YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “flying motorcycle”
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Re: YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “flying motorcycle”
#2they could use a bit of tesla's marketing and website pizzazz
Re: YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “flying motorcycle”
#3I know it's really hard to predict what people will or won't want in the future, but... Would people want this, even if it worked really well?
Re: YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “flying motorcycle”
#4This feels like it was published 3 weeks early.
Re: YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “flying motorcycle”
#5they could use a bit of tesla's marketing and website pizzazz
No kidding. The yt video's production values are... unimpressive. https://youtu.be/URgznwTph6M
Re: YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “flying motorcycle”
#6I know it's really hard to predict what people will or won't want in the future, but... Would people want this, even if it worked really well?
If I had the disposable income, then hell yeah. This is something straight out of a sci fi movie.
Re: YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “flying motorcycle”
#7I know it's really hard to predict what people will or won't want in the future, but... Would people want this, even if it worked really well?
If they can get the cost down to <100K USD then I’d absolutely sign up for one, and I’m not even from the future!
Re: YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “flying motorcycle”
#8I know it's really hard to predict what people will or won't want in the future, but... Would people want this, even if it worked really well?
Yes! Even just for the fun component.
But if it practically worked as a day to day driver it would absolutely revolutionise traffic in some cities, such as Jakarta with 18 million motorcycles all stuck in traffic.
Cant imagine all the issues you'd have to work through to make that work though. It would be a good time to invest in roof-repair and insurance businesses.
Re: YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “flying motorcycle”
#9I know it's really hard to predict what people will or won't want in the future, but... Would people want this, even if it worked really well?
I'd want it if it didn't work so well to be honest. People in the Bay Area complain about how terrible public transport is. Try living in the midwest or southeast. I frequently dreamed of having my own personal Rocketman style jetpack or something to avoid that terrible commute. If I had the funds I'd buy one of these things without a second thought.
Re: YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “flying motorcycle”
#10I know it's really hard to predict what people will or won't want in the future, but... Would people want this, even if it worked really well?
If there were only few of those around and you could afford one and it had good range imagine how it would cut your commute. Fly to your cabin in the woods in no time (rather than sit in traffic for hours) to chill for a bit? Worth the money.