HOW DRONES COULD BE CHANGING OUR DAILY COMMUTE

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HOW DRONES COULD BE CHANGING OUR DAILY COMMUTE
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• Most people use conventional modes of transport
  to get to work every day, such as buses, cars,
  trains and bicycles, and while we may moan about
  rising fuel costs or complain about the
  punctuality and standards of public transport,
  until there is an alternative mode of travel,
  there is little to do but accept it. But imagine
  if you could fly to the office
• Recent images have been shown in the media of
  manned autonomous drones being used as a mode of
  transport, catching the imagination of the public
  and inspiring thoughts of a very different daily
  commute. The so-called passenger drone is looking
  to provide us all with urban air transportation.

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• Drones and our daily commute
• In the past couple of years multiple tests have
  been carried out on autonomous drones to see
  exactly what their capabilities are when it comes
  to carrying a passenger. Naturally the passenger
  would also be the pilot of the drone, and it goes
  without saying that the pilot must have completed
  adequate training before they were permitted to
  take to the skies. That said, the pilot or
  passenger can choose to operate the drone
  manually or select their destination on the
  control panel, and simply sit back and read the
  morning newspaper until they arrive.

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• One such experimental vehicle has been named the
  red vehicle and at the time of writing, can fly
  at a top speed of around 45mph, with a flight
  range of up to 25 minutes.
• Testing the passenger drone
• Rigorous testing of what has become known as the
  VTOL, or vertical take off and landing craft, has
  been carried out and the vehicle has been under
  intense scrutiny ever since. Tests carried out by
  the company responsible for creating the
  passenger drone, have included flight simulations
  with a variety of payload weights, simulated
  engine failures and control modes, and many more
  such experiments before the drone could be tested
  in the field.

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• Once these tests had proved that the vehicle
  could be manned safely, a pilot was placed
  onboard and it underwent further rigorous
  testing, the results of which were a resounding
  success. The first flight ever carried out of a
  manned drone was shown to the public last year as
  part of the official launch process of the
  vehicle, and the flight was around 4kms in
  distance.
• Could drones really see us flying to work?
• The spokesman for the drone company responsible
  for designing the manned craft certainly seems to
  think so, stating that manned drones have the
  potential to radically transform how we get from
  a to b, and have the potential to drastically
  reduce wasted commuting time,

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• such as that which is incurred while waiting for
  transport to arrive, traffic jams and so forth.
• Many are sceptical and believe that if nothing
  else, the cost will prevent drones from ever
  becoming affordable enough to be used for our
  daily commutes, but this may not be true. In
  fact, experts say that the cost of manned drones
  is much lower than people think and will soon
  become affordable for individuals, businesses or
  even governments the world over.
• With 16 electric engines, the passenger drone
  makes very little noise, can travel at high
  speeds, and with zero emissions, is wholly
  environmentally friendly.

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• But do you see yourself flying to the office
  every morning? It may take a while before these
  vehicles are in regular use, and unless people
  feel confident travelling in them, it may never
  happen at all, but the future of flying is
  certainly changing.
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