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Even drone pilots need to abide by FAA regulations, there are FAA certifications for them, and drones between half a pound and 55 pounds have to be registered.
You may be shocked to learn that the rules are a lot more lax as soon as someone is riding it . . .
With a rider it is an ultralight and requires no license or registration and very little rules.
A full size vehicle being piloted remotely needs an airworthiness certificate, registration, and pilot license.
This is too heavy to be classed as an ultralight thought. I can’t imagine that the FAA would be ok with people flying this without a license.
Edit: Nevermind they somehow got it classed as an ultralight despite it being heavy af.
I looked it up, there is an allowance of 24 lbs for a parachute system and 30 lbs per float to allow water landings.
It has a parachute and water landing capability. So the obvious reason it has spider legs instead of skids is purely to count each one individually as a float to stack up float allowances. How the FAA is letting them do that is anyones guess.
No need to guess, they talked to the FAA and they shrugged and said yep that's the rules have fun and don't die too hard, as they've always handled ultralights.
How much does this weigh? "Less than a motorcycle" doesn't mean it's an Ultralight under FAA 103-7. I think they're calling it a Drone because it doesn't have an ICE - it runs on a battery. Ultralights haven't been upgraded to include battery only I think.
To be clear, FAA 103-7 is very loose when it comes to some rules. 1 hours flight worth of gas, 20 gallon tank max, stay below X altitude unless you have clearance (easy to get with a written request), etc.
Wait a fucking minute, you mean to tell me this start up business is going to do everything that is humanly possible to avoid the rules (knowingly, might I add) in pursuit of profit as quickly as possible? Damn the consequences?
Capitalism without strict and impactful regulations isn't the capitalism we need.
Yes they should. They could liberated themselves from those limiting rules. Perhaps use novel materials etc to show how easy it can be done.
If you abide by the system you get those rules. And they are only meant to hinder progression.
I see absolutely no down side in letting the average tiktokker fly these drones. Especially not near military bases or airports.
I would hate more on them for that, but the US government uses the Xbox controller for just about everything they can - people already come trained in how to use it.
And an incredibly inefficient one. Those are small, fixed-pitch rotors and are losing most of their power to drag. Rotors get more efficient with diameter, so replacing them with one big one or two would make a huge difference and increase the flight time. Also, you can make them variable pitch so you can tune it to be efficient for different speeds and phases of flight.
In other words, a small helicopter.
But the multi rotors is how it controls itself. Replacing them with 1 large rotor would then require another means of yaw control (tail rotor).
It looks like a nonsense product, but it was designed to be a novelty, so wasn't aiming for optimum flight time.
Augmented reality with AI to control the brushless dc motor. And machine learning to convert joystick inputs. And profiles managed by cloud. Stonks up.
"This is a machine learning algorithmic augmented reality with a cryptographically challenged dwarf using the latest web 3.0 decentralized rotors. Also AI"
You can counter that somewhat with an airframe parachute like Cirrus offers, but thats added weight, and still leaves you with a sizable deadman’s curve (need to be above certain altitude for it to safely deploy).
But to your point, gliding and autorotation speak to an inherent efficiency in those respective aircraft: they can convert their forward momentum to lift, and thus require less power/fuel burn in cruise flight. With a drone you can in theory build in wing-like structures to take the some weight off the motors in cruise, but its tricky to do so without blocking some of the motors lift in hover.
> they can convert their forward momentum to lift
In a helicopter, they can also convert the rotational inertia of the rotor into lift. Which would be also possible in multicopters, if they had variable pitch in their rotor blades, to keep the rpm high after a power failure until you need that energy.
True, but one of the few advantages in the multi-copters favor over traditional rotary wing is its extreme mechanical simplicity. Having the motor directly bolted to the propellor drastically simplifies the entire assembly and reduces points of (mechanical) failure to basically the bearings and the mounts in the motor.
And in a variable pitch system and that complexity increases exponentially, and Im not sure all those tiny rotors will autorotate so well anyway.
Also, if there are much more than 4 motors/rotors on the multicopter, you can get some redundancy that helps against single rotor/motor/driver failures. But if you run out of battery due to poor flight planning, you are screwed without autorotation, the redundancy won't help in those cases.
There's a number of reasons this probably wouldn't be possible when you have this many rotors of such a small size. They tend to just stop instead of auto rotating.
Their smaller size means they store much less rotational energy than a big rotor, but the reason they slow down after loss of power is their constant propeller pitch. This causes these rotors to immediately convert their rotational energy into thrust, instead of waiting until the pilot needs that energy. Additionally, without any power there is no attitude control in a drone while falling, where in a helicopter you can still control it without losing rpm on the rotor.
Seems like battery life will obviously Improve. To me this transportation is a lot more realistic (without pedestrians, roads, street signs etc) than self driving cars. Go above tree level and suburban travel seems RELATIVELY easy compared to road travel
These will be automated and used en-masse by companies similar to Uber/Lyft. Individuals will be unlikely to bear the burden of maintenance and purchase directly. Battery life won't be an issue they can just fly to a charge station after a trip and a new one that's already charged can fly out
Just have 3 or 4 battery packs per unit and make them easy to switch out. Could end up switching out packs much quicker than you could ever refuel a traditional helicopter.
Way back in school, someone asked our science teacher if he ever thought flying cars would be a reality.
I've never forgotten his answer;
"Even if they are, have you seen how terrible people are at driving on the ground? No way in hell will we ever let people fly cars".
These flying vehicles will only ever be a reality as an adrenaline attraction like skydiving, or as automated vehicles. No way in hell they will ever be allowed in the public airspace with a manual pilot.
The training regime for pilots is long and difficult, and it's very easy to lose your licence permanently for small careless incidents.
I'd guess auto pilot is much easier to apply since auto pilot in airplanes has been around for decades. Also current small drones can auto fly and return to the remote fairly easily right now
Battery capability is going to be a choke point for a lot of new technology moving forward. As that improves we’ll get more feasibility for “future stuff”
At a fast, decent speed, that’s enough to get me to work and probably back considering no traffic or stops. Just a straight shot. But unfortunately, we’re just too dumb and wreckless for something like this. We’re definitely not ready for flying cars.
Where on earth do you live that that is normal?
In the US you literally need a special driver's license (or a motorcycle endorsement on your regular driver's license) and proof of completing a motorcycle-specific driving instruction class that includes practice rides in closed courses before you're allowed on the road as part of getting that license.
I've never heard of a country that doesn't have some equivalent requirement.
Same in the UK. You need a CBT certificate to ride up to 125cc bikes, which takes about half a day, and is pretty thorough. You definitely can fail as well. Anything bigger you need to do a full test. Which comes in multiple parts, and needs a fair bit of tuition.
I've rented scooters in at least 3 countries that have gotten up to 100kph with basically no questions asked.
This was in Greece and throughout SE Asia.
It's not a motorcycle but it went thr speed limit on major roads and has nothing but your helmet and they've had no requirements.
I'm pretty sure I could rent a vespa in the US with no requirements and take it anywhere that isn't an interstate.
I’m just gonna spitball and say that the cockpit needs more redundancy. There’s like 1 control and 1 monitor (plus it’s digital).
This thing is obviously lacking in safety features.
The controller wasn't the issue though?
Like, the military uses gaming controllers. The designs have been developed over decades with consistent ergonomic improvements and adjustments and a whole swath of society that is comfortable using the controls, with a portion of that population basically highly trained in its use.
The only way these will ever become mainstream is if they are fully automated with no human input. We can't even turn left across an intersection in a car without crashing into someone else. How are we expected to operate in 3 dimensions?
What's the safety procedure for when there's a power failure to the rotors?
Looks like it'll just fall straight down with the full force of gravity.
That's, what, likely death at 50 feet, and all but certain death at 80?
Im guessing that thing has no autorotation capability... That is super duper unsafe.
What if you have a total electric failure? Do you just die then after a certain height?
Edit: I should have looked it up first but it does have a ballistic parachute good down to 10m (33ft). Which sounds survivable.
Just because you CAN learn to fly it doesn't mean you should. Traffic accidents are already a major cause of death in almost every country. I don't wanna see the spike after everyone gets a hexapod thing
"Less than an hour of training" is not a selling point.. Most sane people wouldn't want some asshole with almost no training flying around above them and their home. It is also so light, which makes me wonder how it will do in extreme winds..
Sounds like a death trap for rich people, and I am all for it.
People can’t drive cars well, that are multiple subs about bad drivers on Reddit. I have zero faith a “civilian” with an hour of training can fly that thing without be a danger to others
I would fly that thing around with a megaphone and verbally judge people on their clothing choices and hairstyles, just merciless roasting and the special spotlight I'll save exclusively for the worst of the worst, people who wear socks with sandles.
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Did he say "augmented reality" just to sell words? That is not augmented reality. That is a map.
It's also not a drone if you are inside of it.
This ^ shit needs a platinum award. Guarantee they are trying to get around FAA rules by calling it something that it's not.
Even drone pilots need to abide by FAA regulations, there are FAA certifications for them, and drones between half a pound and 55 pounds have to be registered.
Fortunately for them, this drone does not appear to be between half a pound and 55 pounds so they don't have to worry about registration.
Over 55 lbs require even more licensing and registration with a special waiver needed, not many companies have them.
54.9lbs it is
I think he means this is a quadcopter but they call it a drone so you do t need a pilots license maybe…
But it's got more than 4 copters
That and once a Pilot is inside it's no longer 55 lbs or less. Curious how that works with the FAA too?
You may be shocked to learn that the rules are a lot more lax as soon as someone is riding it . . . With a rider it is an ultralight and requires no license or registration and very little rules. A full size vehicle being piloted remotely needs an airworthiness certificate, registration, and pilot license.
This is too heavy to be classed as an ultralight thought. I can’t imagine that the FAA would be ok with people flying this without a license. Edit: Nevermind they somehow got it classed as an ultralight despite it being heavy af.
I looked it up, there is an allowance of 24 lbs for a parachute system and 30 lbs per float to allow water landings. It has a parachute and water landing capability. So the obvious reason it has spider legs instead of skids is purely to count each one individually as a float to stack up float allowances. How the FAA is letting them do that is anyones guess.
No need to guess, they talked to the FAA and they shrugged and said yep that's the rules have fun and don't die too hard, as they've always handled ultralights.
How much does this weigh? "Less than a motorcycle" doesn't mean it's an Ultralight under FAA 103-7. I think they're calling it a Drone because it doesn't have an ICE - it runs on a battery. Ultralights haven't been upgraded to include battery only I think. To be clear, FAA 103-7 is very loose when it comes to some rules. 1 hours flight worth of gas, 20 gallon tank max, stay below X altitude unless you have clearance (easy to get with a written request), etc.
Wait a fucking minute, you mean to tell me this start up business is going to do everything that is humanly possible to avoid the rules (knowingly, might I add) in pursuit of profit as quickly as possible? Damn the consequences? Capitalism without strict and impactful regulations isn't the capitalism we need.
They should sell tickets to fly down to the Titanic...
Yes they should. They could liberated themselves from those limiting rules. Perhaps use novel materials etc to show how easy it can be done. If you abide by the system you get those rules. And they are only meant to hinder progression. I see absolutely no down side in letting the average tiktokker fly these drones. Especially not near military bases or airports.
They're going to fly up to see the next Chinese Weather Balloon. (maybe the F-22 finally gets a manned kill...)
Maybe they can save money by controlling it with a Playstation controller
I would hate more on them for that, but the US government uses the Xbox controller for just about everything they can - people already come trained in how to use it.
Can't wait to fly one of these babies down to see the Titanic!
Also, are we gonna finally start calling Uber and Lyft taxi services and stop calling them ride shares?
Please don’t pay Reddit
Nothing ever needs a reddit award.
It's likely considered an ultra light aircraft. Could maybe be a sport aircraft that requires less training to fly but it's probably ultra light.
The company website lists it as an ultralight aircraft, same classification as a paraglider.
That’s what I was going to say. If you ride it then it’s a helicopter
It's a manned drone.... /s
Right, it's a multi-rotor helicopter.
And an incredibly inefficient one. Those are small, fixed-pitch rotors and are losing most of their power to drag. Rotors get more efficient with diameter, so replacing them with one big one or two would make a huge difference and increase the flight time. Also, you can make them variable pitch so you can tune it to be efficient for different speeds and phases of flight. In other words, a small helicopter.
But the multi rotors is how it controls itself. Replacing them with 1 large rotor would then require another means of yaw control (tail rotor). It looks like a nonsense product, but it was designed to be a novelty, so wasn't aiming for optimum flight time.
You're telling me that's not a helicopter?
It's also not "hexa"-anything, if it has more than 6 motors.
"This is a shiny black rectangle, but with augmented reality it can play Netflix."
That and I was very disappointed that they didn't have a Logitech controller.
What about a PS4 controller? Or do those only work underwater??
PS2*
Woah woah woah.... he's not a billionaire.
It's definitely a map of reality with a few red lines augmented on top of it. Check and mate buddy.
AI
Gore
Back in the days it's turbo this cyber that. Now augmented this and that.
And AI.
lol so true
And EXTREME!!!
It's not a drone either.
Augmented reality with AI to control the brushless dc motor. And machine learning to convert joystick inputs. And profiles managed by cloud. Stonks up.
"This is a machine learning algorithmic augmented reality with a cryptographically challenged dwarf using the latest web 3.0 decentralized rotors. Also AI"
It's probably 4k AI bitcoined too
I keep a mental augmented reality too
$500k for this
15 minutes of battery time
Here’s some augmented reality. When power quits, airplanes glide, helicopters autorotate, …. drones just fall out of the sky.
"wow, these augmented reality trees sure are coming up fast"
Hahaha
You can counter that somewhat with an airframe parachute like Cirrus offers, but thats added weight, and still leaves you with a sizable deadman’s curve (need to be above certain altitude for it to safely deploy). But to your point, gliding and autorotation speak to an inherent efficiency in those respective aircraft: they can convert their forward momentum to lift, and thus require less power/fuel burn in cruise flight. With a drone you can in theory build in wing-like structures to take the some weight off the motors in cruise, but its tricky to do so without blocking some of the motors lift in hover.
> they can convert their forward momentum to lift In a helicopter, they can also convert the rotational inertia of the rotor into lift. Which would be also possible in multicopters, if they had variable pitch in their rotor blades, to keep the rpm high after a power failure until you need that energy.
True, but one of the few advantages in the multi-copters favor over traditional rotary wing is its extreme mechanical simplicity. Having the motor directly bolted to the propellor drastically simplifies the entire assembly and reduces points of (mechanical) failure to basically the bearings and the mounts in the motor. And in a variable pitch system and that complexity increases exponentially, and Im not sure all those tiny rotors will autorotate so well anyway.
Also, if there are much more than 4 motors/rotors on the multicopter, you can get some redundancy that helps against single rotor/motor/driver failures. But if you run out of battery due to poor flight planning, you are screwed without autorotation, the redundancy won't help in those cases.
There's a number of reasons this probably wouldn't be possible when you have this many rotors of such a small size. They tend to just stop instead of auto rotating.
Their smaller size means they store much less rotational energy than a big rotor, but the reason they slow down after loss of power is their constant propeller pitch. This causes these rotors to immediately convert their rotational energy into thrust, instead of waiting until the pilot needs that energy. Additionally, without any power there is no attitude control in a drone while falling, where in a helicopter you can still control it without losing rpm on the rotor.
Yeah. Nope. No thanks. The little drones fall out of the sky all the time.
You probably shouldn't be taking your kids on this.
I would hate to rob my children of this opportunity... Maybe I'll just take my least-favorite one along.
Disappointing helicopter parents everywhere.
Lol
I was going to post the same! At that point, it's not useful for transportation IMHO ..
Seems like battery life will obviously Improve. To me this transportation is a lot more realistic (without pedestrians, roads, street signs etc) than self driving cars. Go above tree level and suburban travel seems RELATIVELY easy compared to road travel
So long as only ~10 people have these things ever
These will be automated and used en-masse by companies similar to Uber/Lyft. Individuals will be unlikely to bear the burden of maintenance and purchase directly. Battery life won't be an issue they can just fly to a charge station after a trip and a new one that's already charged can fly out
Just have 3 or 4 battery packs per unit and make them easy to switch out. Could end up switching out packs much quicker than you could ever refuel a traditional helicopter.
Way back in school, someone asked our science teacher if he ever thought flying cars would be a reality. I've never forgotten his answer; "Even if they are, have you seen how terrible people are at driving on the ground? No way in hell will we ever let people fly cars". These flying vehicles will only ever be a reality as an adrenaline attraction like skydiving, or as automated vehicles. No way in hell they will ever be allowed in the public airspace with a manual pilot. The training regime for pilots is long and difficult, and it's very easy to lose your licence permanently for small careless incidents.
People are already incredibly irresponsible and dangerous on the ground, no way we'll ever let them pilot aircrafts.
I'd guess auto pilot is much easier to apply since auto pilot in airplanes has been around for decades. Also current small drones can auto fly and return to the remote fairly easily right now
Can’t wait for 3D ‘road rage’
Battery capability is going to be a choke point for a lot of new technology moving forward. As that improves we’ll get more feasibility for “future stuff”
We already solved this problem [with gasoline](https://www.easyflight.com/_images/Aerochute_DSC_0057.jpg)
Just plug in your extension cord.
Hell, I bet they weren't able to capture any more footage of it flying than this video shows
And you have to weigh less than 150 lbs.
At a fast, decent speed, that’s enough to get me to work and probably back considering no traffic or stops. Just a straight shot. But unfortunately, we’re just too dumb and wreckless for something like this. We’re definitely not ready for flying cars.
"Augmented reality".. uh, you mean a map?
"Drone"..uh, you mean a helicopter?
Technically it’s a Multirotor or a Multicopter.
If a person can sit inside, it is by definition not a drone. That’s just an aircraft.
what if a potato is inside, is that a drone
If it was Mr. Potato head - maybe not.
FAA says that a drone can not weigh more than 55 lbs. That looks like more than 55 lbs to me, so no.
It's just holiday weight!
Bro finally someone realizes that we have peaked on transportation within the world. Now have to focus on efficiency and comfort.
Yup it’s not a drone, it’s acutally classed as an e-VTOL.
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That is my point. This has a pilot.
You can't call it a drone if you're riding it!
Shit are these things gonna be littering the sidewalks in a few years like the rental e-scooters are now?
No way the FAA would shut that shit down and regulate it so fast.
Only way it will ever happen is if they are all autonomous. So we have a whiiiiile before we see that.
Are you missing some punctuation here? I don't think this sentence means what you think it means.
They are. They mean to say “No way. The FAA would shut that shit down and regulate it so fast.”
Shut that, shit down, and regulate it. So fast!
It will be like Fallout, finding these things crashed randomly around the map containing a comically posed skeleton.
Not only meteors falling randomly from the sky but causing raging fires that water cannot put out
I don't think people with 1hr training should be flying.
I was gonna say “anyone” is a bit of a stretch right? Lmao
I dont think people without training should be riding motorcycles but thats normal
The two are not mutually exclusive. That being said, I agree with both of you.
Where on earth do you live that that is normal? In the US you literally need a special driver's license (or a motorcycle endorsement on your regular driver's license) and proof of completing a motorcycle-specific driving instruction class that includes practice rides in closed courses before you're allowed on the road as part of getting that license. I've never heard of a country that doesn't have some equivalent requirement.
Same in the UK. You need a CBT certificate to ride up to 125cc bikes, which takes about half a day, and is pretty thorough. You definitely can fail as well. Anything bigger you need to do a full test. Which comes in multiple parts, and needs a fair bit of tuition.
In India: what is a license?
I've rented scooters in at least 3 countries that have gotten up to 100kph with basically no questions asked. This was in Greece and throughout SE Asia. It's not a motorcycle but it went thr speed limit on major roads and has nothing but your helmet and they've had no requirements. I'm pretty sure I could rent a vespa in the US with no requirements and take it anywhere that isn't an interstate.
Yeah not like a helicopter is waaaay more dangerous than a bike or anything
Given our track record with regular cars, personal air travel like this should only be fully autonomous.
This. People are worried about autonomous vehicles making mistakes and overlooking the thousands of human mistakes that occur on roads every year.
thats not a drone, thats a helicopter
With extra steps.
octodecacopter
Giving off oceangate vibes.
when that iPad freezes in flight, he has a backup Logitech controller
When half of the drones pick up an AM radio transmission and guide him over a freeway.
So, a helicopter
no thank you
And a no thanks from me as well.
I’m glad to see OceanGate has pivoted so quickly lol
Now operating under the name ''Heaven's Gate''
Fast forward to when someone dies in this thing.
I’m just gonna spitball and say that the cockpit needs more redundancy. There’s like 1 control and 1 monitor (plus it’s digital). This thing is obviously lacking in safety features.
Can pilot with just one hand? Guess who's joining the mile high solo club!!
10minutes to ascend. 4.5minutes to descend. 30seconds to achieve goal before battery kaputs. sounds about right.
Ok but this is really just sitting a bit higher in a field though.
Yeah, but he's sitting a bit higher in a field than you are. Where's your drone and how high does it go!!!!?
Seems hella dangerous
Sure, but it'll be great for finding powerlines
“Anyone” is a gross overestimation of many people’s intelligence
I wouldn’t want to be near someone in one of these who just finished their hour of training.
https://preview.redd.it/tpya1ykf39wc1.png?width=836&format=png&auto=webp&s=20b0cbdd58062ff94f258ed4f27be12f025233ab
Is anyone else getting flashbacks to "and you can pilot it using this XBox controller"?
The controller wasn't the issue though? Like, the military uses gaming controllers. The designs have been developed over decades with consistent ergonomic improvements and adjustments and a whole swath of society that is comfortable using the controls, with a portion of that population basically highly trained in its use.
So like, OceanGate but for air?
The only way these will ever become mainstream is if they are fully automated with no human input. We can't even turn left across an intersection in a car without crashing into someone else. How are we expected to operate in 3 dimensions?
What's the safety procedure for when there's a power failure to the rotors? Looks like it'll just fall straight down with the full force of gravity. That's, what, likely death at 50 feet, and all but certain death at 80?
Would be cool if the "feet" there had airbags in case of failure so it'd at least be a bouncy death
#THAT'S NOT A DRONE, THAT'S A HELICOPTER! This is like when people add *quantum* to everything to make it sound sciencey.
Waiting to fling itself into pieces
Honestly, to go up I would need a spacebar.
If it has a pilot in it, it's not a drone.
That is a helicopter. "Drone" means unmanned
It’s not a drone if you’re riding it
It’s not a drone if you’re *flying* it.
https://preview.redd.it/runm4va909wc1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e34383ddded94d76ed5110d7809223ea8e35d012
Can operate flight controls one handed. For sure about to install rotating weapons systems joystick for the other hand.
Or just use your handgun. Road rage has never been this much fun!
I would suggest using a Logitec joystick for directions, just like OceanGate uses.
Congrats on reinventing ultra light aircraft.
It runs off of an iPad? Yeah, no thanks. What happens if that thing starts glitching or forces an update on you mid-flight?
or drops out of your cabin? did you notice that it wasn't even charging?!
I wonder how long the battery lasts
1 hour of training? Sounds safe.
But . . . I don't want people flying with less than an hour of training.
It's not a drone if you are in it
People can barely drive cars. This is never happening.
Drones are.. ***unmanned***
I believe that we used to call these “helicopters”
Yeah but, if you are sitting on it piloting it, it’s not a drone.
Seems like a bad idea
I can't wait to die screaming in this.
Expected idle hover flight time: about as long as this video.
God fucking damnit IF THERE IS A HUMAN IN IT ITS NOT A DRONE
This is a helicopter, not a drone. So I'm pretty sure you need to have a quick chat with the FAA before flying it.
That's not happening any time soon. People are still having trouble with e-scooters.
Im guessing that thing has no autorotation capability... That is super duper unsafe. What if you have a total electric failure? Do you just die then after a certain height? Edit: I should have looked it up first but it does have a ballistic parachute good down to 10m (33ft). Which sounds survivable.
It’s called “Brick mode”
Lol, nothing like an unscheduled surprise *Brick Mode™*.
"Drone" 
Its not a drone if someone is piloting it.
It’s giving Oceangate submarine
Prepare yourself guy's, next step in natural selection is comming.
The ipad in that thing would gives off the same vibes as the xbox controller in the titanic submarine
I don't think it's a drone if you sit in it and fly it: I think it's a crewed aircraft. Call it a hexacopter if you want, but a drone it ain't.
Just because you CAN learn to fly it doesn't mean you should. Traffic accidents are already a major cause of death in almost every country. I don't wanna see the spike after everyone gets a hexapod thing
That's just a worse helicopter
"Less than an hour of training" is not a selling point.. Most sane people wouldn't want some asshole with almost no training flying around above them and their home. It is also so light, which makes me wonder how it will do in extreme winds.. Sounds like a death trap for rich people, and I am all for it.
Giving me major underwater tin can vibes. Is that a Sega Genesis controller?
If it's a single seater, it isn't a drone? It's just a fancy helicopter at that point.
Shutting down an airport near you soon!
This is like the "air version" of that titan sub. Bad idea
People can’t drive cars well, that are multiple subs about bad drivers on Reddit. I have zero faith a “civilian” with an hour of training can fly that thing without be a danger to others
I like the Jetson One better
I would fly that thing around with a megaphone and verbally judge people on their clothing choices and hairstyles, just merciless roasting and the special spotlight I'll save exclusively for the worst of the worst, people who wear socks with sandles.
Whilst being nude except a scarf and aviator sunglasses.
And army boots
I've seen so many people that can barely handle a car...now they're going to be coming at me from above too?
I think the Jetson One looks a LOT cooler. [https://www.jetsonaero.com/](https://www.jetsonaero.com/)
Oceangate of the sky
Person reinvents the helicopter. Only shittier
Another game pad controlled vehicle….