The American company Opener has presented Blackfly, Opener has said “it is the first VTOL personal used aircraft and the fixed wing is totally electric, ultralight and American”. The brand has secured that air personal vehicle will be so easy to drive and will not require any driver formal license or special knowledges to drive it.
This vehicle will be able to fly until 40 kilometres at the speed of 99 km/h, according to the United States restrictions. Opener’s CEO, Marcus Leng, has said that they to want that Blackfly could be offered into a competitive price and “democratize the three-dimensional personal transportation” to achieve that this type of mobility could be used in rural and urban places.
The develop of this vehicle has taken time, the company has worked nine years on it and has made more than 14 thousand flights and go across more than 19,000 kilometres. Opener has not revealed the exact date of the launch of this model neither the exact price, but it will not take a lot of time until they reveal it.
The mobility is changing a lot in the last few years, we have seen many flying cars projects, although flying hotels and cars that looks like helicopters and can be driven over the road and over the skies. We will be in attention to see what the companies are preparing for the future, but it seems to be so bright.
Adrian Delgado
