Izithuthuthu ezindizayo: Isivinini sakusasa

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• Igama lomlobi

  I-Quantumrun Foresight
• January 17, 2023

IJetpack Aviation (JPA) yaseCalifornia ibike (ngowezi-2021) indiza yokuhlola eyimpumelelo ye-Speeder, okuyisibonelo sezithuthuthu esizinza, esinamandla endiza. Lesi sibonelo kanye nezinye ezifana naso zenzelwe uhambo oluguquguqukayo noluqhubekayo. 

Umongo wesithuthuthu esindizayo

I-Speeder ingaqalisa futhi yehlele ezindaweni eziningi, ithatha cishe indawo efanayo nemoto yomthengi evamile noma i-sedan. Ingase futhi ihlelelwe indiza ezimele. Idizayini yokuqala ibifuna ama-turbines amane, kodwa umkhiqizo wokugcina uhlanganisa eziyisishiyagalombili ekhoneni ngalinye ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuphepha ngokuphelelwa amandla. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iSpeeder esilinganiselwa ku-136-kilogram singathwala isisindo esiphindwe kabili. Lesi silinganiso sokulayisha usayizi wokukhokha sihlukanisa i-Speeder kwezinye izimoto ezisuka phezulu nezihlala phansi (VTOL). Okokugcina, isikrini sokuzulazula esingamayintshi angu-12, izilawuli zesandla, nesistimu yomsakazo nakho kufakiwe kudivayisi.

Inguqulo ye-Speeder 2.0 ye-prototype ethuthukisiwe ihlolwa kakhulu ngaphambi kokuba kuqhutshekwe nezinqubo zokukhiqiza. Ukuhlola okwengeziwe kwaqala ekuqaleni kuka-2022, ngenguqulo esebenzisekayo yezentengiselwano elungile ngo-2023. I-JPA yasebenzisana ne-Prometheus Fuels, Inc. ukusebenzisa uphethiloli wayo we-net-carbon onguziro ongamaphesenti angu-100. I-JPA ihlela nokwenza izinguqulo zezentengiso zamasosha, abaphenduli bokuqala, kanye nezinhlangano zokuphepha zomphakathi. Njengoba isesigabeni sangaphambi kokukhiqizwa, asikho isakhiwo esilawula lolu hlobo lwemoto. Ngenxa yalokho, ingasetshenziswa kuphela endaweni yangasese namathrekhi omjaho. Noma kunjalo, i-JPA isivele iqalile ukuthatha ama-oda wangaphambilini wezimoto zabathengi, okuzoqala ku-$380,000 USD. 

Umthelela ophazamisayo

Imithetho emisha neziqondiso kuzodingeka zibhekelele ukuvela kwezimoto zomuntu siqu ze-VTOL njengesithuthuthu esindizayo. Lo msebenzi womthetho uzodinga ukubambisana okubalulekile phakathi kwenhlangano, isifunda/isifundazwe, kanye nezigungu zikahulumeni zikamasipala, ezidinga ukuhlela imithetho ebuyekeziwe ukuze kuqashwe indawo yomoya yasekhaya yama-VTOL, kuphoqelelwe imithetho yezokuphepha, futhi kubhekwane nokuthuthukiswa okungenzeka kwengqalasizinda yethrafikhi. 

Isibonelo, njengokushintshela ezimotweni zikagesi, lezi zithuthuthu zikagesi ze-VTOL zingadinga ingqalasizinda yamandla ethuthukisiwe (ngokufanelekile) ukuze kusetshenziswe imithombo yamandla avuselelekayo njengamandla elanga nawomoya. Khonamanjalo, ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuphepha, lezi zimoto zizodinga izindlela zokuphepha ezisebenzayo, njengezinzwa nezinhlelo zokuxwayisa, ukuvimbela ukushayisana nezinye izingozi. Okungase kube nokukhathazeka ukuthi, ngokwanda kokusatshalaliswa kwama-drones asemadolobheni kanye nokugadwa, izimoto ezindizayo ezizimele zingase zishintshe ukuhamba kwezimoto ziye esibhakabhakeni.

Ukwethulwa kwendlela yokuthutha enjalo yekusasa kodwa ebizayo nakho kungase kube uphawu lwesimo—okungenani, kuyilapho ubuchwepheshe bungakakwazi ukukhiqizwa ngobuningi. Njengokuvakasha kwasemkhathini, lezi zimoto kungenzeka zifinyeleleke kwabacebile kuphela futhi zikhethe izikhungo zikahulumeni eminyakeni engamashumi amabili kuya kwamathathu ezayo. Esikhathini esiseduze, ubuchwepheshe bungaba usizo kusesho nokuhlenga kanye nabaphenduli bokuqala. Izikhathi zokuhamba zizoshesha, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni zasemadolobheni, zisindise izimpilo eziningi. Ngokufanayo, abomthetho basemadolobheni bangasebenzisa izimoto ezinjalo ukuze zenze imisebenzi ethile ngaphandle kokuvala imigwaqo noma ukuvala amaphaseji ezakhamuzi. 

Imithelela yezithuthuthu ezindizayo

Imithelela ebanzi yezithuthuthu ezindizayo ingase ihlanganise:

• Imisebenzi yokusesha esebenza ngempumelelo kakhulu, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezikude njengezintaba, ezingahlenga izimpilo eziningi.
• Ukwenyuka kwemisebenzi yonjiniyela bezithuthuthu kanye nabaqambi be-drone njengoba lezi zimoto zizobona kancane kancane ukutholwa njengoba ukuthembeka kwazo kufakazelwa.
• Ukwethulwa kwemithetho emisha neziqondiso ezizobusa indawo yomoya yasemadolobheni egcwele abantu abaningi. Ezimweni eziningi, kungenzeka ukuthi ama-VTOL anjalo aqondene nawe angase avinjelwe ukusetshenziswa kwangasese emazweni athile kanye nomasipala abangenazo izinsiza zokubeka umthetho noma ukuqondisa ukusetshenziswa kwabo.
• Ubambiswano lomkhiqizo oluholela kumamodeli enziwe ngendlela oyifisayo angaba into elandelayo yomqoqi wezinga eliphezulu.
• Ukuhlehla komphakathi ngokumelene nengozi ecatshangwayo ephakeme yokuphepha yomphakathi ezimele lezi zimoto, kanye nokwanda kokungcoliswa komsindo okuza nezimoto ezindizayo ezihlukahlukene, njengama-drones, ama-rotorcrafts, nezinye izimoto. 

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