I could not agree more. My point is that people keep coming along and reinventing the wheel...like The Hyperloop. A bus or a streetcar would be a hundred times more cost efficient. Believe me, there would be nothing safer than helicopters about air taxis. All the same problems would exist.
“Believe me, there would be nothing safer than helicopters about air taxis. All the same problems would exist.”
No. The main problems with helicopters do not exist with EV taxis.
With multiple rotors there is no need to counter the main rotor torque. Gearing related to the main tail rotors is a high failure path resulting in fatal crashes.
One engine failure on a helicopter results in a crash. Not so with EV taxis.
“The Hyperloop. A bus or a streetcar would be a hundred times more cost efficient.”
LA to SF
Bus: 6 hours
HyperLoop: 1 hour
Streetcar: ?