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[Jonty30]

Mine is coming Tuesday. I decided that I’d like to get to work in about 3 minutes.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

That video looks like CGI to me.

[nuke_road_warrior]

Is anyone else thinking of the Stormtrooper cycles from “Return of the Jedi”?

[Migraine]

Looks a little like a snowmobile. It’s really a blowmobile.

[Paal Gulli]

Dynamically and financially, VERTOL is always going to be a hideously expensive proposition.

The Wright’s first powered airplane was roughly the same weight but only had 12 hp and made just 132 lbs of thrust. But it took off horizontally using wing-generated lift to get airborne instead of fan-generated thrust. With a 175-lb pilot going solo, this thing will need more than 6x that just to get off the ground. A boxy fixed wing with the same 400-ish hp will give you a cruise speed of about 225 knots, vastly more range, as well as protection from the elements.

I’m sure it will make an entertaining toy, but it’s highly impractical.

[Reno89519]

I’d love one but once they become available some bureaucrat will ban them over any public lands.

[egfowler3]

All for a cool $340,000 per the article.

[Haddit]

It’s happening and nobody is going to stop it.
China has certified the EHang for production.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBCq6JGKqUg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-dQtb0hJzk
The Jetson ONE Does Not Require A Pilot License To Fly
It’s an ultralight.
In 2020 they estimated the cost to be $59,000.
https://jetson.com/jetson-one
Order a Jetson ONE
We are now taking orders for 2026

A few years ago Kittyhawk estimated their EVTOL would cost $10,000.

YouTube is full of videos on EVTOLs.
Their range is limited because the companies are trying to appease the green movement with electric.
You won’t have to live in a city to be near work anymore.
The EHang is autonomous. You get in and punch in your destination and it takes you there.

Trump’s Futuristic “Quantum Leap” Plan Captivates … and Raises Questions
New American ^ | March 4, 2023 | Luis Miguel
https://thenewamerican.com/trumps-futuristic-quantum-leap-plan-captivates-and-raises-questions/
…In his announcement of the plan, Trump said it would include building futuristic cities, known as “Freedom Cities,” on federal land; equipping these cities with air mobility via vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.

It’s going to really screw up the Agenda 21 plans.

[Mashood]

You’d probably get it keyed for taking 6 parking spaces at Walmart.