Takeshi Akasaka, a lecturer at the Department of Aviation Systems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, and Akihiro Unno, a fourth-year student at the same department, will participate as the development center members of the 8-seater electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft "flying car" from Japan.
A "flying car" that can run and fly, which is attracting worldwide attention.Even in Japan, the development of new services and issues in each region, such as shortening the time required for traveling in urban areas, improving the convenience of traveling in remote islands and mountainous areas, and speeding up emergency transportation and goods transportation in the event of a disaster. It is expected that it will lead to the solution of.
The Manufacturing Industries Bureau of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Civil Aviation Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism also became the secretariat for the realization of "flying cars" and established the public-private council "Public-Private Council for the Air Mobility Revolution". On August 2018, 8, the "29st Public-Private Council for the Mobile Revolution in the Air" was held, and the members of the council, Drone Fund, CARTIVATOR, Nippon Electric Co., Ltd., Pro Drone Co., Ltd., Tetra Aviation Co., Ltd., Temma Co., Ltd., and Uber Technologies Inc. announced the future image of air movement.
Lecturer Akasaka of Kanazawa Institute of Technology and Mr. Unno will participate in Temma Co., Ltd., an electric aircraft venture company established in July 2018. He is also a member of the "Public-Private Council for the Air Mobile Revolution". Temma will develop an 7-seater hybrid eVTOL (Electric Vertical Take Off and Landing).It is a hybrid system that combines a battery and a gas turbine generator, and is expected to travel at a cruising speed of 8km / h, which is twice the speed of a helicopter, and at medium distances (2km to 300km).Take off vertically from the familiar landing site Vertiport (vertical takeoff and landing airfield) and fly to your destination. We aim to minimize the total travel time and optimize costs by achieving airworthiness certification in 50 and linking with existing trains, buses, ride sharing services, etc. to realize autonomous driving.
Reference: [Kanazawa Institute of Technology] Lecturer Takeshi Akasaka of the Department of Aviation Systems Engineering and Akihiro Unno, a 8th year student of the same department, participated as the development center members of the 4-seater electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft "flying car" from Japan.
[Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry] Establish "Public-Private Council for the Air Mobile Revolution"
