Electric flying vehicle lands, takes off on water

After years under development, flying vehicles of various types are coming with new and innovative features.

One creative feature a single-passenger eVTOL (electric takeoff and landing) vehicle startup created is the ability for its craft to land and take off on water.

In a new video, the Ryse Aero Tech electric aerial vehicle Recon can be seen flying, landing on a lake, powering down, starting up and taking off from the lake.

During filming, the Recon was flown by Ryse founder and CEO Mick Kowitz, who also is a licensed pilot.

“The vehicle actually checks for when a water landing is about to happen and makes sure the floats are inflated properly before it lets you land,” Kowitz told me.

Kowitz said he was not concerned about landing on a lake since every Recon is floated in a pool for 30 minutes before it is ever flown.

The Recon has six propulsion modules and is flown by joystick controls and has six independent outrigger floats and two fuselage floats for water landings.

It also has six waterproof removable batteries for about 20 minutes of flight time.

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