Re: OT: I was promised flying cars! Fulfilled.

On 3/17/2025 2:04 PM, Jay Morris wrote:

On 3/17/2025 9:27 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:

On 3/17/2025 1:00 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 3/16/2025 1:09 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmbNZ8ZAcwU
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Blackfly ultralight. $190k

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Looks usable as long as you don't run out of electric juice.
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Lynn
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Yup. The range is too short for many applications.
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pt

 The two that have FAA Airworthiness Certification, Doroni Aerospace and Alef Aeronautics, the range is about 100 miles at around 90 mph.  When I was working this would have worked for me. I figure about a 20 minute flight verses an hour on the road.  There and back and charge overnight. But these are $300k+.
 Kicker is that the Alef actually looks like a car and is road-worthy. Well, car shaped. Doroni is drone-like.
 https://alef.aero/

I don't know about the others, but one feature of the Blackfly is that
a computer intermediates all the controls - the pilot/passenger merely
tells it where he/she wants to go.
I recently upgraded my Tesla[1] to "Full Self-Driving (supervised)",
which lets it choose and execute its own routes. I simply hold down a
button on the steering wheel while saying "Navigate to Yamato Japanese
restaurant.", as I did a few hours ago.
Sometimes it will pick routes I never would have thought of.
Sometimes its better than I would have picked, sometimes not.
[1] Another recent upgrade is a bumper sticker reading
"I bought this before Elon went crazy."
pt