Increasingly, innovations are taking over the sports world at the competition level, as racing on asphalt is no longer the only attraction, as categories such as the E1 Series that will debut on the water or the Airspeeder that will do the same in the air taking hold of a new era of racing that promises to go in style.
Many people were surprised when the Airspeeder’s flying car, the electric MK3, was introduced, capable of developing up to 200 kilometers per hour without a crew, weighing only 130 kilograms. Plus, it can accelerate from 0 to 62 miles per hour in just 2.8 seconds, just like a Tesla Model S or Porsche Taycan can.
The truth is that for 2021, Airspeeder has planned three exhibition races without a crew, but its mentality of progress and ambition goes beyond that, setting the goal of flying with pilots in 2022 to provide a true air race with passes, excitement, adrenaline and human touch from the car to add more tension.
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The development of the MK3 has allowed it to return around 10 to 15 minutes on a single battery charge, being quickly replaced by the engineering team in just under 20 seconds to add that feeling of pressure when the aerial vehicle has to make its stop in the pits, as if it were a race on asphalt.
Airspeeder with Formula 1 and Nascar technology
In addition, it has a system similar to that of Formula 1 and Nascar with respect to its removable battery, forcing the engineers to make successful stops and strategies to try to win the races, since its pilots must, at least, stop three times in the pit lane to replace batteries in a competition lasting approximately 45 minutes.
On the other hand, let us remember that the Airspeeder MK3 was able to successfully pass its first flight test in South Australia, being supervised by the Civil Aviation Security Authority of that country, managing to take another step towards formal structuring in the category that promises to turn heads as soon as you start.
“The important thing about our program is to keep the vehicles in constant development cycles. So instead of trying to build a vehicle and then certify it for 10 years, we are trying to build new aircraft every year,” said Matthew Pearson, Visionary and Founder of Airspeeder.
Written by | Ronald Ortega
