Sujet : Re: OT: I was promised flying cars! Fulfilled.
De : dtravel (at) *nospam* sonic.net (Dimensional Traveler)
Groupes : rec.arts.sf.writtenDate : 20. Mar 2025, 02:30:09
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On 3/19/2025 8:59 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
On 3/18/2025 1:42 AM, Titus G wrote:
On 18/03/25 15:35, Cryptoengineer wrote:
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
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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+.
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Kicker is that the Alef actually looks like a car and is road-worthy.
Well, car shaped. Doroni is drone-like.
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https://alef.aero/
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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.
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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.
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Sometimes it will pick routes I never would have thought of.
Sometimes its better than I would have picked, sometimes not.
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[1] Another recent upgrade is a bumper sticker reading
"I bought this before Elon went crazy."
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pt
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Fascinating. Any news on your truck?
The chances of my buying a cybertruck are now pretty damn
low. I'm retired, and don't really need a second vehicle.
Besides which a short time ago (a week or two) Tesla stopped delivery on cybertruck orders because the metal sides were falling off and people complained.
-- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.
OT: I was promised flying cars! Fulfilled.
Re: OT: I was promised flying cars! Fulfilled.
