• BombOmOm@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Helicopter taxis exist today, but almost nobody uses them because they are too expensive. These don’t solve the expense issue, I see no reason these will change anything notable

    Range of 22 miles

    Ah, so even worse at its basic function than helicopter taxis we have today. The chopper has to fly from it’s base, to you, to your destination, then back to it’s base using a total of 22 miles? And let’s not forget you need to keep a few of those miles in reserve. Worthless as a taxi.

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      1 year ago

      Hit the nail right on the head. This is just a company trying to rebrand helicopters. And bad helicopters at that. They are banking on naive people who think this is actually a novel and viable technology. It will at the very best be another toy for the super wealthy to send the kids to Disney.