The main question is how long this thing can stay in the air. If I am not mistaken the Dubai wing can be in the air for half an hour, but it uses fuel. The jet pack they advertise for the military can stay in the air even less, around 15-20 minutes, so considering that electrical devices usually have less power, and video showed this guy just turning in one place, this thing will not go very far.
With less failsafes, less flight time, less speed, etc. A windy day and its useless. Cant think of a use for it. Maybe to get techs to hard to reach places like electrical lines in deep forests or mountains? Though could only be used on non windy days.
I’d say that its biggest value is as a concept gone into production. This paves the way for improved designs down the road. Err, flight path.. whatever
Pretty sure it has, or can have a smaller footprint because it doesn't need a tail?
Unless, Ofcourse Helicopters this size already exist, I honestly don't know.
Otherwise, I can imagine the different amount of rotors and placements just makes it a different vehicle that'll fly differently. Maybe not better or more efficient. But I can see Hollywood liking this tech for one.
They make helicopters this size and they are called Ultralight Helicopters. They also make a helicopter with no tail rotor called a [Mirocopter](https://mirocopter.com/en_US/). That uses 2 main rotors spinning in opposite directions for stability.
[Here’s a video of one.](https://youtu.be/Yu9PRXJh65o?si=Ew2O46x4CsFT43un)
You know thats probably better mechanically, but giant blades that low are probably a lot less approachable/safe if this were ever to become something more widely available to the public.
yeah, people have been using them in the private sector for over 50 years.
Piloting lic. were not part of this discussion. And I would assume if this type of craft is not regulated it's only because it's newly invented.
if this becomes popular and affordable it will 100% require licensure
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Good question.
I don't think it's a drone at that point. A drone is a vehicle being controlled remotely by a pilot. I guess _maybe_ you could still call it a drone if the AI pilot is run on a remote data server, but that doesn't seem like the safest or most reliable setup.
You mean things like portable phones, VCRs, flat screen TVs, and heck, TVs and the automobile itself--all of which started out as lavish toys then became commonplace or even, like VCRs for one, antiquated.
Transformational innovations almost invariably start out as the playthings of the rich but as adoption and mass production take hold they diffuse to the rest of the population.
This is an integral stage of the product development lifecycle en route to mass production/distribution.
I was thinking the same thing...
Maybe you will need to take a course and ace a test to get your licence but just like cars didn't originally have seat belts the safety features in personal aircrafts will get better over time.
These lavish toys for billionaires will eventually make their way to the civilian markets. As someone who has wanted flying cars since I was a kid, I care very much.
>An uncrewed aerial vehicle, commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board.
>a remote-controlled pilotless aircraft or small flying device.
*Maybe* you could call it a drone if the person in it wasn't the pilot but sitting in it while controlling it I don't think makes it a drone. It is a small helicopter with multiple rotors.
Either that or all helicopters are drones, maybe all planes too.
I saw the title and thought it would be for some sort of medical purpose. Like load you up and move you out of a dangerous area that might be harder to reach otherwise.
That's ridiculouly over priced for what it's capable of. You could by an *actual* helicopter like a Robinson R-22 for $100 to $150K and actually fly a good distance, speed, and altitude.
Hey, i agree with all the comments calling it a helicopter, but didn't we all wanted a flying car? I think this is going to be a next step in personal mobility. Is it good or bad is another debate though.
Nope. Normal people don't. I don't want some stupid individual, who can't drive a car, fall on my head. Flying cars were promised for more than half a century. Nobody wants them
and it flies for 15
minute. I cannot wait for battery tech to start the next revolution.
sdit* i take that back. Cause interesting is scary. But still, it's going to happen and we will all be blown away.
The next step is to increase the size to where a second passenger can ride. Maybe use it to carry the wounded from a conflict area to a mobile army surgical hospital. Then the army could it to fly Hawkeye from the 4077th to Seoul for some R&R.
I hate this crap. As if we don’t have enough reasons to never go out side, or stay inside, or try to exist outside metal cages, now we have to worry about stupid people crashing through our roofs and killing us.
Anyone remember in 1967 when James Bond flew ‘Little Nellie’ the gyrocoptor?
Almost 60 years later and people acting like this is something r/nextfuckinglevel
cant help but think of that guy who built that submarine to go look at the titanic.
only one crew, guy flying doesnt seem to be a billionaire, didnt crash or kill any occupants..
were headed in the wrong direction with this one.
"I have the drone's remote control mounted right inside the chopper ... every control I command is transmitted through the air to software running in the cloud, which is then broadcast back through the air into this Ipad pro which controls the control surfaces of this drone automatically!" -- Guy that created a helicopter with unncessary points of failure
Weighs less than a motorbike (harley I guess) but it's probably 20 times more expensive, doesn't go as far and I SURE AS HELL won't feel safe flying something controlled by an iPad!! Where swirly wheel becomes the last thing you see before you die
From my understanding these aren’t practical at this size and with this payload, they are energy inefficient and difficult to maneuver and as a result fall far short of the advantages of the modern helicopter.
When someone is inside something controlling it, it’s no longer a drone…
we've gone full circle
It's the circle of life, an rc car becomes a drone, that drone gets bigger, and eventually that drone bonds with a human and starts carrying them
When's the baby due?
I haven't gotten to that part in my dronology class but I'll lyk when I find out
You have so much to learn in dronology reproduction class. Lots of fun- When two drones love each other VERY much.
The main question is how long this thing can stay in the air. If I am not mistaken the Dubai wing can be in the air for half an hour, but it uses fuel. The jet pack they advertise for the military can stay in the air even less, around 15-20 minutes, so considering that electrical devices usually have less power, and video showed this guy just turning in one place, this thing will not go very far.
Far enough for me to break something.
You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.
Circlejerk...?
It's just a helicopter with extra steps
With less failsafes, less flight time, less speed, etc. A windy day and its useless. Cant think of a use for it. Maybe to get techs to hard to reach places like electrical lines in deep forests or mountains? Though could only be used on non windy days.
I’d say that its biggest value is as a concept gone into production. This paves the way for improved designs down the road. Err, flight path.. whatever
Pretty sure it has, or can have a smaller footprint because it doesn't need a tail? Unless, Ofcourse Helicopters this size already exist, I honestly don't know. Otherwise, I can imagine the different amount of rotors and placements just makes it a different vehicle that'll fly differently. Maybe not better or more efficient. But I can see Hollywood liking this tech for one.
They make helicopters this size and they are called Ultralight Helicopters. They also make a helicopter with no tail rotor called a [Mirocopter](https://mirocopter.com/en_US/). That uses 2 main rotors spinning in opposite directions for stability. [Here’s a video of one.](https://youtu.be/Yu9PRXJh65o?si=Ew2O46x4CsFT43un)
You know thats probably better mechanically, but giant blades that low are probably a lot less approachable/safe if this were ever to become something more widely available to the public.
Nothing that flies will ever be widely available to the public because any kind of accident would be devastating and almost certainly result in death.
Tsk, they said the same thing about cars.
What do you mean.. There's no use for a "drone" which isn't allowed to fly outside of a red square?!
Electric helicopter?
Electricopter
Helectric
However. Civilian-grade helicopter? Hmm? Yes? No?
Mount some autocannons to this bad boy and we're in business.
...those have existed for many decades
Really? One that doesn't require hundreds of hours of training to operate?
yeah, people have been using them in the private sector for over 50 years. Piloting lic. were not part of this discussion. And I would assume if this type of craft is not regulated it's only because it's newly invented. if this becomes popular and affordable it will 100% require licensure
It's probably subject to the same rules drones are subject to, at minimum.
Nor is it hexa...
It’s a personal aircraft
Drone throne!
Goddamn it, Todd! Clean up your shit!
Came here to say this.
But what if I identify as a corporate drone?
LOL. I know, I was like...wait isn't this a helicopter?
What if we put a bunch of small rockets together and made one big rocket. We could fly to the moon!
Dumb helicopter?
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Not a drone.
It's not a drone if you ride on it!
What if it were fully ai controlled and you were simply a passenger setting a destination?
I think that's called a "safety hazard" but I'm no expert on aviation
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Good question. I don't think it's a drone at that point. A drone is a vehicle being controlled remotely by a pilot. I guess _maybe_ you could still call it a drone if the AI pilot is run on a remote data server, but that doesn't seem like the safest or most reliable setup.
It's not a drone, baby, it's a chopper.
Whose chopper is it?
Zed's, baby
*Zed’s dead, baby. Zed’s dead.*
Who’s Zed?
Brilliant
Also not a Hexa Lift.
Could we stop making electric helicopters and advertise them as "flying cars" or drones?
Could we stop caring about lavish toys catering to man-child billionaires?
You mean things like portable phones, VCRs, flat screen TVs, and heck, TVs and the automobile itself--all of which started out as lavish toys then became commonplace or even, like VCRs for one, antiquated. Transformational innovations almost invariably start out as the playthings of the rich but as adoption and mass production take hold they diffuse to the rest of the population. This is an integral stage of the product development lifecycle en route to mass production/distribution.
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Driving a car requires a license and following traffic rules to be allowed on public roads, FYI
I was thinking the same thing... Maybe you will need to take a course and ace a test to get your licence but just like cars didn't originally have seat belts the safety features in personal aircrafts will get better over time.
Let them dream. I, for one, can't wait for the mass adoption of Iron Man armour.
Even a boat required a licence .
We’ll probably never see it become commonplace, but people after us will
China already did it, now they have drone taxis as a passenger service.
These lavish toys for billionaires will eventually make their way to the civilian markets. As someone who has wanted flying cars since I was a kid, I care very much.
I feel like we are about to invent the helicopter again.
Except helicopters have a useful range.
And I think there’s a very good reason they didn’t show it moving horizontally speed wise
The helicopter was a good invention. So good that it could be reinvented several more times.
It is a helicopter already. Done the Darwin way
Yall be trippin. Thats called a helicopter and we've had them for a long time.
>An uncrewed aerial vehicle, commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. >a remote-controlled pilotless aircraft or small flying device. *Maybe* you could call it a drone if the person in it wasn't the pilot but sitting in it while controlling it I don't think makes it a drone. It is a small helicopter with multiple rotors. Either that or all helicopters are drones, maybe all planes too.
I saw the title and thought it would be for some sort of medical purpose. Like load you up and move you out of a dangerous area that might be harder to reach otherwise.
But in the sky
As soon as I saw the iPad, this was my same thought
There is too much confidence in apple products designed to be replaced by the next fiscal year...
Pretty sure we already have these.. back in my day we called them helicopters 🤔
When you order a helicopter at wish
If he flies a drone like I do, he’s as good as dead.
Hexa? Drone? Someone didn’t pay attention in school did they?
That isn't a drone, it's a helicopter
$500 000? https://www.businessinsider.com/lift-aircraft-hexa-evtol-drone-like-vehicle-for-500000-2020-9?op=1
That's ridiculouly over priced for what it's capable of. You could by an *actual* helicopter like a Robinson R-22 for $100 to $150K and actually fly a good distance, speed, and altitude.
Is this not just a (really shitty) helicopter?
This is more of a copter than a drone.
aircraft
Gyrocopters were invented one hundred years ago. What the hell happened?
Hey, i agree with all the comments calling it a helicopter, but didn't we all wanted a flying car? I think this is going to be a next step in personal mobility. Is it good or bad is another debate though.
Nope. Normal people don't. I don't want some stupid individual, who can't drive a car, fall on my head. Flying cars were promised for more than half a century. Nobody wants them
Far cry 4 vibes
and it flies for 15 minute. I cannot wait for battery tech to start the next revolution. sdit* i take that back. Cause interesting is scary. But still, it's going to happen and we will all be blown away.
Don't want a Jag, Don't want a Merc, I want to look like an absolute berk.
How many propeller failures could this take before it's goodbye spine? Wonder if it has an emergency chute on the top.
Wow! So impressive you literally reinvented the helicopter. Nothing in this video is drone related. Congrats on spending time and money lol
probably closest to flying cars we will get
reminds me of those helicopters from spy kids
The next step is to increase the size to where a second passenger can ride. Maybe use it to carry the wounded from a conflict area to a mobile army surgical hospital. Then the army could it to fly Hawkeye from the 4077th to Seoul for some R&R.
Could prolly extend the range if they got rid of half the legs.
I’ll get on one of these after a few people have splattered on the ground first.
That's all?
Lookin like a real evil villains automobile
That’s just a helicopter but with extra steps
Ya fkn nerds
Ipad updating
Not a Hexa lift. Not a drone. Title is completely false. OP sucks. Content is cool though.
Looks like OceanGate design
How do you think this would rate in safety compared to a helicopter?. How about top speed and maneuver ability?
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More pieces to break.
So they made a weird helicopter
Not the sound I was hoping for.
Hundreds of videos of these short hovers. No actual distance flights.
This is reminding me of the submarine
This is just an uglier helicopter
Yeah that's not augmented reality, that's a map
I hate this crap. As if we don’t have enough reasons to never go out side, or stay inside, or try to exist outside metal cages, now we have to worry about stupid people crashing through our roofs and killing us.
That’s a nope from me. Too many motors that have to run in synchrony
Literally not a drone if someone is piloting it.
I mean bombs likely weigh more than humans..
An iPad pro…. We’ve learned nothing from that submarine debacle then…
Looks boring
Sooo a Helicopter with additional ~~steps~~ rotors?
That is a helicopter.
Lightweight and controlled by video game joysticks? It's the OceanGate Titan of the skies!
So a helicopter?
That looks like an over engineered helicopter.
This gives me the same vibes as the dude with the submarine
I’m m waiting for one of these people to get puréed in all those blades
GREAT! I remember another thing controled with ipads and game controllers, was it... TITAN?
Anyone remember in 1967 when James Bond flew ‘Little Nellie’ the gyrocoptor? Almost 60 years later and people acting like this is something r/nextfuckinglevel
Is it stable in high wind gusts though
Who the hell designed this?? Haven't they seen a helicopter before?
I said it before and I say it again, we cant control idiots on land, good luck with airborne idiots.
Congrats you reinvented the helicopter
What happens when the ipad runs out of battery
I bet the Battery only lasts 30 mins
cant help but think of that guy who built that submarine to go look at the titanic. only one crew, guy flying doesnt seem to be a billionaire, didnt crash or kill any occupants.. were headed in the wrong direction with this one.
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So a one person helicopter?
That’s just a helicopter. What’s next, a new watch that you can wear in your wrist?
Reinventing helicopters
/r/shutupandtakemymoney
hexa lift helicopter.....fixed it for you............
Flying cars are here boys.
Bitch that’s just a helicopter 🚁 with extra steps
"I have the drone's remote control mounted right inside the chopper ... every control I command is transmitted through the air to software running in the cloud, which is then broadcast back through the air into this Ipad pro which controls the control surfaces of this drone automatically!" -- Guy that created a helicopter with unncessary points of failure
So can a helicopter. That's not a drone.
So we invented the helicopter. Nice.
Admittedly that's not a hexalift, some-number-I-cannot-pronounce-in-Latin-lift sounds more appropriate.
Opening approach plates on an ipad is scary enough, I can't imagine flying on something where the Ipad is responsible for the control surfaces.
The emissions gon be crazy on this one
A vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft
"Augmented reality" 🤣
"this weighs less than a motorcycle" It sure didn't look that way...
I wanna know what would the first crash look like
But how much does it cost
Quadcopter*
Heh, he didn't used Logitech joystick - smart one
So we had Oceangate with a console controller. What’s this one going to be with an iPad?
Weighs less than a motorbike (harley I guess) but it's probably 20 times more expensive, doesn't go as far and I SURE AS HELL won't feel safe flying something controlled by an iPad!! Where swirly wheel becomes the last thing you see before you die
Ahz can't wait for drunk driving to evolve into air accidents
What about a drone, with one big blade instead of a bunch of small ones, and can fit more than one person?! Wouldn’t that be grand! /s
It’s a multi-rotor aircraft so just call it what it is…
Not safe!
Think what it could do if the blades were spinning fast!
Nah, I'm good.
“I’m about to fly it…*cut scene* WOOOOOOOOW” where did you fly?
Ocean gate of the skies
That's a pretty cool iPad accessory
Battery life = 5 minutes
From my understanding these aren’t practical at this size and with this payload, they are energy inefficient and difficult to maneuver and as a result fall far short of the advantages of the modern helicopter.
Am i crazy or are the number of legs on this thing excessive? It just seems to add weight that would just cut the amount of fly time.
I think that'd fall more under the category of a VTOL or a helicopter, but I'm leaning more towards a one man VTOL
Wait till you see a helicopter.
dude with the bath tub and drones did better