In recent days, during the First Defense Innovations fairs, a presentation of the current version of Zapata's invention took place. Among the observers were the French Minister of Armed Forces and Secretary of State for Digital Affairs. During the show, Zapata was hovering at a height of 20 meters, swung round and flew back and forth.
Zapata admitted special forces have been interested in his invention for the past two years and will co-finance the project with an amount of 1.8 million Euros. Currently, work is underway at the ONERA research institute to further develop the technology.
Ultimately, the Flyboard Air is to have a load capacity of 200 kg, a service ceiling of 3000 m and a top speed of 200 km/h. Flight time is to be 30 minutes.
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Sources: Zapata.com, Le Parisien, Popularairsoft
