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Flying China 4 2018
Flying China 4 2018
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Market Watch<br />
行 业 观 察<br />
Felix Oerley of Lilium explains to<br />
Prime Minister Söder and Minister<br />
of Economic Affairs Franz Josef<br />
Pschierer about the eVTOL from<br />
Oberpfaffenhofen in the Hofgarden<br />
in Munich.<br />
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the simulator of the company AutoFlightX and a drone<br />
of the company Quantum to have a taste of the control.<br />
Afterwards, the cabinet announced the entry into the new<br />
transport technology. The area should be located in the<br />
southwest of Munich. Central area becomes the test airport<br />
Oberpfaffenhofen - the former<br />
Airfield of the company Dornier. Start vertically has a tradition<br />
here: Dorniers started there 50 years ago Whiz kid<br />
Do-31. The test area will extend from Oberpfaffenhofen<br />
to the west and south. For the safety reason, there will be<br />
redundant flight control system with which the autonomous<br />
flights can be consistently monitored.<br />
AUTONOMOUS FLYING AND DRIVING IN<br />
BAVARIA<br />
Since there is a program in Bavaria on the highway A9<br />
at the same time for testing autonomous driving, there is<br />
a possibility to a later connection for synergies and the<br />
know-how transfer between the two transportation methods.<br />
Further cooperation, for example, with the automobile<br />
companies could the “Second Life” use of disused<br />
car batteries combined with solar-powered ground charging<br />
stations for the eVTOLs. Today Oberpfaffenhofen<br />
is a research aerodrome of the Bavarian state government.<br />
In addition to research institutes such as ESA and<br />
DLR, there are also several eVTOL and drone companies<br />
including Lilium, Quantum and AutoFlightX the newly<br />
founded company of one of the e-flight pioneers Mr.<br />
Tian Yu. Besides these companies Volocopter (located<br />
in Baden-Wuerttemberg) has also obliged to set up<br />
a branch in Oberpfaffenhofen. Of course, Siemens is<br />
also on board. Siemens, as a global corporation based<br />
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