20 minute flight time? Useless.
Jetson One – Personal Electric Aerial Vehicle
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#22How noisy is it going to be?
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#23Doesn't matter until there's a breakthrough with battery energy density. Any electric VTOL aircraft capable of carrying humans is limited to less than 50 miles range.
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#24We have gained so much in terms of technological progress, consistently reducing the energy required to go from point A to point B, it surprises me how we are again increasing it for getting from point A to point B.
The concept is great, but the push for mass market adoption bugs me.
These things are not efficient modes of transport. It takes a lot of energy to move one person from A to B.
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#25Doesn't matter until there's a breakthrough with battery energy density. Any electric VTOL aircraft capable of carrying humans is limited to less than 50 miles range.
It could certainly be useful as a recreational vehicle though.
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#26Haven't these been around in China for 5+ years? I'm also a bit skeptical about the 1 item per month build rate... that seems a bit slow to me. Then again, I'm just the armchair critic here...
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#27Budget version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SabzZ5UOC-c
Amazing. The next iteration should have jacuzzi jets.
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#28There's a whole crop of aerospace startups now wasting their time on electric airframes that are 10-20 years ahead of their time in terms of battery capability. It's a classic case of solving the easy problem first.
Airframes are trivial. Getting battery energy density to a place that it becomes useful for personal aircraft is not. Yet that is the singular enabling technology to make this stuff a reality.
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#29> Start and Land anywhere you want. Make your garden or terrace your private airport
I assume this is wildly illegal in most jurisdictions?
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#30We have gained so much in terms of technological progress, consistently reducing the energy required to go from point A to point B, it surprises me how we are again increasing it for getting from point A to point B. The concept is great, but the push for mass market adoption bugs me. These things are not efficient modes of transport. It takes a lot of energy to move one person from A to B.
I agree. No one ever said waverunners were a practical form of transportation, but they still sell millions of them. This does look like a really fun personal toy, though. I can easy imagine some rich dudes taking them for Endor-style races through the forest up here.