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, an innovation competition aimed at developing personal flying devices for future transportation, concluded its Final Fly-off at NASA Ames Research Center.
- Team teTra of Japan won the Pratt & Whitney $100,000 Disruptor Award for their innovative design.
- The $1,000,000 Boeing Grand Prize remains unclaimed as none of the competing teams were able to meet the stringent flight demonstration requirements, particularly concerning endurance and payload.
- Despite the grand prize remaining unwon, participants expressed strong optimism for the future of urban air mobility (UAM), anticipating its widespread adoption once battery technology advances sufficiently.
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