A ‘flying car’ being developed in Turkey has completed its first test flight. The craft, known as the ‘Cezeri’, has been designed and engineered locally.
While local media refers to it as a flying car, it is in fact a quadcopter that provides seating for one person and vertical take-off and landing capabilities. During the recent test flight, the Cezeri was flown several feet above the ground via remote control.
The technical director behind Bayker Makina that has produced the craft, Selçuk Bayraktar, is the son-in-law of Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and believes that it will take 10-15 years before the Cezeri becomes a common form of transportation in Turkey. Before that happens, he thinks it will be used for recreational purposes in rural areas in 3-4 years.
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“After smart cars, the revolution in automotive technology will be in flying cars. So from this point of view, we are preparing for tomorrow’s races, rather than today’s,” he said in a statement reported by AA.
The craft’s name is inspired by Ismail al-Jazari who was a renowned Muslim engineer who lived between 1136 and 1206. Bayker Makina already produces drones for both armed and non-armed forces as well as control systems, simulators, and avionics systems. Bayraktar has confirmed that plans are in place to conduct test flights with a human pilot.
The Cezeri is made up of our large quadcopter-like blades that provide it with the necessary lift to get it off the ground. Hanging below these blades is a small passenger cell clad in glass.