Jetson

[George K]

Coming next year. 12 of them (all reserved).

https://electrek.co/2021/10/22/jetson-unveils-its-single-seat-one-evtol-vehicle-ahead-of-limited-2022-production/

Electric, with 20 minute flight time, and top speed of 63 mph.

Link to video

[Improviso]

I've wondered how long it would take to scale up drones to carry a person.

Looks cool tho...

[George K]

I hope they plan some kind of re-design that will prevent the rotors from contacting a stationary object, like a building or a tree.

[89th]

Cool company/product name, too. This is very much the way of the future, to some extent.

[Improviso]

@89th said in Jetson:

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?

[George K]

@89th said in Jetson:

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:

1. Battery life. 20 min is not nearly enough.
2. Weight limits - this one is for an 85 kg male
3. Traffic control if they become popular

[Copper]

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.

[LuFins Dad]

@george-k said in Jetson:

@89th said in Jetson:

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:

1. Battery life. 20 min is not nearly enough.
2. Weight limits - this one is for an 85 kg male
3. 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…

[89th]

@copper said in Jetson:

I'm not familiar with this vehicle, but it looks like, without an engine, it would drop like a stone

Probably why the flights in this video are not far off a nice sandy landing

[Mik]

Not much capability for $92K. You can buy a real airplane for that.