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Uber is accelerating the delivery of Uber eats UAV delivery service, which is expected to be piloted in San Diego in 2020. Today, Uber announced the latest appearance design of the UAV, which has the "innovative rotatable six rotor design" and can realize the transition between vertical takeoff and forward flight more smoothly. Rotatable wings are common in flying vehicle prototypes, but few in UAVs. Uber explained that this rotatable six rotor design can take off and land smoothly, and by rotating to the forward position (as shown above), this design can improve "the speed and efficiency of UAV cruise flight". The rotating wing design is similar to the original air taxi designed by Mark Moore, a NASA veteran and VTOL expert. But takeaway drones and Moore designed air taxis are affiliated with Uber elevation, ambitious companies that aim to take the ride and take away service to the skies. Uber said the drone can handle two takeout products, adding that it has passed a "critical design review" and is expected to test fly by the end of this year. Earlier this year, the Federal Aviation Administration gave Uber a green light to begin testing the delivery of drones in San Diego. It is reported that the goal of the take out drone is to complete the take out service within 8 minutes, including loading and unloading. In order to comply with the existing U.S. UAV flight regulations, the take away Drones will have a cruising altitude of less than 400 feet. The effective flight distance is 18 miles without a load take out, and 12 miles with one take out. The maximum flight speed of the UAV is 30mph.