An electric plane for personal mobility at the Dubai Airshow

The Swiss company Manta Aircraft has demonstrated a model of a hybrid electric aircraft that takes off and landes vertically, or takes off and lands on a short runway.

According to the company, its new plane combines the advantages of helicopters and traditional planes, and that it meets the need to travel with small planes for personal transportation for short distances, because it is able to take off and land in areas where there are no long take-off and landing runways, as it is sufficient for it to achieve this within a distance not exceeding the total length of the plane. Three vertical helipads, enabling it to take off vertically and then fly horizontally like conventional aircraft.

The company offers two models of the aircraft's prototype, and both models are based on a hybrid drive system consisting of an electric motor and an engine powered by fossil fuels.

The electric motor relies on the battery to fly for short distances, while the conventional engine allows the aircraft to fly for a distance of 600 km before refueling again. The maximum speed of this aircraft reaches 300 km per hour, which means that it is able to fly for about two hours before needing to refuel.

And because this model of the aircraft is capable of vertical landing and takeoff, when flying short distances, the user can charge the aircraft's batteries from electric car charging stations on the road.

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