Jetson
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Coming next year. 12 of them (all reserved).
Electric, with 20 minute flight time, and top speed of 63 mph.
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Cool company/product name, too. This is very much the way of the future, to some extent.
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This is very much the way of the future, to some extent.
Until the body count starts to pile up due to mid-air collisions and/or bird strikes, not to mention the collateral damage on the ground.
The FAA currently requires you to get a license to fly drones. I would think this would come under their domain also. Probably have to get a pilots license to fly them. How many people would actually go to that trouble?
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This is very much the way of the future, to some extent.
If you go to the Electek link, you'll see that there are a number of companies using similar concepts for arial transportation (big drones, basically).
Some problems that I see:
- Battery life. 20 min is not nearly enough.
- Weight limits - this one is for an 85 kg male
- Traffic control if they become popular
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In a certified airplane or even a helicopter if you lose the engine you can still fly, in some cases you can still fly for a long time.
I'm not familiar with this vehicle, but it looks like, without an engine, it would drop like a stone. With only a 20 minute flight time I would expect a number of flights to end with no engine.
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This is very much the way of the future, to some extent.
If you go to the Electek link, you'll see that there are a number of companies using similar concepts for arial transportation (big drones, basically).
Some problems that I see:
- Battery life. 20 min is not nearly enough.
- Weight limits - this one is for an 85 kg male
- Traffic control if they become popular
My current commute is 27 road miles away and takes 45-60 minutes. As the crow flies, my commute would be 15 miles, and would take 15 minutes in this…
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In a certified airplane or even a helicopter if you lose the engine you can still fly, in some cases you can still fly for a long time.
I'm not familiar with this vehicle, but it looks like, without an engine, it would drop like a stone. With only a 20 minute flight time I would expect a number of flights to end with no engine.
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