Weekly Press Release of Istanbul Gelisim University (Issue 72) (October 19-23, 2020)  

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Domestic and national flying car TUSI started test drives! The domestic flying car “Tusi”, which was named after Nasiraddin Tusi, one of the important Islamic scientists of the 13th century and developed by the Department of Mechatronics of Istanbul Gelisim University, started test drives. With the developing technology, there are many developments that cars will travel both on land and in the air in the future. In this sense, many institutions and organizations continue to work with the technological infrastructure and reveal examples. Istanbul Gelisim University Mechatronics Department in order to keep pace with global developments and also to support the national flying car technology is still working in Turkey for many years. The flying car Tusi, which first met with technology lovers in 2019 at TEKNOFEST and was highly appreciated, started test drives this year as well. The vehicle, which successfully completed the indoor test drives, made an open area test drive at Başakşehir Şehit Erdem Özçelik Stadium. Saying that they will continue all the necessary work for the vehicle after the test drives, Mechatronics Department Instructor Umut Us said, “After our trials, we will start more ambitious flight tests.” You can visit www.gelisim.edu.tr to see the detailed news.