If we talk about the company Kitty Hawk it probably doesn't sound like anything to you. Perhaps you can understand something more when we begin to deal with the issue that this company is one of the companies that is currently investing the most economic resources in a project where they are working on the development of the first autonomous drones equipped with the capacity to transport people inside, something that they have begun to demonstrate in their first field tests.
Despite all this, it may or may not seem interesting to you, tell you that what really draws your attention in this whole matter and identifies why this company has had so many funds since its inception, is that its founder is himself Larry Page, co-founder of Google and who, according to certain analysts, has invested more than 100 million dollars of his personal money in the development of Cora.
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What is Cora? Why does it stand out from other competitors?
As you well know, today there are already several companies working on the development of what has been called the taxi of the future. In the specific case of Cora we are talking about a kind of drone equipped with 12 engines capable of making the aerial vehicle ascend and descend vertically, as if it were a helicopter, as well as totally specific software that does it operate completely autonomouslyThat is, it can go from one location to another without the need for a pilot to control it remotely from the inside or outside.
Going into a little more detail, tell you that the vehicle designed by Kitty Hawk specialists, once it has ascended and is in the air, is capable of running at a speed. top speed of up to 177 kilometers per hour at altitudes that are located between 500 and 3.000 feet. Considering other types of data, tell you that we are talking about a system of about 11 meters of wingspan that moves completely electrically with a autonomy that touches 100 kilometers.
Faced with her rivals, who seem to be betting on a kind of large drone, Kitty Hawk bets with Cora for a much friendlier design. As you can see in the images, a kind of plane has been created whose propellers are located on the wings of the same, both in the front of the wing and in the rear. In a security post, the engineers have opted to provide Cora with three completely independent flight computers so that if one fails, the drone can continue to function. The rotors are also completely independent and, if all else fails, the ship has been equipped with a parachute that is capable of making it land without the need for its engines to be turned on.
After many years of development, the Larry Page funded drone taxi will finally begin testing in the open field.
As we said at the beginning, after a personal investment by Larry Page of more than 100 million dollars in the development of this project and, after waiting many years, it seems that it has finally taken shape. Such is the progress that the project is currently in that, after successfully carrying out all the performance tests indoors, the time has finally come to start carrying out different Field tests.
This is precisely one of the most delicate points of the project due, among other things, to the limitations imposed by the different administrations. To finally solve this problem, the company financed by the co-founder of Google has contacted the government of New Zealand, which, according to its own Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, during her last statements to the press, has reached an agreement with the company so that it can test its vehicles in the country.