta’ drone tat-trasport ultra-qasir tat-tlugħ u l-inżul bi propulsjoni ibrida (a karozza li ttir),” hekk kif ir-Russja ngħaqdet mal-craze tat-taxi tal-ajru.
Ix-xjentisti mill-akbar belt tas-Siberja, Novosibirsk, kellhom il-kompitu li jiżviluppaw dik li tista’ ssir l-ewwel karozza li ttir tal-pajjiż fl-erba’ snin li ġejjin.
Jekk kollox imur kif ippjanat, il-mudell ikun iddisinjat u ttestjat bis-sħiħ f’mina tar-riħ kif ukoll fl-arja u fl-art sal-2023. Il-vettura mistennija tkun tista’ tkopri distanza ta’ aktar minn 1,000km bl-ajru, filwaqt li miexi b’veloċità ta’ aktar minn 300kph. Id-drone se jeħtieġ kuxxinett tal-inżul ta’ 50 metru sabiex jopera.
Karozzi li jtajru issa qed jiġu żviluppati b'mod attiv madwar id-dinja bħala mezz biex jiġi evitat it-traffiku fuq l-art u jitnaqqas it-tniġġis.
Għad irid jara min se jirbaħ it-tellieqa biex jipproduċi l-ewwel karozza li ttir Russa. F'Awwissu, proġett immexxi mill-istat, AeroNet, li fih qed jieħdu sehem manifatturi ta 'inġenji tal-ajru rinomati bħal Sukhoi u Ilyushin, wiegħed li jniedi mudell sperimentali tat-taxi tad-drone tal-ajru tiegħu stess fl-2025.
X'GĦANDEK NEĦĦED MINN DAN L-ARTIKOLU:
- If everything goes to plan, the model will be designed and fully tested in a wind tunnel as well as in the air and on the ground until 2023.
- In August, a state-run project, AeroNet, in which renowned aircraft manufacturers such as Sukhoi and Ilyushin are taking part, promised to launch an experimental model of its own aerial drone taxi in 2025.
- Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects announced that a special laboratory was established at Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute in order to create “a full-scale demonstration model of an ultra-short takeoff and landing transport drone with hybrid propulsion (a flying car),” as Russia has joined the air taxi craze.
