At least in the USA, flying personal vehicles are non-starters without cooperation from the FAA.
We have great relationship with the FAA and our JB10 has been granted experimental certification.
YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “flying motorcycle”
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#312For me the moonshot problem I'd like to see solved would be trash. Literally! I've been to New York the first class world city where they pile plastic bags full of trash outside the houses and been to leafy suburbs in Europe where they put these bags in boxes and leave them outside too. Meanwhile in developing countries trash causes real pollution and health issues. But in all places it's people create waste and the…
Or you could put the trash in trash bags and collect it frequently. That’s nothing a developing country can’t do.
Re: YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “flying motorcycle”
#313Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm of the same mind. There's a reason pilots have to have hundreds of hours of training before they are allowed to fly solo. Adding a third dimension to piloting a small personal vehicle takes every bit of concentration and awareness a human can handle. I definitely don't want to see the average driver next to me every morning and afternoon -- the one making all kinds of bad decisions like running red lights and not…
Conversely, there are a bunch of countries where you can get your PPL before your driving license. I first flew a plane when I was 14. It's not that hard.
Not while the sky is still big enough perhaps. I can take off, poke about and land at a rural airport without seeing anyone but without coordination a busy airport would be a writhing pile of twisted metal. Also it does take a particular type of person to choose to fly, so you are already in a minority of people. The majority of people drive, that is a lot of room for bad judgement.