Metro Hop Plane
With the development of electric aviation, aircraft with a shortened take-off can become a real alternative to aircraft with vertical take-off. The latter spend too much energy during takeoff and landing, thereby significantly limiting the "useful" range of their flight.
The electric plane, designed by Metro Hop, solves this problem by taking a short take-off from a runway not exceeding 25 meters. The new machine will be equipped with large wings and an unusual chassis with integrated electric motors, with which the aircraft will quickly gain the necessary speed for takeoff.
STOL
In addition, the chassis will be equipped with special levers that provide lifting/lowering and deflection of the body back to ensure maximum lift and resistance when necessary. Thanks to this know-how, the new aircraft will be able to reach a cruising speed of up to 250 km / h and make flights of up to 200 km. At the moment of landing, the landing gear legs will soften the sharp push on contact with the runway. Metro Hop considers STOL (Short takeoff and landing-this is the short takeoff technology for takeoff) as an alternative to the air VTOL taxi . At the same time, the developers propose to use the roofs of skyscrapers with a length of about 60 meters as GDP, which will cost much less in terms of energy consumption than the use of electric VTOL. However, the problem is that there are not so many buildings with such roofs in the world yet. Another option is to use the Metro Hop aircraft as a carrier of small cargo on intra-city and intercity routes.
