South Korea’s TIE Unveils eVTOL Prototype

Tilting quadcopter propulsion units have yet to be installed on the prototype.

Credit: This Is Engineering
South Korean drone maker This Is Engineering (TIE) has unveiled a full-scale prototype of its planned autonomous passenger electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi, the Shift Compson. Photographs posted on Feb. 1 show the airframe of the two-seat prototype is complete and local media...
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