Now the machine is at the assembly stageIn the Russian Design Bureau “Sukhoi” the assembly of the first sample of a cargo drone with vertical take-off “Atlas” has begun. Discuss
The length of the aircraft is more than 7 meters, the wingspan is more than 11 meters. The power plant that the Atlas prototype received was a gasoline engine and vertical take-off electric motors. The aircraft's speed is 250 km/h, its payload is 200 kg, and its trunk volume is 2 cubic meters. At this time, it turns on the pusher propeller, with the help of which it accelerates and goes into horizontal flight like an airplane, ”said Evgeny Rubtsov, project manager.
Source: Izvestia