No different than being in a helicopter bud. You’re not just a glass half empty kind of person are you? You’re a “my glass is already empty at that point” kind of person.
@@WhateverProduction4except helicopters don't tend to fly 50 feet above the ground and don't intend to be widely used for personal transport. A sky full of these would be awful.
So many things in this day and age suck, but to witness stuff like this makes me love the fact that I live in it. It’s like to see my childhood dream come true. Amazing what you and your team (?) made here. Respect
@@fenwickc2274 yes, because he is low and slow. He is high enough to die, too low for his parachute system to work, too fast to evade and just over all in a terrible situation.
I wish I could afford one. In fact I’d love for this to go mainstream but I can foresee a few big problems (being an aerial way of transportation vs terrestrial). Still, love it!👍🏼
I REALLY want one! The battery charge does have its limits. Has anyone thought of putting flexible solar panels on the top of the Jetson One? Keeping a charge going and the ability to recharge during a stop. Solar panels now come in a shapes and sizes. Give it a thought and try it. Just an idea. Have fun and be safe everyone.
@@dannyboy6754 There isn't a solar cell on the market small enough to fit on the craft that would make any appreciable difference to the run time. This machine needs to be a hybrid using a small gas turbine generator.
@@vezertrojai Then this type of craft will only ever be a toy for the rich to amuse themselves with for ten minutes at a time buzzing about there manor house gardens. Current battery tech just doesn't have the capacity on its own in a small/low weight package to provide long enough flight times for anything meaningful...
@@dannyboy6754 People very much overestimate what you can get out of a portable solar panel and underestimate how much power EVs actually need. The battery pack for the Jetson 1 is likely around 8-10KWh. A barely portable fold out solar panel maxes out around 300W (and weighs over 40lbs). If it could sustain continuous 300W (none can do so) it would still take 26 hours of charging to fill that 8KWh pack.
This is so dangerous lmao. You can’t glide in this if all power is lost. In a helicopter or plane, you can glide. If airfoil modulation was developed for these evtols, they would be much safer being able to autorotate. In this current state though, very dangerous.
@@Soeks77 1. As I understand, the reason they're flying so low itself is so that if they 'fall', it's not from so high. 2. Instead of glide/autorotation, I think their safety planning is in the direction, is to somehow completely avoid total power loss, and in case if some rotors fail, others can compensate long enough for an emergency landing.
@@iTube2772 avoiding total power loss is impossible lmao the cells in either of the battery modules could go bad over time. Due to the props being so small in diameter as well, derbies could easily be sucked into them, critically damaging them much easier than on a helicopter or gyrocopter. I personally would NEVER fly a craft like this, just too dangerous. Relying 100% on thar parachute, it’s insane. He’s below the 50 foot minimum for the most part as well, and slamming into the ground from anything above 30 foot, good chance he’s dead. I really don’t get why they don’t try to make a gas powered vtol octocopter also, no reason not to better range
@@jaypaint4855 relying 100% on a parachute, especially when lower than its 50 foot minimum altitude, is insane. In cirrus planes w ballistic chutes, you have e the chute and the ability to glide this thing can’t glide
right, who in Tuscany needs a head/body chopper flying at just 2m from the green canopy, cool and all this whole thing is not really a convincing concept, hoping this is just a step to a whole new other and much safer mobility solution.
I can’t imagine how amazing it must feel to fly in that!! I’ve always wanted to experience flight as a pilot and not a passenger. You are truly blessed!
GTA 5 Online in first person free aim mode is what I do to get that feeling lol, but I am gonna make one of these Flying Drones myself because it's bloody amazing!
Not to take away from the pilot as he's brave to put himeself up at a height where a fall could kill him in an experimental craft, but drones are actually very easy to fly, airplanes, helicopters, even paramotors are more difficult, they're very stable with very simple controls, and is why they could become the aircraft for the masses if laws etc allowed, but the real problem would be people crashing into each other if lots of people were actually using them
Aw man, I was just looking at those props and was thinking how 1 bird would probably take them out.. Not even a few seconds later you spooked that flock of birds from the trees. You are far more adventurous than I am! 👍
Oh, man it hardly gets better than Italy for these scenic areas. Good lord, this is great. I think what will happen is that propeller tech will improve, and we'll be able to bring the efficiency up and noise level down and that will improve the overall experience.
A real flight with sound and some decent flying at last. Been flying rc for a LONG time and know that flight times are going to be short with electric tech as it is now but hey its still fun. If we want to go long distance/ long flight time then fixed wing is the tech for that..
@@murdock6450 well - sort of agree - however, I bought a drone 6 years ago. It flew for 10 minutes. I’ve bought 2 other drones since from the same company. Flight time now is 30 minutes. People find a way.
I get nervous flying my drone within 5 meters of a tree, and this dude is sitting ON the drone while almost clipping the tree tops and bark while lowflying.
Really need to stop trying to act like the safety boss here. People should mind their own business these days, instead of thinking everyone needs, or wants, to hear their “expert” advice.
estan recien desarrollando el modelo, fijate q vuela todo el tiempo con el switch de corte en la mano izq y sobre arboles.. es por seguridad q se esta probando siempre bajo, recordà q es una moto q te podès comprar, aparte hay aviones privados y comerciales volando en los espacios aereos, no podès superar determinada altura, pero quedate tranquilo q a eso si le das gas lo llevàs hasta el borde d la atmòsfera si querès 😉
As a pilot? Damn cool. And a nice vid! But for everyone who think e-VTOL's are the future of urban mobility? Listen to this. In fact, put on headphones and turn it up to max volume. Now imagine that multiplied by the hundreds. You would go absolutely insane from the noise.
agreed, the noise restrictions that governments would put in place would make these impossible to commercialise. Also the birds flying off isn't a great look too, bird strikes would not be fun in this.
@chicago_race_engines7538 I feel like if eVTOL makers want to make their case, they should be trying to make these things as quiet as possible even in the prototype stage. I work in an aviation maintenance shop where we have done several Raisbeck Engineering King Air upgrade kits including their "quiet" Power Props. I'm here to tell you that yes they are slightly more quiet, but only marginally so. You can only male a prop so quiet.
In addition to the environmental aspect, it is also important to consider that according to Italian law, everything that takes flight becomes the responsibility of ENAC and must be considered as an aircraft. I do not know if this flight had been authorized, but there will certainly be a lot of bureaucracy to deal with in the future.
@farhs3133 no, it's the style of battery connector used by most small RC quadcopters 😂 ..which would likely melt as soon as these motors started spinning haha
I wish they could get in touch with someone who can produce right now some solid state batteries and test them on these. When these things will get around the one hour mark of flying time we are going to assist at a revolution.
An hours flight time, for a well trained and experience pilot, would make these in to useful tools for farming, forestry, fire fighting. Add in top end way point autopilots, and you could send one out and back from hospital to crash site on freeways and the like. But they need to get that hour or more of flight time. I don't think any battery in production today will do it, even the solid states, but a small onboard micro turbine spinning an alternator might keep the batteries topped up enough, so the batteries deal with the high current moments, and the generator tops it back up while cruising.
I can tell you right now the chances are very high that they already have their hands on some factory samples (ie a pack or two) of the latest and greatest battery tech available. It's generally how these things tend to go.
@@PiDsPagePrototypes From what I understand the solid state will double the current capacity but there are other battery technologies in development that can offer up to 10 times the current capacity, that would be over 3 hours of flight time, just imagine that. My gut feeling is that soon we are going to witness a revolution in transportation from drone technologies. We are going to start flying...
@@criticalpoint7672 Better to say 'existing capacity', lest anyone confuse it as the Amperage delivery capacity. I haven't seen much news on how many amps the Solid State technology can deliver, it's hard enough to find retailers who have accurate data on that for Li-Ion 18650's
Great demo. A little explanation would help on your controls for us. Assuming that is an emergency rocket powered parachute lanyard in the left hand....correct? If not, what? I can't imagine that it has gliding or autorotation possibilities. All power, roll, yaw and pitch controls embedded in the ride hand stick controller? Really cool machine regardless. Thanks for sharing.
I came to the comments to figure this out as well. Definitely curious on what that lanyard attached to the XT 60 or 90 plug in his left hand is.. And also, what was controlling the throttle?
@theendisnearbeware I'm not sure what the parachute system encompasses here, but using basic explosives you can theoretically trigger the chute to explode upwards and with weighted ball bearings shot horizontally that are attached to the winglets of the chute (so the lower canopy shoots outwards) you can "pre-inflate" the chute so that the chute deployment height (before you're under canopy) is reduced dramatically.
It has eight motors so one can fail while still allowing the pilot to land immediately. Technically four in the right places could fail if their thrust was high enough, but they aren't that powerful
According to the manufacturer's website, yes, the lanyard in the pilot's left hand is indeed a parachute. Not that it would be of any use at the height depicted in this particular video, but the aircraft can go higher. The altitude is controlled by the left hand, similar to a standard helicopter. One just has to assume that the actual stick itself was blocked by the pilot's hand in this video. Edit: I am now aware of my mistake regarding the altitude control, I have apologized for it, and we've moved on. You don't need to keep reminding me, over and over, of something that's already been corrected _multiple times._ If you read the above, and decided to post about it without checking if someone else already had, then you are bad and you should feel bad. Thank you.
me encantoo , siempre arriba d los arboles y con el switch en la mano, felicitaciones !! esa màquina is amazing, and you a really good pilot, greetings from argentina 😃
@@daszieher he’s below 50 feet most of the time, which is the chutes minimum deployment altitude. Additionally, he has to pull it himself to deploy it, which takes about a second to react to, plus a second for the chute to deploy.
@@Soeks77 humans, when conditioned to a certain event can react much more quickly. 1/3 of a second. Deployment parameters are not fixed. They are a function of several factors, best summed up by the direction and length of the velocity vector with respect to the obstacle or ground
@@daszieher ok, still doesn’t have the ability to glide like a helicopter in the event of an engine failure. Additionally, jt constantly needs power to maintain a level attitude and altitude, unlike a helicopter which lowers its power to idle when descending or landing. With all trust going into that chute, I find it very dangerous and unnecessary, especially given its extremly low range. Maybe with a gas engine jt could be better?
@@gs1100ed The batteries don't just DIE. You get a fair bit of warning as voltage drops. It will drop quickly, but you'll see reduced thrust long before they just shut down. It does seem like they have trouble operating out of ground effect. I don't know how they define ground effect for a quad/oct copter, but it felt more like they were low due to performance limitations. Still very cool, but the performance envelope might be a little narrow right now.
@@robot_spider I have an electric zero turn mower. When voltage runs low or the grass is tall, the mower blades stop with ZERO warning. Luckily, the drive motor work long enough to rush back to the charger. I’m not a fan of batteries dying, especially if I’m at altitude. I would prefer to switch the “petroleum” fuel tank to reserve when it starts to sputter. I don’t like surprises and rude interruptions.
"like being in a car" I guess u never driven a car before lol.. this position is almost the same as in a helicopter it's just that u lay more in this one. 😂 Dumbest comparison.
Exactly this thing is amazing. This is the coolest tech ever. I dont think I can afford one but you can definitely make a cheap one at home with a few years of work
The red loop (XT60) is most likely connected to the ballistic parachute. According to their website, Jetson have a partnership with ParaZero who make these. They have a model that supports 350kg/770lbs and has a minimum deployment height of approx 15m/50ft. Jetson also claim the cockpit is designed to absorb impact, so one imagines it can soak up the 60kph/37mph speed that a fall from 15m/50ft would produce. Also from their website: The craft can continue flying and land safely with a motor failure and it has dual redundant batteries.
@@globinboopin4226 Yep. This would be a cool garage project, but instead it's a 100K+ techbro "product" made by the "ideas guy". For that kind of money, you can buy a demilitarised 60's fighter jet, and a kit microcopter or gyro will set you back you like few thousands at most. This, BTW, is a flying brick, and there's a good reason why the military doesn't use stuff like these, sci-fi arse corner fan VTOLs. The V22 Osprey for example is a death trap, and it actually has a gearbox connecting the two rotor pods just like the Chinook and is designed to autorotate it to a relatively safe crash landing.If one of the four pods on this one fails you're done, in fact pretty sure this thing can't even autorotate and land unpowered even if the asymmetric lift during a failure does not just straight flip you over into a death roll freefall.
@@demonjay3450 well.... Longest one way journey I have is 5 miles... But then again, if it can do 10 miles (over water ) I could fix a whole bunch of transport problems round here. Ohh, sooo tempting!
@@TheBagOfHolding I'm not going to argue that that isn't possible, however, it is less probable, because a certain element of criminal intent is necessary for that. The cooling stop is admittedly similar, albeit needing less preparation. We can agree, that the One hasn't demonstrated anything close to a 20min flight. Not saying that I'm sure it can't, just that they haven't proven it yet. I'll keep hounding them 😄
As a pilot I find this EXTREMLY dangerous. Why? Cause what if all power is lost? You can’t glide like in a helicopter or gyrocopter, you just fall. That’s the main concern with these evtols they can’t autorotate.
1.) super low here. 2.) if he did have to bail trees would help a bit. 3.) parachute for the whole rig for something this light could be possible in the near future. Just a thought
@@Cheaphorsepower it has a chute however it can only be utilized above 50 foot, hes below 50 feet mostly through this flight. If you fell from 20-30 feet, you’d get very very hurt at least cause remember your not just falling, your moving forwards that may induce a roll when landing on the grojnd
As a drone engineer, I agree about it is very dangerous. If one of 8 motors/ESC fails the drone will rotate unpredictable with huge rotation speed. Unable to avoid collision with trees in this case.
Left hand is controlling the throttle. Right hand joystick controls Pitch and Roll. I believe Yaw is controlled via "Rudder pedals" the same as a fixed wing plane or helicopter. A twist grip right hand joystick would work as well, controlling pitch, roll And yaw.
@@redinger44841I don't see any indication of battery charging. The charge indicator, the green bar at the top of the instrument shows no change in charge at the halfway landing. Unless, you'd like to imply that they swapped batteries halfway and the charge indicator was purely "cinematic". But that would be something entirely different...
Yep if powers lost he falls immediately. People don’t realize how dangerous these aircraft are he’s flying very low too too low for the chute to be effective
The red loop (XT60) is most likely connected to the ballistic parachute. According to their website, Jetson have a partnership with ParaZero who make these. They have a model that supports 350kg/770lbs and has a minimum deployment height of approx 15m/50ft. Jetson also claim the cockpit is designed to absorb impact, so one imagines it can soak up the 60kph/37mph speed that a fall from 15m/50ft would produce. Also from their website: The craft can continue flying and land safely with a motor failure and it has dual redundant batteries.
Having built and flown fpv for almost a decade at this point I wouldn’t trust this ever! Cannot tell you how many drones I’ve had just fall out of the air simply because the electronics fail. Wonder how many millionaires end up in a final destination scenario in one of these?
@@dwoodinnyc definitly a lot these things are extremly dangerous. With how low he’s flying, what if the parachute gets held up for 1 or 2 seconds, he’d slam into the ground.
The legal side will never get sorted out. By the time the insurance companies get through with it, it will gain weight, have fully shrouded props, and won’t be allowed to fly over cities, cross roads (let alone fly over them) or anyplace else people congregate, or water. And it's going to run afoul of all sorts of noise regulations.
You could not pay me enough to climb in this thing. 8 propellers spinning alongside my full body protected by thin carbon panel? If the crash doesn't unalive you, the shattered propellers will find a way to do the job. EDIT: I did not even looked at the price of that thing!!! For that price you can EASILY get a pilot license for small ultralight aircraft AND buy one! Why would you go inside this flying human blender?!! Just fly a helicopter, no?
One bird fly’s up out of that tree canopy into a blade and your f*****. put a light weight cage around the blades. ESPECIALLY because you’re making all that noise!
This seems extremely risky. You've got like, at least 8 small, fast-moving props, which multiplies the failure probability of a single prop by 8. Small props have to spin faster to produce lift than larger ones, which increases the stress on the material... meaning they likely already have a pretty high failure chance. At that low altitude, having one or two of those props fail in-flight will roll you into a tree with almost no time to react, and no parachute would have time or space to deploy. Looks like they're also fixed-pitch blades, meaning in the event of a power-off emergency, you can't safely land using autorotation. It's basically a hovercraft... you can fly it higher than a few feet, but you really shouldn't.
Flying so low is not very clever when trying to sell the product. Unexperienced noobs will hit a tree. This is no Nintendo console. Go higher, thats safer, the parachute will not work at tree level. Cool product, wish I had one, really. But I do have a PPL (Private Pilots License) and I do know what not to do
Holding what looks to be an emergency power cutoff in your left hand the entire flight had me on the verge of grinding my teeth. Impressive, but I would never trust my life to such a thing. No offense, I just flew FPV quads too much to trust something that can't glide or autorotate.
