Why don’t they ever make these thing run on normal fuel. Exhaust fumes will disperse more at higher altitudes. With the electric car batteries catching on fire, I don’t think a parachute will save you.
Why do all these companies say they will sell to governments and emergency services? It is useless for those things. Flight time is too short for a rescue operation, payload should be at least 750 pounds, and visibility downward is non existent. Cool design but not very useful even for civilian travel. Double the payload, quadruple the range, then I could take it camping and have fun with it. And change laws so I could land anywhere.
Curious, are birds or any floating objects like balloons a concern during flight? I would assume the monitoring system accounts for these things so the propellers aren't compromised. But sometimes birds can be erratic and it makes me wonder if they could catch the system off guard. Overall the vehicle is beautiful and I look forward to seeing the test flights later this year!
Exactly. Real-world use never lives up to EV range claims. Ask anyone who owns a Telsa. The operating temperature is a little hotter or a little colder than ideal, range suffers. Without a serious advancement in battery or electric generation, EV is pretty much stalled.
I was analyzing the Jetson One and was wondering, even though the design is beautiful, that flight is very taxing on power without lift. So this design hits it out of the park by having lift. Lift gives a longer range and also a faster speed. But I also think battery power is not there yet. I think we can benefit from two small, lightweight 80-100 hp engines. I do like the way this is going.
"So simple a 4yr old could operate it" That's very encouraging !! Considering most of the um, 'terrestrial pilots' I encounter already drive like a 4 year old my future commute promises to be Much More engaging 😁 I'll take one !!
I just don’t get it, instead of batteries, a hybrid gas turbine generator to generate the electricity combined with ultra capacitors would make much more sense for a flying machine.
@@danoorr6489 now see, that's pretty good compared to the Jetson which is a single pilot vehicle coming in at 195K. With a massively huge flight time of what, thirteen minutes?
Like any other aircraft. Depends in the wind. Cruising speed is 120 mph and it is VSTOL, so similar to a helicopter with the same cruising speed. Another way, is look around if the birds aren’t flying do what they do.
