What It's Like to Commute in a Personal Flying Vehicle 

I wish gotta be at least an hour

True but also, being able to drive in a straight line makes everywhere much faster to get to.

@@seanscrivens9554 Just go on Google earth to get your direct flight distance. Mine went from 19 miles down to 13.5 miles. Average 60 mph that would only be a 13.5 minute flight.

true, but it also cut commute time by over 80%. In 10 years the batteries will be more than powerful enough to make this feasible. 92k is fairly cheap for such an early model as well.

and theft prevention

Costco will start selling them at 1/10th the price!

@@jjman533 Costco is smarter than that. Alibaba, Temu, Amazon and Walmart however......

Kinda like how cars are a great way to run into power poles?

So seek of you

Screaming is right, notice the sound was turned off in all the video. This thing can probably be heard miles away.

There is also flying in the night, in the snow, in cold, in the rain.

My city has almost all of its lines underground. Only the longhaul stuff is above ground.

And a safety parachute

@@joshelguapo5563 parachute wont open at that height and be effective

And an ejection seat. This is a death trap.

Yeah, I came here to basically say there aren’t any failsafes, but y’all got it right on the head. Dude like one strong gust of wind And you’re done. And only 20 min flight time? Oh nooooo

it actually does have a safety parachute @@joshelguapo5563

Good point, and weather?

With no autorotation properties you are relying on redundancy of motors and electronics. It will be viable someday but there will be deaths along the way.

My biggest fear is mission pressure. One very serious problem in aviation is pilots taking risks they shouldn't because of a desire to "get there." An owner is going to say to themselves "I've got an appointment, the weather isn't *that* bad, I'll fly anyway" and they end up dead. Even at low level running into the ground is going to do damage.

It's hard to run drones into anything because they are covered with sensors. I'm sure these have the same sensors capabilities.

I fly ultralites for a long time. Also earned about 20 hours in a Cessna 150. I would love nothing more than to flh one of these drones, but alas, I am too poor now to realize that dream. Also, the 20 min flight time is a big drawback even for commuting. Still, I can dream.

They also have to build it from a kit or from scratch.

killjoy :-). s'okay. I have a large private estate to kill myself on (miaoww). Ok, OK, then you can all schadenfreude me to death, forgive the pun!

Like, say any connected hwys!

Any body buying this will not follow those rules and will likely many will do so high before they leave the ground. So say goodbye to your privacy. I already have neighbors flying drones over me.

The FAA’s congested area is kind of a grey area. You also can fly into any airspace like D, C, or B if you get prior permission. I fly Paramotors out of class D with ATC permission. We have an LOA.

Well in those times falling from a great height or running in to other objects at even horse speeds was well documented as a great risk whereas high speeds through tunnels were not. I have not heard of the flammable liquid idea so you may have a point there. The contents of Lithium batteries, if this powers the device, seem to be the most flammable liquid yet enclosing all of its energy and not requiring a source of oxygen to burn. The jury is out if this could be a flammable liquid too far but the climate panic has put any coherent reasoned debate out to pasture. My memory of motor bike commuting makes me think the trip to work in an open cockpit in bad weather may be a rather wet, miserable and cold experience at times. It is certainly in fine weather an exciting new way to die for those possessing the funds so good luck to anyone wanting one of these. Money does open up an impressive panoply of additional exciting but life shortening activities to indulge in for for sure. This looks a step far beyond a helicopter ride with a rigourously trained pilot which alone seems to reap its fair share of the great and good. Using it to go to work, especially with even hundreds of them wizzing about in all directions, seems a good idea as death in service is often the best result in the long run for one's relatives and dependents.

@@michaeld5888 if everyone could fly road tax would not exist I'd love to have a good debate about this one day blessings

Yeah see the thing is we have over a century of experience with motor vehicles since that time so we don't need to rely on speculation. The people with concerns about this idea include actual pilots, mechanics, and engineers working in the field.

A helicopter exists thats better than this in every way. It has been PROVEN that even in 2 dimensions with brakes millions of peopledie ecah year from car crashes. Now imagine it in the air. This is not some weird speculation about air beig sucked out or flammable gas, this is LOGIC.

​@@wiegraf9009The main concern is how much everything will suck for everyone if these become popular. Reality is already a hellscape due to cars, so I can't wait for things to suck exponentially more in the near future.

seriously, I get that trying to market it and make it easily accessible for those wanting to buy...but to market it to the common man they NEED to be licensed. Honestly even then a flying vehicle as a day-to-day option is...probably never going to be a good idea no matter how cool it would better, simply because the average number of idoits on the road with four wheels is way too high to want them being stupid while airborne.

I wouldn't worry about that aspect of things. Laws are reactive by nature.

don't need a licence for a dog either, but most people have no idea how to behave/treat the domestic version of a wolf in their home (I read four dog books, and a book on wolves before I rescued my dog...just sayin').

You have never heard of ultralights? A license has never been required.

​@@benjaminbierley2074they have never made ultralights get licensed. This is nothing new.

If its not at least triple redundant, its a death trap.

That depends on how fast and how high you fly it. @@RS-ls7mm

This is the same energy as how you’re 3 seconds away from a fatal car accident if you don’t pay attention to your surroundings.

@Center9_ WRONG! How many people do you know that have never been in a car accident? Probably not too many. People drive cars and wreck cars everyday only a tiny percentage die from it. Base jumping is safer than this machine. This is below nap of the earth that helicopters rarely ever fly at. But hey, if you think it's safe, buy one...... just make sure your life insurance is up to date.

@@uploderpilot You say that yet car accidents are still one of the leading causes of death, that tiny percentage doesn’t matter in that regard (in the US at least). I want to ask you a question, how do you think that safety isn’t going to be this company’s CEO main concern? He has already stated the he wants people with a pilots license and/or have flying experience to be the first ones to fly before they proceed to sell the vehicle and even then he’s still going to have new owners take a training course before they’re allowed to fly. Not only that it’s practically required of him to take the recommended safety precautions with this personal vehicle it’s not like he can just sell the vehicle without consequence. If anything it’s more likely human error will be the reason why this vehicle will be unsafe for someone just like how human error is the cause for the vast majority of the car accidents that take place.

Better than the real thing honestly

is fake look fake best part = 03:51always filming small pieces, where have I seen this before “...NASholes I call them.” George Carlin on NASA.

I have it! By got friends! Fun!

Why do you think the company hasn’t released video with sound. The thing is LOUD!!

It sounds like 8 lawn mowers all singing Nickelback.

Great question.

This is why Joby Aviation has made such a big deal about the noise of their aircraft, and published lots of videos showing how quiet it is

It sounds like 8 giant blenders. Margaritas anyone?

congrats on ur lost 22k

@@alpha-cf2oi bah Humbug

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Are you still alive?

@@chadsmith9218 Yeah I was curious if there was an update. If it weren't for the flight time I would say this was a slam dunk product. However, 20 minutes is really short. Especially if you are 6 foot and 170 pounds. I imagine the range is affected.

Unlike a helicopter the rotors can be stopped almost instantly. There may be safeguards and interlocks. Perhaps sensors. I know there are collision avoidance sensors. I’d be tempted to program the rotors to do a test to see if they were free.

It's SO loud that they couldn't post the sound in the video 😂

I saw a video posted of this once with sound and it is incredibly loud.

A drone like this has a spherical object detection system. Cheap flying drones that cost $1,000 have these in place.

"Calm down"? Who's getting excited. Mildly amused at most.

Hallelujah! finally. Somebody with a sense of adventure.

Do all the improvements and you end upwith a helicopter

We'll put traffic lights everywhere too

For 20 minutes.

I fully intend to!!! Finally, somebody with a sense of fun! Come OOOOON all, this is like, the superrrrrr-rest toy known to mankind!

Hahah - touche@@wrongthinker350

Put a gasoline engine in it and we could fly longer.

The architects have no problems driving cars... Lol! It's the rest you gotta worry about... Besides, the ones you have to worry about will never afford one! And the ones that can probably shouldn't be around with so much disposable income... 😜

@@NipplepotamusWhat? Rich drivers in expensive cars are sometimes the worst.

It's not needed. Cheap drones that cost $1,000 have object detection in place. This would too I'm certain.

@@sequencepropertyinspectionsYou might still want them in case something hits the propellers

@@sequencepropertyinspectionsyou’re talking about a huge difference in weight and momentum. Any engineer can tell you that’s the wrong approach here.

@@alekvillarreal3470 That's a good argument. No one wants a bird to bring one of these guys down.

@@I_SuperHiro_I Speak of the devil, I am an engineer. I'm not sure how your comment ties into with what I've mentioned though. Any more info to assist?

It’ll be no different than when cars were first introduced

@Gil more of a duh moment. Not going to stope it from happening. We will figure out how to make it safer.

There's already tons of ultralights in the air and none of them fall apart in the air so what are these raining Parts you're talking about

Yeah, this is great except for all of the death and dismemberment.

@@wildlifewarrior2670 They have wings. I think the comment was about the whole thing falling out of the air since there is zero backup.

The Jetson has them.

Too bad for you and everyone isn’t around alot of trees

tudo pode dar errado meso em hlelicpteos avios smpre avera acidadetes acontece nao te m jeito e vida limitada q temos

So do like I do and fly your ultralight in the desert or at the beach or at the dunes. You don't have to worry about branches or power lines.

Just go on diet to create some extra space for Tesla battery pack(s).

its limited to 100kmph. for 20 minutes. Maximum of 33km or 20 miles.

@@Redmist.65 Very, VERY, VERY !!! useless indeed.

20 minutes on the air is like just a couple km less especially with that speed, than what 20 minutes on a land vehicle of the same price or less, like bruh they should start inventing a better engine not a new mode of transportation, even an older ultra light plane can fly longer and those things cost from less than 10grand and up, not to mention they are also faster

@@traphimawari7760 You're joking right? Drive across London at 8am on a Monday for 20 minutes and see how far you would get!

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ALso, the Jetson has proximity sensor tech.

Did you get one?

Awesome. I 95 is terrible. I used to commute from Bethany to Greenwich CT.

I crashed mine into the McDonald’s arches. They don’t do fly byes yet!

Someone should invent helicopters!

What is innovative about this? Small flying machines have been a thing for a long time. The problem is that people aren't allowed to just fly around willy-nilly. And a thing with such a short reach will never get permission to fly around anywhere close to human settlements.

@@Volkbrecht remarkably a quick way to move from point A to B

Yeah, I noticed that too. I grew up with those.

Exactly. We also have tunnels and multi-level freeways so we already have a way to expand roadways vertically. The only difference is that if you get in a wreck in a flying vehicle, you most likely die while also having a very good chance at hitting multiple vehicles on your way down. Flying cars will never be a thing.

@@mattc16 Good comments. With those in mind, wouldn't it be nice though to see 25% less vehicles on the road (because they are in the air now)? I live in a huge city where certain times of the day just suck to drive.

@@sequencepropertyinspections I understand what you’re saying. However, the same issues that occur on the ground in the big city will still occur in the air. There will be designated lanes and so forth just as there is on the ground. The only argument for it is the speed at which you could add additional lanes above the lanes below, but one of the problems with adding lanes and such is waiting on government approval. In the end, the only thing you’re changing positively is the removal of having to build the infrastructure, but the negatives far outweigh that. 1. Wrecks will almost always result in death 2. Vehicle problems will almost always result in death. Something as simple as your battery dying 3. We will start to kill off all flying animals 4. The amount of fuel used and energy you need to stay lifted in the air will be much bigger than a vehicle on the ground. Think of being stuck in traffic or stopping at a light. Your flying vehicle will be spending almost as much fuel and energy being idle than it would moving in a direction.

That's why you fly at different altitudes. You could have radar to detect everything around you. I think it's definitely practical.

Not necessarily. Have you seen the Lift Aircraft Hexa? Look it up. They set geographical limits up on the Ipad in the cockpit. I imagine, with some doing, an entire digital roadway "infrastructure" could be put in place. Virtual tunnels in the sky.

@Nick Gillespie you can get other batteries and replace them while the others charging

@@wildlifewarrior2670mid flight??? 😂😂😂

What good is a parachute going to do at that height? It would deploy and you'd already have crashed.

Gee, maybe you need to tell the 400+ people that ordered one not to bother.

There have been rumors about a new battery technolgy that has been used in top secret united states military, apparently the battery uses some strange carbon molecule with long chains and an even stranger fluid mechanics contraption. Ive heard it can traverse 3500 kilometers and has full vtol capacity while weighing at around 1 ton. It also uses some strange electriomechanical system to have milisecond adjustments to move wile in the air. I think this future aircraft is caled a "helicopter"???. Idk man technology advances so fast. Maybe in the distant future you can ride around in these strange aircraft

o interessante eq o inicio de algo difernte a ser desenvolvido e eu fico feliz de poder ver isso acontecer

Like those you see around airplane propellers?

@@Bass.Player aeroplanes are flown by proper trained pilots and in and out of airports and aerodromes. Where the public isn’t just wandering around walking into them. Putting something around them will impact performance and weight. But without something these are going to chopping peoples heads off lol.

@@MeppyMan Having been the owner of four airplanes I have some idea about how all of this works...

@@Bass.Player It sure didn't seem like it when you made that snarky comment.

@@tedunguent156 Well gee Ted, how many helicopters have you seen with blade guards. People don't get under the rotor and wave with their hands up in the air. Admittedly many people now days have survived because of all the safety inventions over the past decades and if these inventions were to have never existed many would not be here. So maybe some of these Darwin Award survivors might just walk into these rotors, however realistically no one would land in a group of people. Most people would know that these blades are dangerous

AKA *last responders.

A proper medical helicopter is a far more effective tool

The first responder would soon need a first responder

Probably only 15 minutes in the air tho

​@@Matt-hg2iz sir, they clearly stated that the vehicle top speed is 60mph. So no. Obviously...

"Not in my backyard... or above it!!" 😂

they just want the max amount of money scammed

mais sempre avera acidentes seja por uma coisa ou outra e vida e cheia de perigos e normal

Might be a combination of mountains and traffic. Italy has alot of winding roads and hard terrain

@@cccspwn could be, but that’s almost leisure walking pace.

blame the battery, were not therre yet to sustain longer flight and keep the cost down at the same time...

Wouldn't be litres as everything is going electric, no combustion.

@@CandyKoRn No Combustion isn't the future; it's more like Clean Combustion. Batteries have a massive problem of weight to power ratio. Until we get something like Tony Starks Arc Reactor, we won't be seeing electric planes or cars flying around.

@@GyanPrakash exactly

@@CandyKoRn delusional

You can get that now...

You'll get shot at

Guards on the rotor blades.