The GoFly Prize is an innovation competition that hopes to be the catalyst for the creation of personal flyers as a first step towards transforming the future of transportation with flying cars, flying motorcycles, hoverboards, jetpacks, human-carrying drones, and other personal flyers. The challenge’s Final Fly-off was held on Leap Day (February 29) at Moffett Federal Airfield’s NASA Ames Research Center, with Team teTra of Japan winning the Pratt & Whitney $100,000 Disruptor Award.
Team teTra Wins $100,000 Disrupter Award at GoFly Final Fly-off
Key Takeaways:
- The GoFly Prize, a global innovation competition for personal flyers, held its Final Fly-off, drawing 854 teams from 103 countries over two years.
- Team teTra from Japan won the $100,000 Pratt & Whitney Disruptor Award for their unique teTra 3 design, which was remotely operated due to battery limitations.
- The $1,000,000 Boeing Grand Prize remains unclaimed, as no team's device could meet the stringent flight demonstration requirements for speed, endurance (20+10 minutes), and a 200-lb payload.
- Despite current technological limitations, particularly in battery power and certification, experts anticipate a significant future for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and personal flight.
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