Problem with flying cars is the airspace gets jammed real fast. Also nobody wants a hundred flying cars over their heads all the time.
I do see a future for them in emergency services. They would make far superior ambulances for example. Also we could limit their number per city and let rich people bid on the permits. Finance local government that way.
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SnoweCat71 day ago
+25
>nobody wants a hundred flying cars over their heads all the time
Let's assume these things make the noise somewhere between a large quadcopter drone and a light plane, multiply that by a hundred, the constant buzzing will be annoying as hell.
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MiserableTennis65461 day ago
+10
This seems awfully similar to a regular helicopter.
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necropuddi1 day ago
+8
Nobody wants hundreds of helicopters flying over their heads.
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WestleyMc1 day ago
One of the leading eVTOL companies Joby focused on getting the noise levels down.
Once they’re above a few hundred metres you’ll barely hear them.
They will have specific flight paths and it’s not like cars are silent.
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Patient_Bet463511 hr ago
+2
If these were widely available they'd have to be autonomous. The parking situation would also be a nightmare
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WestleyMc11 hr ago
+1
Agreed. They will 100% be autonomous eventually. It may take some time for people to become comfortable with that.
As soon as we reach that point parking becomes almost irrelevant as they would drip you off and then leave for their next pickup.
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CRAZEDDUCKling1 day ago
+20
Air ambulances do already exist.
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WestleyMc1 day ago
+5
And they cost a couple million to buy, tens of thousands per month to maintain and require pilots that typically have 5-10 years plus training and experience.
Most *regions* can only afford 1 or 2 Air Ambulances, if any!
Having *multiple* fast response air units at EVERY hospital, that cost $50-100k and can be piloted (either semi of fully autonomously) by basically anyone would be a huge deal!
Especially in remote/hilly/island type areas!
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CRAZEDDUCKling1 day ago
+3
Yes and in what world would these magic flying cars cost any less to operate than a helicopter?
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WestleyMc1 day ago
-1
The real world.. google it
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CRAZEDDUCKling1 day ago
+1
Yes I’ve googled it and I’m seeing pictures of cars with rotors which immediately begs the question: how can these things operate any cheaper than conventional helicopters?
That’s before we consider the regulatory nightmare these things will be to actually operate in the “real world”. You can safely bet that most if not all countries will require a trained pilot to fly these things (because truly what makes this so different to a helicopter that it *wouldn’t* require a pilot in the eyes of the law?), suddenly the advantages dwindle somewhat.
Unless you can present a silver bullet to change my mind, I’ll continue to hold this belief.
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WestleyMc1 day ago
+1
They’re already flying in China without pilots.. for a start
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CRAZEDDUCKling1 day ago
+2
Yes that well know bastion of stringent regulation.
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WestleyMc1 day ago
+1
Indeed. But once there’s (hopefully) 100’s of thousands of hours of flight time without any deaths the rest of the world will start to pay attention.
Like all new technology someone has to pave the way.
US and UK governments have already announced eVtols will be under new less stringent regulations
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O_PLUTO_O6 hr ago
+1
100 of thousands of hours with no deaths isn’t going to happen. Helicopters already achieve this.
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Living_Cash10371 day ago
+2
For like 60 years
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Flower_Murderer1 day ago
+1
All I read is i need to learn to make stingers, for those rich permits.
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Soft_Author25931 day ago
if rich fucks start flying around everywhere, they better make those things bulletproof...im sure people would just love it and cheer them on
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SadZealot1 day ago
+5
You could just not shoot random people
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Soft_Author25931 day ago
i dont own firearms, but im sure someone would...
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SadZealot1 day ago
+4
Lots of people do, just like shining lasers at pilots, you just go to jail
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Soft_Author25931 day ago
+1
if a bunch of rich people give us the middle finger from above, they will be targets by an angry mob. would love to see them trying that in france, in europe people would eat them this time for sure
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FroyoApprehensive5191 day ago
+3
Classic Listnookor moment. Unhinged in about any normal arena of life, but considered a reasonable take here.
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Soft_Author25931 day ago
its not unhinged. i promise if rich folks start flying over our heads with permissions granted to them only, in europe people would take them down, we dont have this admiration for monbey here
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LethargicDemigod1 day ago
-7
??
How do you make an F-35 take off without a runaway?
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DecembersDragons1 day ago
+9
It's not an F-35. It's a flying car. Imagine a really big drone. That's what Xpeng and a bunch of other companies are working on.
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LethargicDemigod1 day ago
-12
Ok but drones get slingshotted or need runways. So...
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DecembersDragons1 day ago
+11
Don't need runways. Drones don't need runways. Fax.
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LethargicDemigod1 day ago
-7
Are u talkng about quadcopters?
So essentially a helicopter.
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DecembersDragons1 day ago
+4
Yeah kind of like quadcopters.
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WestleyMc1 day ago
Drones can literally take off from the palm of your hand. WTH are you talking about?
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smandroid1 day ago
+3
You already have an F-35 that takes off without a runway. It's the F-35B. There are 3 classes of the F 35s.
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LethargicDemigod1 day ago
-5
Yeah, Ik that. That's why I used the F-35 bcuz to my knowledge that is the only fixed wing aircraft capable of VTOL. Having a rotor just makes it un-car-esque to me.
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LocalTechpriest1 day ago
+2
harrier
osprey (the wings don't rotate, the engine gondolas do)
v-280(only the rotor rotates)
yak 38
just off the top of my head.
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nadmaximus1 day ago
+9
Putting flying in quotes makes me suspect this is just a trebuchet.
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S1gorJabjong1 day ago
+14
Did they hire Elon Musk for their marketing team by any chance?
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Astronaut3131 day ago
+5
Reminder that Tesla is still taking deposits for the Roadster that was announced in 2017 and still hasn’t shipped, nearly a decade later.
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go_go_tindero1 day ago
+6
fifth element here we come.
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just_matt851 day ago
+3
Mulllltiiiiipaasssssss
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Impressive-Weird-9081 day ago
+6
Ahh yes the ole helicopter.
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janktraillover1 day ago
+3
Anyone seen how poorly maintained some cars are? You want that above your head/house/school?
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LocalTechpriest1 day ago
+7
The greatest argument against widely acessible "flying car"- the avarage driver.
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RM_r_us1 day ago
+3
But where are we at with teleportation?
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vreemdevince20 hr ago
+1
Best we can do is rip you apart atom by atom and reconstruct you in a new place with all memories intact but your personally experienced instance of life will be over.
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NA_0_10_never_forget1 day ago
+3
Wait, people actually took them seriously? lol. lmao even
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probablypoo1 day ago
+2
Drunk driving just got hell of a lot more dangerous
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