Attention people: this is a flying car drag race video
Spend a minute of your day watching this – the world’s first timed electric flying car drag race
Ever seen a pair of electric flying cars in a quarter-mile drag race? Nope, didn’t think so. This is the first one ever, so take a minute of your day (yep, literally just a minute) to watch this very cool piece of history being created. You’re welcome.
We’ve been following the Airspeeder series for a while now, and the company behind it – Alauda Aeronautics – is now saying that this drag race was pre-season testing ahead of a remotely-piloted Grand Prix season starting in 2022. That’ll then act as a feeder and development series for the crewed Airspeeder Racing setup starting at some point in the future…
This drag race was an in-house effort with Alauda splitting itself into two teams to take on each other. Spoiler alert: the red liveried team somehow crossed the line 3.2 seconds ahead of those in black. Both were Mk3 Speeders that flew 10m above the ground at over 60mph.
Airspeeder described the quarter-mile drag race as a “landmark moment in the future of motorsport”. Thoughts, Internet?
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