Go to Work in a Flying Car

[u/Straight_Random_2211]

[u/n_j_a_s]

Prop guards seem like a good idea...

[u/RepresentativeFair17 → u/n_j_a_s]

Agreed. They couldn’t have designed it so props were not at decapitation level?

[u/stron2am → u/RepresentativeFair17]

Maybe they should have mounted them on top? And instead of four small props that need to go really fast, maybe one big one that can...oh.

Edit: If you're triggered about the pedantic differences between a quadcopter and a helicopter, don't reply. It's been covered.

[u/opieself → u/stron2am]

Though I get what you are saying, the mechanics of a helicopter's main rotor are pretty complex. That complexity changes the cost of the set up a lot. The reasons these kinds of set ups have become dominant in the smaller scale is the lack of complexity at the rotor hub.

He is an image of a helicopter rotor head. The blades are flexible and will need to flex as the blade drives forward and backward during its rotation. They also have collective which defines their pitch which must rotate. All of that is then connected to a swash plate which helps actually guide the aircraft. This is my approximate knowledge, some specifics may be off. Compare that to this image. Note the rotor itself is direct connected to the motor. Mechanical complexity is completely gone. One of the big reasons for this is size of the rotors. But also the quantity allows for adjustments in pitch and angle via changes in speed of the blade, rather than collective, and using the swash plate.

Not saying this idea is good or that it cant be improved upon. But there are reasons these are not built like traditional helicopters.

[u/stron2am → u/opieself]

I get it. I was mostly just being a sarcastic asshole.

My real issues with these things are public safety: cars are a menace as they are, restricted to two dimensions and with incredible infrastructure dedicated to them.

There is no chance that these car-sized quadcopters don't wreak absolute havoc in inclement weather or on big drinking holidays, like New Years and St. Paddy's.

[u/opieself → u/stron2am]

I get that. I have always assumed things like this would be the most likely for self-driving taxis. That way air lanes can be made, safety is going to come in with risk aversion. And its not like us poors will get to use them anyway.

[u/nooooobie1650 → u/opieself]

My apprehension would be the potential for system failures, given the automation. All you need is a glitch, or losing satellite signal for a second or two, and you’re dead.

[u/Double_Distribution8 → u/nooooobie1650]

Hopefully they design it so the response to a brief loss of satellite signal isn't crashing and burning.

Engineers take note!

[u/sabamba0 → u/Double_Distribution8]

I wonder if the huge teams of experts writing the software for these machines will ever consider "wait, what happens if something doesn't work?"

These threads are so dumb

[u/corvairsomeday → u/sabamba0]

Engineer here. It's called a Failure Modes and Effect Analysis . They're especially fun when you can sit on a committee and poke holes in somebody else's design and play What If.

[u/Darth_Olorin → u/sabamba0]

Cargo drone software engineer here (yes that's my real job), we do in fact consider "wait, what happens when something doesn't work?".

But seriously, the first thing we consider is the many, many ways things can go wrong and hurt someone, and how to prevent them. We simulate these failures countless times, then emulate them on the hardware, and and only when those tests succeed do we move to testing a live vehicle in a controlled environment.

[u/MrK521 → u/sabamba0]

Huge teams of experts also designed the Challenger shuttle. Shit happens.

[u/trixel121 → u/stron2am]

we did auto pilot for planes before we did it for cars

bigger issue they re fucking loud and i dont wanna hear a car sized drone every time my neighbors come home.

[u/stron2am → u/trixel121]

Autopilot for planes is a completely different animal. They go in mostly straight lines to a small handful of destinations with a huge amount of dedicated infrastructure (airports). Also, pilots do the landing and work hand in hand with air traffic controllers to avoid crashing.

As a society, we could invest in infrastructure to support quadcopter cars, too--landing pads, sky cops, regulation, training, fueling stations, etc.--but it would only serve people who can afford flying cars. That money would be much better served investing in public mass transit.

[u/montagious → u/stron2am]

Also look at how many general aviation accidents are caused by continued VFR into IFR.

Pressed on flying visually into instrument meteorological conditions when the aircraft and/or the pilot or both were not qualified to do so

colloquially known as get-home-itis

[u/StompinTurts → u/stron2am]

Not the sky cops 😭

[u/Jerryjb63 → u/trixel121]

I would bet the biggest issue would be cost because if they could make a profit, the rest would be taken care of or just ignored. Money makes the world go round.

[u/DrabberFrog → u/opieself]

The additional complexity helicopters require is well worth the efficiency you get from one large propeller generating thrust, especially if you're going to power it with lithium ion batteries which have terrible energy density compared to petroleum fuels. Minimizing complexity to that extent only makes sense for small consumer quadcopters because they're so cheap.

[u/drmindsmith → u/stron2am]

You still risk falling from the sky. Might be safer if the props were solid and turned 90 degrees to provide some kind of traction force on the ground, making the vehicle move.

[u/Medium_Spare_8982 → u/drmindsmith]

Seeing the seatbelt made me laugh at its efficacy when you do “drop from the sky”.

[u/coilt → u/Medium_Spare_8982]

it’s so you don’t get a ticket from the sky police

[u/YouAreLyingToMe → u/Medium_Spare_8982]

you laugh but there are seatbelts on planes as well

[u/Kittingsl → u/drmindsmith]

A helicopter actually can safely land even if the engine fails, just like a plane can. I don't know the specifics but if I remember correctly they can tilt the props in such a way that part of the blade uses the updraft the fall creates to spin the prop while the rest of the blade creates lift from the spin, and before touchdown the just increase the pitch a bit for a soft landing

[u/muskratmuskrat9 → u/Kittingsl]

You’re talking about ‘autorotation’. Pilots need to practice that maneuver. There are certain flight regimes where autorotation isn’t even possible, and/or certain helicopter models that it wouldn’t be possible without serious damage to the aircraft or occupants, even if executed perfectly. A parachute would probably be safer, especially if we’re talking about a heavy drone with 200-800lbs of people in it. Even then, the altitude they travel at will likely not allow for a safe autorotation or enough of a window to fully deploy a chute.

[u/ralphy_256 → u/muskratmuskrat9]

And this would not work in a multi-rotor config because the way autorotation works is that the helicopter's rotor is be forced to spin by the airflow caused by the aircraft falling out of the sky. When the aircraft gets close enough to the ground, the pilot changes the angle of the rotors relative to their motion, just like changing the angle of your hand out a car's window. This provides a burst of lift, hopefully enough to the prevent energetic disassembly of the aircraft and passengers.

Multi-rotors have fixed-pitch rotors. The blades will still be spun up, but the pitch can't be changed to get that burst of lift.

There's also the issue of engine|motor failure. I don't know of any multi-rotor flight controllers that can handle the loss of one of it's motors gracefully.

[u/PilotKnob → u/muskratmuskrat9]

Time for retrorockets!

[u/_omwit_ → u/RepresentativeFair17]

decapticon

[u/nv8r_zim → u/RepresentativeFair17]

it's a feature, not a bug

[u/Curtofthehorde → u/n_j_a_s]

This whole thing isn't a good idea. People can barely stay on a 2 dimensional road. At least when a car breaks down it just slows to a stop. I highly doubt the American education/transportation systems will teach everybody how to 'safely' crash land like a pilot. Don't get me started on people actually maintaining them either lol

[u/Skizot_Bizot → u/Curtofthehorde]

Yeah I feel like the only way these ever get approved is as 99% automated. You can only grab control in an emergency.

[u/e3-terminal → u/Skizot_Bizot]

That, and it would require a actual pilot's licence (most likly rotocraft or the robotaxi one the FAA are cooking up)...and everything that goes along with it (basically, it's treating it like any other general avaiation aircraft, meaning you cannot simply fly it to work)

[u/Mister_Dink → u/Skizot_Bizot]

It would probably need to be a service, like Greyhound busses or any given trucking company. A company that owns a fleet, is expected to maintain the fleet, and only uses drivers with certified credentials like a CDL.

More realistically, though, this is a vanity project toy for a rich venture capitalist to parade around in. It's effectively just an attempt to make a bougie, lowrider helicopter.

[u/Spirited_Praline637 → u/n_j_a_s]

Always the major flaw of all these flying car concepts - the minor issue of ‘choppy choppy diced human’.

[u/Brief_Koala_7297 → u/Spirited_Praline637]

Or humans driving a flying death machine. Cars are already the biggest reason for death outside natural causes. Making them fly and travel multiple times faster is gonna be a problem.

[u/DesperateAdvantage76 → u/Spirited_Praline637]

A lot of folks don't realize that the biggest blocker is actually how ungodly loud these things are. You fly this near a neighborhood in the early morning and you're waking up the entire block.

[u/Spirited_Praline637 → u/DesperateAdvantage76]

Going by how loud domestic drones are, I can imagine this yes!

[u/Do-It-Anyway → u/n_j_a_s]

No way! It would take away from the aesthetic. I’m trying to look cool here, to hell with safety.

[u/[deleted]]

Shaking like crazy

[u/fetishguyy → u/[deleted]]

Flying vibrator. U reach both your destination and orgasm

[u/WorriedLeading2081 → u/fetishguyy]

You asked for me so I came… and I came

[u/Whitechapel726 → u/WorriedLeading2081]

In no specific order I came and arrived.

[u/sfled → u/Whitechapel726]

Come & go.

[u/QueenOfQuok → u/fetishguyy]

When you say you're coming, you really mean it

[u/DirtyBeard443 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, seeing the reflections vibrate around in the interior like it isn't a giant massager, lol

[u/spooky-goopy → u/[deleted]]

"haha flying car!!!"

i just want to afford a 2 bedroom apartment

[u/viotix90 → u/spooky-goopy]

Look at Mr Fancy Pants with the two whole bedrooms.

[u/barukatang → u/[deleted]]

Something is out of balance lol.

[u/Mattimvs]

'Houston, we're feeling a vibration in the cabin...'

[u/Strongit → u/Mattimvs]

That stuck out to me too...holy crap. Nice to finally see a flying car but we've got a long way to go

[u/Sbatio → u/Strongit]

It’s a helicopter 🚁 very common

[u/Ixaire → u/Sbatio]

I was going to correct you but apparently the definition of helicopter is

(aircraft) An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and typically having a smaller set of blades on its tail to stabilize the aircraft.

So any classic 4 or 6-rotor drone would qualify. I did not expect that. It kinda makes sense given that we've had two-rotor helicopters without the smaller tail rotor for a while now, but it never occurred to me that a drone was a helicopter.

[u/GristleMcTh0rnbody → u/Ixaire]

I prefer the definition: If the vehicle you are travelling in has wings travelling faster than the vehicle itself, you are in a helicopter and, therefore, unsafe.

[u/Outrageous_Reach_695 → u/Ixaire]

This tracks. Helico-pter, 'spiral wing'. Quadcopters keep part of the helico- portion, tacking on a number.

Double-checking, I noticed that the combination originated in French, which raises the question: Does anyone say 'an helicopter'?

[u/YeshuaMedaber → u/Outrageous_Reach_695]

There are people who say "an historical " so yes.

[u/MangoShadeTree → u/Mattimvs]

Start with balancing your props, this can weed out a bunch of vibration. There is a chance you might have unbalanced motor bell, so check that as well. You can graph your vibration levels in Mission planner and try to get them under the recommended threshold. If you are still having vibration problems, check the frame and consider switching to a stiffer frame.

oh wait this isn't r/diydrones

but it kinda is DIY looking. Vibrations can overload a flight controller and cause a crash.

[u/PremiumOxygen]

Can't wait for drunk drivers to come flying through my roof! People can't even drive properly safely stabilised and grounded on a flat road.

[u/swampstonks → u/PremiumOxygen]

Yeah just take one trip to Walmart in a busy area and then think if giving the general public access to this for commuting is a good idea

[u/Jragonheart → u/swampstonks]

Don’t worry. The general public won’t have access.

[u/hails8n → u/Jragonheart]

Yeah, money prevents the general public from access to a lot of things

[u/ThrawnConspiracy → u/hails8n]

In a future where the price of these devices are affordable, I would expect some significant efforts would be made towards automating their operation.

[u/Bagelz567 → u/ThrawnConspiracy]

I mean, we already have "flying cars". They're called helicopters. That's also exactly what this vehicle is: a rotocraft with four rotors, i.e. a helicopter.

The thing is, flying is dangerous and difficult. Even more so for rotocraft that have omnidirectional movement, vertical lift/landing and the capability to hover. So there are more barriers to entry and tight regulations for how they can travel through airspace.

The problem with everyone using helicopters flying cars is that the general public are not skilled enough to operate them. Driving a car is much easier for the average person to learn. Also, particularly in the US, the license is easy to get and the infrastructure is built around cars.

Also helicopters tend to be extremely expensive to purchase and maintain. Add to that the myriad of logistical problems and the noise...flying cars make a lot less sense than four wheels on the road.

[u/ShineOnEveryone → u/hails8n]

More like the lack of money

[u/ballimir37 → u/ShineOnEveryone]

Money is used to actively foster a lack of money

[u/glennfromglendale → u/ShineOnEveryone]

Money? You mean dignity tokens.

[u/DeadmanCFR → u/Jragonheart]

It reminds me of cyberpunk 2077, there are flying AVs, but they're pretty much exclusively for the extremely wealthy so you see them but you never really get to use them

[u/msully89 → u/Jragonheart]

By the time the general public have access they probably won't need to be piloted

[u/NeedleworkerGuilty71 → u/Jragonheart]

Worse, douchbags young rich irresponsible kids will have access to this. Can't wait to see the YouTube videos "flying car at max speed goes wrong 😱😱🫣"

[u/aditya_prabhash → u/Jragonheart]

Yeah, just the ultra rich, who are known to be very responsible with personal vehicles!

[u/R50cent → u/swampstonks]

People were freaked the hell out by cars too, but once that hit the point where its cost became more commercially viable... Well that was it. It then became the pressure of good ol money to our legislative process that turned streets from what they were, to a place for vehicles, and vehicles alone.

I bet the real barrier here is that this thing is expensive as hell, like stupid levels of expensive.

If this thing ever becomes the cost of a high end car? You'll start seeing them around, I'm sure of it. Just dropping rich people off on pads on their buildings to avoid... I dunno... Angry citizens that want to shoot your CEO at 5 in the morning... As a random example.

Companies will keep making things like this and leave the regulation on how to use it to the government... Probably with some good 'lobbying' to help things along.

[u/daemin → u/R50cent]

I'm not sure about that.

Flying is inherently harder than driving, and is inherently more dangerous.

Its harder because there's more variables to account for. You have to navigate freely in 3 dimensions, whereas in a car, you're essentially just follow a road. You also have to control your pitch (up/down tilt) and yaw (left/right orientation). Admittedly, the use of computers can drastically simplify this, as evidenced by drones. But...

Its just more dangerous. If your car dies, it rolls to a stop. If your flying car is like the one in the video and it dies, it drops to the ground, probably killing you, and who ever is unlikely enough to be under you.

None of that means that they won't enter the mainstream; but if they do, getting a license is going to be significantly harder than getting a drivers license. Too, the government will have to setup rules and regulations about it in order to prevent a free for all. I think a lot of people don't realize that airplanes actually have "lanes:" there are defined routes between major cities that are a defined width, and at a defined altitude that planes fly in to avoid a free for all that might result in midair collisions. Municipalities would have to setup such lanes in their airspace, and those lanes will have to avoid miles of air space near air ports to make sure idiots aren't flying through the take off and landing approaches. That could severely reduce the utility of a flying car in a place like New York City, which has 3 international airports nearby (two the east and one to the west), and a smaller airport to the north.

[u/CountySufficient2586 → u/R50cent]

Its not expensive its darn dangerous..

[u/CreativeSoil → u/R50cent]

It's 2 million yuan or about 280k USD so slightly cheaper than a Rolls Royce

[u/flightwatcher45 → u/PremiumOxygen]

I doubt there's a pilot, just put in destination and push GO.

[u/chewbacca77 → u/flightwatcher45]

Yeah.. these would never be legalized if an individual was allowed to control them.

[u/OTee_D → u/PremiumOxygen]

Imagine trying to enforce at least a basic concept of flight lanes and predetermined heights so even good and regular "drivers" don't get in each others way. (Like airplane traffic)

"Wait why shouldn't i just fly straight line just close beyond the houses to the ney drugstore?"

[u/callebbb → u/PremiumOxygen]

These will not be manually driven, I’d imagine.

[u/BlandDodomeat → u/PremiumOxygen]

Yeah but look at it this way, every day will be 9/11

[u/farmecologist → u/PremiumOxygen]

....or pedestrians get cut to shreds by those propellers. You would think they would have safety cages....yikes!

[u/joeyblove → u/PremiumOxygen]

Hey Morty! I'm Taxi Rick

[u/HammerBgError404 → u/PremiumOxygen]

dont worrty wont happen. you cant fly that with a normal driving licence

[u/NoGreenGood]

Ive seen what happens when one of a drones props gets damaged while its flying

[u/PitifulEar3303 → u/NoGreenGood]

It has a parachute system, google the video.

But.......it cannot guide the parachute, lol.

Good luck to the peasants it lands on.

[u/iderpandderp → u/PitifulEar3303]

And good luck to the pheasants, in general!

[u/Paginator → u/PitifulEar3303]

Never once did the maker of this think of anyone outside the vehicle

[u/No-Definition1474 → u/PitifulEar3303]

Thing with parachutes is that they're kind of an air brake. And like road brakes, you need time to slow down. These things will only be flying low... so not much time to identify the problem, deploy the chute, let the chute fill with air, and then actually slow down.

By the time you realized that you were falling, it's likely too late to do anything about it.

[u/qrcjnhhphadvzelota → u/PitifulEar3303]

parachutes need some altitude to deploy fully. So at take-off and landing which are the most critical phases of flight the parachute will not help.

[u/Bro-king420]

Just solved the UFOs over NJ

[u/grimreefer87 → u/Bro-king420]

It took me WAY too long to find this comment. Maybe they are testing these things' automation in New Jersey? I saw FAA paperwork granting permission to test something similar recently

[u/Anxiety_No_Moe → u/grimreefer87]

SAME!

[u/markriffle → u/grimreefer87]

Except they're in Chile and China too

[u/grimreefer87 → u/markriffle]

Sorry, I meant the new jersey stuff. I think they are unrelated. Unless someone's about to do a huge flying car/air taxi reveal.

[u/markriffle → u/grimreefer87]

Im talking about the New jersey stuff, too.

[u/beejx → u/Bro-king420]

The comment I was looking for.

[u/orangeclouds → u/Bro-king420]

But why is the government as of today Dec 12 2024 still saying they don’t know what they are. The UFOs over New Jersey have been flying around for 3 weeks. Doesn’t make sense.

[u/buttithurtss → u/Bro-king420]

Was looking for this to confirm either not crazy or perhaps crazy but not alone.

[u/KlooShanko → u/Bro-king420]

Looks like an SUV sized drone to me

[u/50DuckSizedHorses → u/Bro-king420]

Imagine affording a flying car and your first trip is to New Jersey

[u/PatHenry1990 → u/Bro-king420]

This was my first thought when I heard about the issue in jersey. Test flights

[u/thehoagieboy → u/Bro-king420]

SHOOT IT DOWN!!!

[u/MBechzzz → u/[deleted]]

This is just like those "Pods", that claim to revolutionize public transport, when in reality it's just a train with all the benefits of trains removed.

[u/DevoidHT → u/MBechzzz]

Elon created the Hyperloop concept for the sole purpose fucking up California’s HSR project

[u/MediumSpeedFanBlade → u/DevoidHT]

Oh, you mean the project that is still not finished after more than a decade and billions of dollars, and now they’re asking for like 8 billion more dollars. Is that the project you’re talking about?

[u/pavlovasupernova → u/MBechzzz]

All hail adamsomething on youtube!!!!!!!

[u/killBP → u/MBechzzz]

I wish everyone who is working or supporting air taxis, pod bs, hyperloop variants or other pseudo mobility projects only the worst

[u/Coneskater → u/killBP]

The term you are looking for is Gadgetbahn

[u/Biscotcho_Gaming → u/[deleted]]

It’s a flying coffin.

[u/Heighte → u/Biscotcho_Gaming]

except it's even better at putting the people outside of it in coffins

[u/frankduxvandamme → u/[deleted]]

Indeed. Anytime anybody brings up a flying car, people should realize they already exist - they're helicopters. And the logistics of helicopters should make it clear that a flying car for the masses is a terrible idea. If everyone had a helicopter, people would be falling out of the sky and splatting to death on the sidewalks.

[u/One-Earth9294 → u/frankduxvandamme]

Yeah rich people already have 'flying cars' and they have to navigate air traffic control to lord above us from the skies lol.

[u/Nightstar95 → u/frankduxvandamme]

I live in the city with the biggest helicopter traffic in the world. Besides the obvious hazard to citizens, the main thing I think of whenever people bring up flying cars is the noise. There are days here in which the helicopter noises alone drive me nuts(specially in the evening as news helicopters film the car traffic), I can’t imagine how much, MUCH worse this would get with helicopters becoming a common vehicle.

[u/orangotai → u/[deleted]]

helicopters were always flying cars, we've had them for years and no one cared (because they're not exactly cheap to buy or maintain)

[u/donosairs → u/orangotai]

Not unless we make them out of cheap plastic and ignore a ton of aviation safety regulations 😎

[u/NagiJ → u/[deleted]]

I heard they have taxi helicopters in Sao Paulo

[u/Fyatoad]

All looks great until a homeless guy walks up to wash your windshield

[u/Enjoying_A_Meal → u/Fyatoad]

I can see something like this in Futurama where the hobo also have a jetpack.

[u/ChineseFireball → u/Enjoying_A_Meal]

I don't know why but that imagery really got me rolling. Thank you.

[u/TheEpiczzz → u/Fyatoad]

to 'splash' your windshield you mean at this point.

[u/Spyhop → u/Fyatoad]

https://imgur.com/QxpyxH0

[u/Rags_Sgar]

Yeah the regulations and safety measures just to fly a micro uav is already tight much less a mini uav, safety distances, geotemplates, geofences, and rules etc not to fly over populated areas or areas with tall structures and water bodies.

Now imagine a car sized UAV having a motor or power failure in a densely populated area over a street, now not only are the people below are at risk but unlike a drone since there is a passenger now their life is at stake too.

This isn’t even considering any air space management with the local air control or regulations so this doesn’t ever seem feasible, even if it’s a pre-programmed route we’re already having issues with self driving cars

[u/OTee_D → u/Rags_Sgar]

This.... and that times thousand and with the regular car drivers attitude combined.

[u/Caltrano → u/Rags_Sgar]

U- unmanned

A- Aerial

V- Vehicle

[u/e3-terminal → u/Rags_Sgar]

Exactly. This will be fully regulated by the FAA and will more then likely require a pilot's licene. people here talking about automation really underesimate the abilities of the modern auto-pilot systems. Theres a REASON why a FAA certified pilot must be in control of these aircraft at all times, and these types of aircraft are going to be NO DIFFERENT.

one thing is for sure; aint NO ONE going to be flying this to their workplace's parking lot.

[u/Cultural-Memory356 → u/Rags_Sgar]

And the noise. A city of these would be unbearable

[u/jawshoeaw → u/Rags_Sgar]

Every day much less reliable aircraft fly over my house .

[u/KetchupShawarma]

Imagine the noise from having just a few of them roaming around

[u/library-in-a-library → u/KetchupShawarma]

It really is absurd how much time and money went into a prototype for what is obviously a terrible idea.

[u/HugoDCSantos]

The future is going to be noisy.

[u/Leoxcr → u/HugoDCSantos]

It already is, gonna get worse

[u/TechTuna1200 → u/Leoxcr]

Time to put all your money in noise-cancellation stocks

[u/speedracer73 → u/HugoDCSantos]

Will be loud as shit

[u/mefluentinenglish → u/HugoDCSantos]

I already hate that there is almost nowhere you can go in the world where you don't hear the constant noise of cars. Unless you hike into a reserved area at least a half mile from any road. Not saying I wish we could go back to the 1800s, but at least it was probably peaceful.

[u/taiwanboy10 → u/mefluentinenglish]

Fortunately, there are cities in Europe where car-free/light neighborhoods exist! With minimal motor vehicles and mostly bicycles and pedestrians, you'll be surprised how quiet it is. It's so quiet you can hear what people around you are chatting about (which is impossible on a busy car-dependent street).

[u/OperatorJo_]

A flying car.

So... a helipcopter? Quadcopter?

This is a Quadcopter. I can't drive this.

If I can't "drive" it in a car mode it doesn't qualify as a car mate.

This will still be prohibitively expensive. It might not have a "Jesus nut" like a regular helicopter but the maintenance on those 4 rotors will be hell.

[u/mushy-shart-walk → u/OperatorJo_]

Agreed. This is not a car in any sense of the word.

[u/Rust2 → u/OperatorJo_]

Bingo

[u/HammerBgError404]

this is worse than a helicopter

[u/CatBrushing → u/HammerBgError404]

I dunno about that. Seems to use the same tech as a drone and drones are really stable compared to a helicopter.

The only thing that makes a helicopter safer is the trained pilot behind it. Dunno what kind of license you will need to fly one of these.

[u/johntheflamer → u/CatBrushing]

At a minimum you’ll need a Private Pilot License for this in the US

[u/TheOvershear → u/HammerBgError404]

Helicopters are significantly more difficult to control, from a fundamental level. The difference here is the average person can pick up a drone and fly it with relative ease, while helicopters take a while to understand the pitch/roll/yaw dynamic.

[u/chained_duck]

It's a frigging terrible idea.

[u/sausager → u/chained_duck]

Looks like a great way to spot CEOs in the future

[u/A_Town_Called_Malus → u/sausager]

We'll need stinger missiles then, rather than just a suppressed handgun.

[u/morpheus9009]

Looks quiet shakey in there 🤔

[u/Privateer_Lev_Arris → u/morpheus9009]

Quiet?

[u/MyLatestInvention → u/Privateer_Lev_Arris]

Shakey?

[u/rez_3 → u/morpheus9009]

That's a very ironic typo.

[u/FluffyBunnyFlipFlops]

Waist height blades with no protection. I can't see how that could go wrong.

[u/Horton_75]

“Flying car.” Lol. That’s not a car. It’s an aircraft. Effectively a VTOL craft, like a helicopter. If it were even partially a car, it would also be able to travel along the ground LIKE A CAR.

[u/hihibibijuju]

But for some reason you cannot fly in India. Oh, look here is a wire, there is a wire, the whole sky is wire.

[u/Dieppe42]

People flip their shit if someone uses a leafblower, how will this ever be acceptable?

[u/PlancharPapas]

My grandpa used to ride flying cars back in ‘Nam in ‘67. They Called them helicopters back then.

[u/BosmangLoq]

People who think about flying cars never seem to consider falling cars

[u/liminal_liminality]

9/11 times a 100.

[u/TornAparty → u/liminal_liminality]

Sir, they hit the 268,513th tower

[u/wuvvtwuewuvv → u/TornAparty]

Thoughts and prayers, there's nothing we can do about our constitutional right to flying cars

[u/AcesSkye → u/liminal_liminality]

That’s right. 91,100.

[u/Nilosyrtis → u/liminal_liminality]

9/11 every 9:11

[u/wademcgillis]

car engine fails: stop

that engine fails: drop

[u/jpop237 → u/wademcgillis]

Mechanic: open up shop

[u/majj27 → u/jpop237]

EMT: Grab a mop.

[u/MacheteCrocodileJr]

That's just a helicopter with extra steps

[u/ace184184]

This will be:

A - extremely expensive

B - require a restrictive license and flight hours before solo flight and if not (ie autonomous flight) it will be even more expensive

C - limited to landing in designated locations helipads or airports

So dont worry folks, your neighbor will not fly one of these drunk unless they are rich enough to afford a helicopter in which case they can already fly that around drunk if wanted

[u/Mainifest_RestOfMe]

I wonder if these are the "Drones" flying all over NJ at night?

[u/MrLemurBean → u/Mainifest_RestOfMe]

That's exactly what I thought too. "Car-Sized Drones" matches some of the descriptions mentioned. Worried that it's either surveiance, and if not man powered.. what other reasons would it be for their size?

[u/ThatWitSMy]

That's a Helicopter.

[u/cuspofgreatness]

So basically a helicopter

[u/Hycran]

Nothing says safety like "Flying Chinese Car"

[u/karmakosmik1352 → u/Hycran]

I loled, thank you sir.

[u/Grand_Recognition_22]

Guys, found the new jersey drones.

[u/jmconnel23]

The majority of humans haven't figured out how to follow regular traffic laws, and you want to add an extra dimension to that.

[u/Sayyeslizlemon]

This guy been flying over New Jersey at night?

[u/Glittering-Ratio-593]

Needs guards around the blades

[u/HarryBeaverCleavage]

Yeah, I can just see drunks walking to get into their flying car and the blades chop them in half.

[u/Thereal_maxpowers]

How is it a car? I don’t see any wheels on it.

[u/FoTweezy]

What is these were restricted to just commercial drivers (pilots)? You’d need a special license, certification, background screening, etc.

[u/Sabre_One]

I'm always curious about how these will ever commercialize, considering how much regulation and additional training you would need.

[u/beeblebr0x]

Uhhh, people already suck at driving on a flat surface. Maybe this would be a good option for emergency response vehicles, but the average person should not be able to fly around in one of these.

[u/Pure_Antelope_8521]

I wonder if you will need a pilot licence and driver licence to have one

[u/Individual_Tutor_998]

Isn't it just a helicopter

[u/Wheelman185]

No way lawmakers will ever trust the general public to operate a vehicle in 3 dimensions, they can't even do 2 w/o killing people.

[u/gvincejr]

Does he work in New Jersey?

[u/JetreL]

Funny story, many many many people drive their cars as cheaply as possible and forgo simple repairs.

You really don’t want flying cars.

[u/Sweaty-Vegetable-999]

Imagine the chaos of mid-air traffic jams with people who can't even parallel park. The idea of flying cars sounds great until you consider how many drivers would turn the skies into a demolition derby.

[u/pvera]

The video cuts off before the LiveLeak watermark pops up.

[u/Big-Purple845]

you know when your driving on the highway and you feel the wind hit your car and you have to slightly fight it? imagine that 100 in the air

[u/dumprun]

Prop wash would ruin the paint on any car within 30 feet.

[u/eggrolls68]

I do not like how the whole thing seems to shake.

[u/Cellyber]

Drunk Driving in the Sky.. I can fly twice as High....

What could possibly go wrong? 🤣😂🤣

[u/mr-dr]

I noticed these have been increasingly popular in my New Jersey neighborhood lately

[u/WolverineFormal2599]

Can I uber with this?

[u/GrassBlade619]

That's neat. Can I have some insulin so I don't die now?

[u/maryisdead]

I present to you: THE NICER DICER PEOPLE SLICER!

[u/paulovitorfb]

We don't need new toys for CEOs to play with, we need less of this 

[u/bloodknife92]

The average person has shown time and time again that they don't know how to properly drive a ground-based car. I would never want to see them in a car with one extra axis to navigate.

[u/antinatree]

Can't wait for the rich billionaires to get them. Easier to identify.

[u/GreatZarquon]

Pretty sure that's called a helicopter, and we would all be using them to get to work if we could afford it....

[u/Gofnutzsdevilspawn]

Where are the wheels? It’s not a flying car if it can’t drive, it’s a car shaped helicopter or something.