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Aerial Why are aerial taxis multirotor designmultirotored, instead of a single rotor?

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I find that in the designs of aerial taxis, particularly in Volocopter's design, the design consists of a system of multirotors.

WhichWhat is the main reason for not substituting this bunch of rotors with fewer bigger blades (helicopter)? As far as I know, a helicopter is energy efficient for horizontal displacement, and the multirotor is at hovering. Does a quadrotor taxi provide any other dynamics advantage?

Aerial taxis multirotor design

I find that in the designs of aerial taxis, particularly in Volocopter's design, the design consists of a system of multirotors.

Which is the main reason for not substituting this bunch of rotors with fewer bigger blades (helicopter)? As far as I know, a helicopter is energy efficient for horizontal displacement, and the multirotor is at hovering. Does a quadrotor taxi provide any other dynamics advantage?

Why are aerial taxis multirotored, instead of a single rotor?

enter image description here
source -- image shows Volocopter's design

I find that in the designs of aerial taxis, particularly in Volocopter's design, the design consists of a system of multirotors.

What is the main reason for not substituting this bunch of rotors with fewer bigger blades (helicopter)? As far as I know, a helicopter is energy efficient for horizontal displacement, and the multirotor is at hovering. Does a quadrotor taxi provide any other dynamics advantage?

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Aerial taxis multirotor design

I find that in the designs of aerial taxis, particularly in Volocopter's design, the design consists of a system of multirotors.

Which is the main reason for not substituting this bunch of rotors with fewer bigger blades (helicopter)? As far as I know, a helicopter is energy efficient for horizontal displacement, and the multirotor is at hovering. Does a quadrotor taxi provide any other dynamics advantage?