Russia's new VTOL drone was put to the test in in Yakutia. Deputy head of the regional government Anatoly Semenov published a video of the test flight on Telegram.
The UAV is designed to deliver cargo between remote settlements of the republic. The device is equipped with an electric engine. The vehicle can cover distances up to 200 kilometers at a maximum altitude of 1,000 meters.
The device does not need a runway as it is capable of taking off vertically. The drone successfully covered 150 kilometers to deliver medicine, correspondence and sweets to children in the village of Keptin. The flight took only an hour and a half. The same journey by land would have taken from six to nine hours depending on weather conditions.
