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It's a bird... and a plane? Africa's own bizarre "NVTOL" birdoplane
• New AtlasLooks familiar...
FROM NEW ATLAS: https://newatlas.com/aircraft/phractyl-macrobat-nvtol-africa/
African startup Phractyl has shown us a concept unlike anything we've seen before – or are likely to see again, if we're honest. With tracked feet, bird legs, a tilting cabin and tilting wings, this avant-garde absurdity promises "near-VTOL" flight.
Africa, says new electric aircraft startup Phractyl, is in a pretty unique situation as the eVTOL wave begins to break, since it's got so little in the way of ground transport infrastructure.