Except that it doesn’t use gas. It’s all-electric.
I showed the video to my wife. She thought it was a great concept, but then spoke of the reality associated with it.
She said to imagine what traffic might be like with a whole lot of these Black Flys in the air. It’d look like the skies above Coruscant from the Star Wars films.
Not only that, but if it’s going to be used as a personal transportation vehicle, where would you park it?
Just a thought.
Unless they can come up with a battery design that is far advanced of what we think is capable for electrical storage, this is still a pie in the sky concept. Batteries are just not dense, energy wise. That’s why I used the term equivalent when I said how much energy it used. In practical terms, based on current battery designs, this machine wouldn’t be much good beyond thirty minutes in the air. Then you have to land and park it until it can recharge.
Yes, humans not being able to process information in constant 3-D would probably lead to a lot of traffic accident. If this were to ever become a reality, it would have to be completely computer controlled until you are almost at your driveway.
Tie it to a lamp post and leave it running.
~Steven Wright