There are many experimental gas powered aircraft available for a fraction of this cost and with much greater range. But like man today who believe buying an overpriced battery powered car is cool, there will be a market for this crazy expensive flying battery.
Yeah, I can’t see anything going wrong with this idea. Full speed ahead.
In the Way Back Machine, I remember attending a few Stanford University football games. Back then, they were called the Stanford Indians. In the bleachers were some very inventive students. They took a very large dogfood bowl and attached long pieces of surgical tubing to both sides, basically a very large slingshot. During the halftime band show, they would launch large water balloons at the visiting team’s band. They became better and better at it. One time, they nailed the tuba instrument right in the large opening, knocking the tuba player over.
Imagine being up in the air in one of these eVTOL contraptions. Perfect for target practice. Heck, drone flyers could have fun too.
Also, just imagine attaching all kinds of strobe and other lights to it at night. The UFO crowd would go nuts.
The Jetson is like $100k cheaper.
Might be a fun little toy. Kind of a replacement for my FPV drone for checking the corners of my property when I’m too lazy to walk or ride there myself.
But it wouldn’t even get me to my nearest grocery store and back, (or have room for the groceries if it could make the round trip).
I wonder what the vehicle specs do if you put in a highly efficient ICE with a good turbo?
Looks like a death trap aerodynamically, and one short or a low battery sooner than you think and you’re dead.
But on the plus side, it has a 20 mile range!
One hell of a glide ratio! Straight down! Or does it have a parachute?
I am confused. How can an aircraft be piloted in airspace without a license where other aircraft are flying unless extreme restrictions are imposed on maximum altitude and no go areas of flight so as not to interfere with regular traffic. To understand these restrictions would merit a license. See my tagline. I know of which I speak but at the same time want only the minimal necessary restrictions on all aviation.