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Future Small Helicopters

E-Volo's "multi-copter"
Gemini Sparkle

Key Takeaways:

  • The e-volo personal helicopter is an innovative sixteen-propeller electric multicopter with an automatic navigation system, designed for personal air travel and aiming for expanded flight times and multi-seat versions.
  • The Northrop Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout is an unmanned military rotorcraft (UAV) developed from the Schweizer 333, intended for combat missions with armaments despite past incidents and ongoing challenges with operational crashes.
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While ultra-modern prototypes like the Sikorsky X2 and Eurocopter X3 are garnering most of the attention, two small, innovative helicopters are set to make their marks on the rotorcraft industry as well.

The first of these is the e-volo personal helicopter, the ingenious result of a collective effort of a group of German professionals who have created a sixteen-propeller rotorcraft that just might give us a glimpse into the future of air travel.

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