# Aerodynamic Battery-Powered Tricopters This Tricopter is Designed to Function As An Air Taxi By Rahul Kalvapalle | Published 2021-01-14 | Autos Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tricopter References: [newatlas](https://newatlas.com/aircraft/autonomous-flight-y6s-plus-evtol-air-shuttle/) & [autonomousflight](https://autonomousflight.com/) The Y6S Plus is a truly futuristic and ambitious tricopter, unveiled by the British company Autonomous Flight, that is essentially designed to function as a [taxi in the skies](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/l-aerospace-valo). This tricopter is designed to pursue aerodynamic flight courtesy its pair of oversized rotors located at the tips of its wings, a positioning that is intended to ensure that airflow is not impeded, allowing the tricopter to move speedily through the air. What's more, these two front rotors shift position when the tricopter is in the air, powering it forward horizontally on its way to attaining a comfortably cruising speed in the range of 200 km/h. The Y6S Plus is also designed to be powered by [lithium batteries](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/electric-aircrafts), giving it a range of 130km, and offers a glimpse into the future of short-distance aerial transportation. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.2/10 - Popularity: 27% | Activity: 1% | Freshness: 9% - Audience gender: 90% men, 10% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Autos](https://www.trendhunter.com/autos) ## Key Themes ### What Makes This Trend Stand Out - **Aerial Taxis:** The Y6S Plus tricopter is designed to function as a taxi in the skies, indicating disruptive innovation opportunities in aerial transportation. - **Advanced Aerodynamics:** The oversized rotors and their strategic positioning of the Y6S Plus tricopter point towards disruptive innovation opportunities in aerodynamics technology. - **Battery-powered Transportation:** The lithium battery-powered Y6S Plus tricopter offers a glimpse of the future of short-distance aerial transportation, pointing towards disruptive innovation opportunities in green transportation technology. ### Sectors Adopting This - **Aerospace and Defense:** The Y6S Plus tricopter and its aerodynamic design indicate advancements and disruptive innovation opportunities in the aerospace and defense industry. - **Transportation:** The Y6S Plus tricopter is a testament to disruptive innovation opportunities in the transportation industry, specifically for short-distance aerial transportation. - **Renewable Energy:** The battery-powered Y6S Plus tricopter exemplifies disruptive innovation opportunities in the renewable energy industry and green transportation sector. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [VTOL Air Taxi Prototypes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/air-taxi-prototype.md) - [Airborne Electric Motorcycle Designs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kuickwheel-skyrider-x6.md) - [Revolutionary eVTOL Air Taxis](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/evtol-air-taxi.md) - [Epochal Electric VTOLs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/epochal-electric-vtol.md) - [Triple-Propeller Photography Drones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/dji-hitop.md) - [Futuristic Electric Tricycles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/yamaha-tricera.md) - [Folding Wing eVTOL Vehicles](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/transwing-evtol.md) - [Modular Electric VTOL Aircraft](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/electric-vtol.md) - [Tilting Delivery Drone Concepts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drone-concepts.md)