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pete_68 t1_jbh8w74 wrote

Just what we need. People who can't be bothered to pay attention when they're driving cars, especially if they happen to have an important tweet to send out, to be flying. What could possibly go wrong?

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Closet-PowPow t1_jbha4pq wrote

Is there a way to buy futures in Attorneys that do MVA’s?

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reallyrich999 t1_jbha91p wrote

Yes ive literally been working and saving my entire life for these. Lol cant wait to fly above you poor tire squatters.

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uncoolcat t1_jbhgcex wrote

This lacks wheels, so by definition it shouldn't be considered a "motorbike" or a "bike" by itself. It's a hoverbike.

The article states that it "runs on electricity", which feels a little misleading because it is powered by both batteries and an internal combustion engine.

Anyway, it's an interesting product, but with as loud as these very likely are I dread the idea of them screaming through residential areas.

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megazen t1_jbhnou4 wrote

It can hover only 40 minutes. How do they keep the rider safe from those spinning blades.

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leaky_wand t1_jbho9cl wrote

Another giant drone vehicle that nobody will ever use because it sounds like a giant weed whacker. Yawn.

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BBTB2 t1_jbhs1wx wrote

Replying to uncoolcat (#2,189,879)

They just came out with some new propeller designs that are pretty quiet… for water. Fluid engineering says this should, at some point, be applicable to above-water propeller tech.

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selphfourgiveness t1_jbhs54m wrote

Replying to uncoolcat (#2,189,879)

I don’t like the number of vehicles we have on the roads now; the thought of our airspace filled with hover bikes and flying cars (or whatever term we might apply to personal flying vehicle) really turns my stomach. Imagine hardly being able to look up and just see the sky in many areas? Gross.

And yeah, the noise, too.

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GaryBuseyAirlines t1_jbhssas wrote

How is the $550,000 price tag for the likes of Jeff Bezos? I could literally buy this thing tomorrow if I sold my dog. He can dance like Swayze.

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ThatSoftware4946 t1_jbht3ys wrote

It's just a fad. Small drones are legally constricted. Imagine the laws that would need to pass for this thing to go mainstream

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-Agonarch t1_jbhubtf wrote

Replying to pete_68 (#2,189,530)

If you've ever wondered why this design isn't used on helicopters, you're thinking down the right track (safety). I wanted my c&c orca, damnit.

I cannot imagine the legal waiver required to let someone operate one of these things, but it's not something I'd be signing.

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MACCRACKIN t1_jbhud2v wrote

It's that late night drive across country then end up dodging a scrap field of carbon fiber in every lane, to find out there was a mid air head on again.

So those still here in 20_30 years.. keep your head lights and windshield clean.. weird schitt is about to hit the fan.

Cheers

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jwright100 OP t1_jbhv51y wrote

If this is the model T of personal flying vehicles. I can't wait to see the Lamborghini.

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nonameworks t1_jbhwsnp wrote

Replying to BBTB2 (#2,190,505)

You’re mixing things up. There are commercial toroidal propellers for boats, they have been in production for years, but cost $5000 each.

MIT recently developed toroidal propellers that they demonstrated with a quad rotor drone. No reason they couldn’t be scaled up to fit this. But the question is will they, not can they.

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kirpid t1_jbhx5r5 wrote

I wish them luck. Sounds fun. But it’s obviously a hobbyist niche.

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flower4000 t1_jbhz8l0 wrote

Can’t wait to have some drunk ass hole drop one of these death fans in me

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WistfulDread t1_jbi1uor wrote

Reminder that Harvey Birdman canonized that the surface of the Earth is ruined in the Jetsons...

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datapicardgeordi t1_jbi72zx wrote

Just imagine all the limbs waiting to be lost!

This is clearly the work of the prosthetic lobbyists.

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CircaSixty8 t1_jbi8ozc wrote

Those are never going outside of very specific places. We certainly can't have those things flying all around the cities. What a huge waste of time and money.

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imdfantom t1_jbig9nf wrote

Yeah, these last 1-2 years have started feeling like "the future" for me.

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tiredisland t1_jbimggf wrote

Oooh, we’re The Jetsons now because there’s one of these in existence.

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Financial-Ostrich361 t1_jbiremt wrote

Is only jetsons if the flying motorbike makes that high pitched blublyblublu sound. Does it do that?

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lookinforbobo t1_jbis5ot wrote

Let me know when they develop that machine that washes and dresses you in the morning, that or a robot maid

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jbot747 t1_jbj71f4 wrote

Wasn't Jetsons a utopia? This is gonna be more like blade runner

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TasteCicles t1_jbjhd40 wrote

Better start writing laws to regulate personal flying vehicles...

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chundricles t1_jbjm9im wrote

It's kinda like a helicopter that they made worse in every single way.

An R22 is like half the price, goes something like 10x the distance, goes like 2-3x the speed, and sits two people inside a cockpit.

I think these manufacturers need to accept that flying car/bike is a dumb idea. Cars & bikes are designed that way because it's an efficient form for ground transit. Vehicles in the sky should be designed for flight, not to look like a car.

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cote112 t1_jbjmkju wrote

I just watched a report about 2 guys in their garage designing a VTOL that they want to use to fly people back and forth between Boston and NYC. Probably one of those things you make to hopefully get bought out by an established company looking to stay relevant.

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kirpid t1_jbkl7gs wrote

Replying to CircaSixty8 (#2,192,351)

This is a hell of a lot cooler than a Segway. Nobody ever got laid riding one of those.

This seems like the logical next step towards a flying car. But there’s too many technical and safety issues to overcome, for this thing to ever be profitable.

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n1tr0klaus t1_jbkmsrv wrote

That triggers bad memories from GTA online with folks on flying motorcycles randomly attacking people.

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kirpid t1_jbkzfiv wrote

Replying to CircaSixty8 (#2,195,119)

Maybe not anytime soon. But if you were to tell Benjamin Franklin, we’ll be able to fly across the Atlantic in our sleep, he would have pistol whipped you and sold your organs.

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whadupbuttercup t1_jbl01n0 wrote

We've had flying cars since the early 90's. The problems are

  1. they're not more gas efficient than driving on the ground.

  2. There aren't well established rules for flying cars.

  3. Crashes are more dangerous.

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