ISilicon Valley startup Opener isanda kuqala ukuboniswa Umnyama Izindiza ze-VTOL kulo nyaka I-AirVenture Oshkosh ukuboniswa komoya eWisconsin. Kuthathwa ngokuthi “indiza yokuqala yamandla kagesi engaguquki eyedlula yonke / eqondile yokuhamba nokufika (ESTOL / VTOL) emhlabeni,” indiza ehlala umuntu oyedwa ayidingi ilayisensi yokushayela noma idinga amakhono ahlukile , yize kuzodinga ukuthi uthathe isivivinyo esibhaliwe se-FAA Privet Pilot kanye nokujwayela iBlackfly.
Le ndiza ene-ultra-light ibisathuthukiswa ingxenye engcono yeminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye futhi ithole izindiza zokuhlola eziyi-1,400+, ezihlanganisa amamayela ayi-12,000+, nezindiza ezigunyazwe ngokuphelele zase-USA. Akusona umgijimi webanga elide, ngoba unebanga lamamayela angama-40 kanye nesivinini sokuhamba ngesikebhe esingu-75 kuya ku-80 mph, okwenza kube yisinqumo esihle kakhulu kulabo abahamba bayosebenza emadolobheni asezindaweni zasemakhaya.
Onjiniyela be-Opener baklame i-Blackfly besebenzisa i-epoxy eqinise i-carbon fiber, bayenza ingasindi kuma-313lbs nje. Kunamaphiko amabili e-cantilever tandem ngaphambili nangemuva kwendiza, ngalinye lifakwe ophephela bezinsimbi ezine zokuphikisa ezijikelezayo ezinikwe amandla ama-motors kagesi ayisishiyagalombili (ngomthamo kaphethiloli we-12KWh), ohlinzeka ngama-42hp lilinye.
Ngokungafani nezinye izindiza ze-VTOL ezisebenzisa i-tilt-wing noma i-tilt-rotor design ukuze indize, iBlackfly iyaliguqula iphimbo lalo- lapho limile, izimpiko (neziphepheleli) zitshekile ziba ngu-450 engela. Lapho indiza inyuka ibheke phezulu indiza, indiza iphakamisa ama-450, evumela ophephela ukuthi badonse babheke phezulu, behambisa umoya phezu kwamaphiko. Ngokundiza okuqhubekayo okuvundlile, indiza iphonsa phansi ama-450, ibeka amaphiko neziphepheleli ku-engeli efanelekile yokuhlasela edingeka ku-cruise ezingeni.
Ukundiza iBlackfly kubonakala kulula, njengoba izilawuli zomshayeli zinezinti zokulawula ukulawula iphimbo, ukugoqa, nokuzamula ngenkinobho yesithupha ukulawula ukuphakama. Lonke uhlelo luyipulatifomu ye-fly-by-wire esetshenzisiwe ephindwe kathathu enezinhlaka zokulawulwa kwendiza ezilawulwa yi-software, futhi inezindlela zokulawula ukuhamba ngezikebhe, indawo ezenzakalelayo, ukubiyelwa kweGeo, kanye nenketho yokubuyela ekhaya.
Okwamanje akwaziwa ukuthi iBlackfly izotholakala nini emakethe, kodwa muva nje isitatimende sephephandaba evela enkampanini ithi lapho itholakala, "bazonikela ngamanani entengo yokuncintisana ngomzamo wentando yeningi yokuhamba komuntu uqobo."
