[–] albatrosv15 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Correction: multirotor helicopter.
The best propaganda piece i saw today, folks.
[–] bluefascist ago
It's the automated collision detection, avoidance, and crash decision triage that people are not through yet.
Setting a drone on gps waypoints is easy.
[–] bluefascist ago
They showed how simplified the controls are.
Up/down, rotate, and pitch. Other than that it's automated.
A helicopter is much more difficult to fly.
[–] goatsandbros ago (edited ago)
>no take off footage
>grows 4 extra rotor sets, half way through footage
>China
Not at all suspicious.
[–] individualin1984 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago
Interesting. Not quite to the point of practical but it is close.
[–] 7e62ce85 [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
100 km/h in a straight line for 23 minutes through a dense city? That could be very useful.
The German Lillium concept is slated to have much more range too as it has more lift.
[–] individualin1984 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I would say if you want to go across town or just outside to downtown this may be feasible (assuming you have a place to land). The bigger market would be people that are 30 to 50 miles out into the suburbs or country that want that reasonable commute and this is coming up short.
You also have to assume you are probably only at about 20 Km range once you figure in take off landing and acceleration deceleration.