Bellwether's gorgeous Volar eVTOL begins flight testing at half-scale

https://newatlas.com ^ | December 30, 2021 | By Loz Blain

[Red Badger]

Aviation Ping!...............

[GingisK]

That is indeed a very beautiful machine! I shudder at the thought of having idiot drivers operate in the 3D.

[Red Badger]

Only the very rich could afford it..................

[SheepWhisperer]

the way humans have been handling their vehicles on the ground since the pandemic, I can only imagine the carnage, cadavers and debris raining down throughout suburbia if this thing ever became the common mommymobile during daily commutes.

[Tallguy]

After Uncle Sugar figures out a way to give those wealthy buyers a tax credit paid for by the rest of us.

[Red Badger]

At $2Million a copy that won’t happen any time soon.................

[tet68]

Yep, probably the sleekest pile of smashed bloody parts I’ve
ever seen at a crash site.

[FrankRizzo890]

Didn't read the article, but here's my guess:

[ByteMercenary]

“mommymobile” ??? not likely ... where you gonna put two kids, a stroller and a weeks worth of groceries?

[GingisK]

Of course. The rest of us will be on horseback by the time it goes on the market.

[Maringa]

My suspicion is that eventually these vehicles will only be operated automatically, GPS guidance system and through virtual highways/streets in the sky. LIDAR/Manual mode will only be emergency recovery, sit down etc.

[Flick Lives]

It’s still using fan blades to propel the craft (no anti-grav yet), but the bodywork looks great and it does add a measure of safety. Looks sort of like the flying cars in Blade Runner.

[RatRipper]

The hype sounds like a real estate broker describing a cottage (shack) for sale on a lake. . . .

[UNGN]

The GME Stonks croud is salivating over something like this.

There are Youtubers that lost their $60k/year jobs in 2019 that bought $500K Lambos in 2021.

I would imagine these are their target buyer.

[Red Badger]

You’re half right..........$2 million.......................

[SheepWhisperer]

‘Twas a bit-o-humor
But, you’re probably right. It will be bought for some wealthy couple’s imbecilic immature son. He’ll later claim he was merely afflicted by wealth as the cause of the raining down of carnage, cadavers and debris.

Thank you for helping me see more clearly =o)

[Red Badger]

Looks like they would put a parachute device on the thing...............

[UNGN]

You can just imagine the flying rocks/sand/FOD if this tried to take off from the beach as pictured:

[dsc]

“I shudder at the thought of having idiot drivers operate in the 3D.”

I think any appropriate licensing test would eliminate all but a very few individuals. Could one in a thousand pass? One in a million doesn’t seem out of line.