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EasyRide passenger airspeeder

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EasyRide passenger airspeeder

Production information
Manufacturer	Hyrotii Corporation
Product line	Airspeeder
Model	EasyRide
Class	Repulsorcraft
Technical specifications
Length	8 meters^[1]
Maximum speed	191 km/h^[1]
Maximum altitude	3.4 km^[2]
Armament	None^[2]
Crew	Pilot (1)^[1]
Passengers	6 (depends on species)^[1]
Usage
Role(s)	Transport Patrol
Era(s)	Rise of the Empire era Rebellion era New Republic era Legacy era
Affiliation	Galactic Republic Galactic Empire New Republic Darth Krayt's Galactic Empire

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The EasyRide passenger airspeeder, also known as the ComfortRide passenger airspeeder or the Coruscant Taxi, was an air vehicle used to transport passengers on the most prominent worlds of the galaxy, most notably Coruscant and Malastare.

1 Characteristics
2 History
3 Appearances
4 Sources
5 Notes and references
- 5.1 In other languages

CharacteristicsEdit

An air taxi would employ a compact, focused, medium-grade repulsor to elevate it to the very highest skyscraper. A radial battery of low-powered antigravity devices gave it excellent navigational control in open air, allowing it to swoop with accuracy around the tall buildings of the cityworld, and dock skillfully at its destination.

The most common model was the Hyrotii Corporation EasyRide passenger airspeeder. It was eight meters long and was piloted by qualified air taxi pilots, including Republic Judicials such as Rayno Vaca. These pilots were required to pass difficult tests that proved their ability to navigate their craft through the cityscape with skill.

HistoryEdit

All important traffic on Coruscant was air traffic, since the original ground levels have been abandoned in the distant past, so the various air taxi-models fit the need for speedy transports that could bypass the skyways of the capital world.

Around 4 ABY, many EasyRides had been put into service by the Galactic Empire as cheap patrol craft on Imperial Center.^[3]

By 137 ABY, EasyRide airspeeders were still in use on Coruscant.^[4]