Jetson One: A personal flying vehicle just for having fun
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- Startup Jetson is now accepting preorders for its recreational EVTOL, the Jetson One. The vehicle starts at $92,000 and deliveries are expected to begin in 2023.
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I just wish that the blades weren't exposed but had some kind of protective cover that was aesthetically pleasing incorporated into the design.
That adds more weight, lets perfect the flying first and then We can move ahead with esthetics.
@@powerhouse884 That's fair. I get it. I just hope that it eventually happens.
@@powerhouse884 how heavy can carbon fiber or fiberglass covers really be?
@@powerhouse884 the covers would be more for safety rather than aesthetics.
@@michaelg.1079 For the battery to keep up? A lot, we are not accounting the variable weight os the passenger.
20 minutes is a dealbreaker, but if we get a breakthrough in battery tech like we’re expecting, this would be awesome!
Now 30 minutes!
@@Jesus_616_Christ you're missing the point.. the main buyers have properties.. you wont be loading it on your truck you will be taking it straight up off your property. Its not a device to commute, its a device to fly around for fun.. in 2023 the batteries should be good for 28 minutes of fly time.. and you can buy extra batteries that charge in one hour on the 220/240v. Stop comparing this device to one thats been around for many decades.
Also depends on your weight
If you want endurance, energy storage is not the way to go. Once you start getting to the scale of vehicles, you have to start generating power, battery's cons begin to outweigh the pros at that size. This is how it will always be, technology has comparative strengths and weaknesses.
Its meant for recreational purpose. Not as a mean of transportation
Another company made a personal flight vehicle about 10-15 years ago, but decided to use a gasoline engine to drive the 2 steerable turbo fans instead of batteries. They were able to get a top speed of about 100 mph, a maximum altitude of 5000 ft, & a flight time of... 30 minutes to 1 hour...I can't exactly remember. You fly it standing up & you're strapped onto a vertical platform with your arms on extentions of the frame. It had computer assisted maneuvering, auto deploying parachute, automatic self-levelling, & was amazingly agile. The inventor didn't have enough financing & ended up selling the company to a big company. The company didn't want a personal flight vehicle, so they scrapped the investor's design, redirecting their efforts into an air emergency medical technician. At $370k there weren't many customers. Had they stuck with a recreational vehicle for individuals, it seems like it would have been far more popular. I wanted one of those big time. I'm trying to remember the name... it was a New Zealander. He managed to get licensed by the FAA to sell them in America. Too bad nothing came of them.
What a blast! Reminds me of a Bug 3. Great for open space with lots of sand and grass for soft landing. A new sport that will attract any of us looking for new thrills. No trees and less weight will increase fun.
I am an EMS rescue pilot. I can’t tell you how many people we flown to the hospital in grave conditions, some died, driving ATV’s at high speed in remote areas. This jetson guarantees me job security.
You and morticians.
Take u very much for your professional duty's..Ft worth Texas
That’s why there will never be cars commercially sold to general public flying all over as we see in Back to the Future and stuff nor even in a distant future. Not a matter of technology, it just wouldn’t work.
ATVs are so dangerous and unstable, because they are so top heavy, and weight tends to go forward. Wouldn't have so much trouble if they were designed like a go kart.
@@pmoris4405 meet George Jetson!!
Imagine the versatility of these things once we significantly improve battery tech and makes these go for 7 or 8 hours!
Yeah.... Tax cos and commuters can will use this.. Exxon Mobil and co won't like that
I doubt batteries will ever reach those levels. Generator or direct mechanical drive from an ICE could get you longer flight times.
If you really want longer flight times, you need a more efficient way to fly which would be fixed or autorotating wings. Both of those options are already on the market, at an even more affordable price. What this hits that most of the other options don't is hovering, there are very few similar vehicles like this (price range, size, and ease of use due to less gov regulation) that can hover.
@@midgetman4206 interesting , what do you know about direct mechanical drive for this ? You mean a motor w some sort of pto to 4 shafts to rotors, or 4 independent motors ? Israel has a tiny hydrogen linear piston motor... Maybe 4 of those ?
Let's network if you want , 2 four zero 3 e I gh t 9 0775 ... 👍
thats NOT even coming in a DECADE.
Vehicle is simply TOO HEAVY , it needs to be Stripped and it needs WINGS and a pusher prop for Greater Efficiency.
QUAD Copter is a waste of Energy.
What is this mystery battery tech that will magically be 20-30x as efficient?
Oh, I'm all in on this joy ride! I, too, can see the possibilities for any of our national parks here in the USA. As you suggested, the list is endless for the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Bryce Canyon, Zion National Park, and Arches National Park. However, that short timeline of 20 minutes would HAVE to improve with better batter technology before I would seriously consider this purchase.
I love the concept, love it. I'd fly it in around the Appalachian mountain range. I hope the 20 min can be extended in the near future.
as soon as it can go for 2 hours + on a single charge, it'll be marketable as more than just a novelty. kudos to these guys for building it. hopefully battery tech will improve enough in the next decade to make something like this more mainstream.
2+ hours? where do you need to go daily that's needs 2 hours of flying?
They should figure out how to put a motor on it...
@@jamesfox9922 as long as internal combustion is our method of making power, helicopters will continue to be our flying cars.
Fernando Galue: When I was working, my commute was about 25 miles. Since this vehicle has a top speed of 63 mph, I have to assume that about half that (30-35 mph) would be its most energy-efficient speed. Where I live, I would not be able to take a shorter, more direct route to work without upsetting the FAA and other authorities, so I'd have to fly the full 25 miles, around my local "no-fly" zone. The one-way trip would therefore take about an hour. Add the return trip and that's almost two hours of flight time, with a "fudge factor" for safety. I'd hate to run short of power and be forced into an emergency landing miles from home.
Granted, I don't have to make that daily trip anymore; but since you asked, I thought I'd offer a real-world example. And there are millions of people in "bedroom communities" across the U.S. who have daily commutes as long or longer; and air miles as opposed to ground miles would probably shorten the commute only marginally for most people. So there's your answer. Or rather, ONE answer. Hope it's helpful.
@@kellyrobinson1780 sure it’s not meant for 99% of people. But for the 5-10% that live close to work thats huge. 5% of US is ~16 million people so it’s viable if somebody makes mass production of these and brings prices down to $10-20k
No ways they would let you fly in a national park like that... Way too loud. Imagine hiking there just to hear these things buzz pass.
You mean like Airplanes…?
@@powerhouse884 airplanes fly at tens of thousands of feet. This thing flys at
@@powerhouse884 Airplanes are not allowed in National Parks
@@apilotspersective Neither does this or any public vehicle last time i check.
Love it. Hoping some sort of practical safety guards can be applied in the future for the blades. Without harming aerodynamics of course or handling
I love it and with battery improvements it can only improve flight duration.
My suggestion would be some enclosed propeller housings for safety
Why would you need to go to Italy for a training program that should only take five minutes like he said? Haha
Hey! You get to go to Italy!
They must used live streaming it's expensive to go that place
Because you could?
@@mattbrew11 q1
You : "Spends 92 thousand dollars on flying machine"
Also You : "Gets worried about having a training session in Italy"
$92,000.00 for a twenty minute flight time tempers my desire for one. But I love to see this technology getting into the market. It will improve. It always does. Cool stuff.
waste of money when there are already small planes and copters that are cheaper and fly longer!
My wife would probably say, "No."
Add the noise on top of that and it's just not going to work. But it's a good step in the right direction. If they could bring that price down, the time up and the noise WAY down then I think they are getting somewhere. It'll happen one day. 😀
@@michaeldunson2531 How is it a waste of money? 0 maintenance unless you crash it, and the cost to charge it is probably less than 1$ per full charge. Compare that to fueling a heli or a small plane. Not to mention doing an overhaul on a heli turbine or plane engine lol.
@@michaeldunson2531 do you know how much it cost for flight training? then you have the cost of A&Ps, hanger, fuel, insurance, Instrument adjustments, and certification. 10s of thousands of dollars per year. I am selling my 2 aircraft and buying one of these. I can make it fly longer. remove the batteries and replace them with a capacitor. only a very small backup battery weighing a pound or less will be needed to start the electric motors. once started the capacitor will keep running the motors with an indefinite charge. they never go dead. you will have unlimited flight time. of course, it's illegal because of government control of ultralights. but we won't let that stop us. we have previously done this with cars/trucks and aircraft. basic physics. it is not a waste of money.
20 mins seems short but at just below top speed this thing flies me half way across my country and back in that time. Imagine a version with 2 hours flight time can go island hopping lol
Thank you so much for sharing very much appreciated indeed..
I already placed my order….now waiting till the right moment to get My Wambly Jetson 1…
Awesome…
Fly and Walk in Beauty…
Notice they don't play the full sound of the vehicle in flight, that's because these things are _ridonculously_ loud.
Agreed. Think of the sound an average drone makes, then times that by 20. That's the Jetson.
Okay, put in earplugs then.
@@crogersMX everyone else in the area?
Ya i thought the same thing. Must be so loud. But with a helmet and earplugs it may not be too bad.
It's cool and all but the world is already too loud as is.
Those blades need some sort of fenestron housing because otherwise they will NEVER PASS SAFETY REGULATIONS.
Based on the ~60mph limit I presume this is regulated as an ultralight -so no requirement on guards.
Dude, this is NOT a fkng car with people walking around it. lol
Trust me, SOMEONE will stick their fing hand in it, somehow. Lol
One of the coolest vehicle inventions I've ever seen. Of course it's dangerous, but so is driving to work...
It's only cool as long as there are no others in the sky around you.
@@jimblack8027 Exactly! Take it to a big area with no one around and fun fun galore.
I know you were probably thinking about this?
Some type emergency parachute for the car just in case something goes wrong with the power. And, that unique chute comes out and you still be able glide down with a little control of the car.
Once you figure that out then the future is here.
With the propellers on side I think a emergency chute would work on the top of the frame.
Compared to the other models I seen.
It’s a human-sized drone with the remote control inside of it.
That’s the same thing I was thinking of
Captain obvious has spoken
@@sherrimoquin5553 me too
1. Duh!
2. So what?
You sound Jealous you didnt think of it. Looks badass
Just as an FYI: It's illegal to fly in National Parks without permission. You can take-off outside the park, fly over it and then land outside the park however...with a 20 minute flight time, you won't get far enough into the park to see what you want to see. I'm sure the FAA will have a few things to say about this since they have "exclusive sovereignty" of the U.S. National Airspace System. That said, I want one!
A lot of people buying this machine have property.
I know and I personally would hate it if these things were buzzing around national parks! Just thinking about how cool the view would be!
@@petetherealrelentless6542 Pretty sure the above comment referenced the CNET salesman's declaration of a dream to fly over the Grand Canyon or Yosemite.
Yeah I just don't think you'll be able to fly these in the National Parks unless ultralights are already allowed but I doubt it.
Are you kidding me, flying this thing over the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone National Park? That is absolutely horrible idea. Great so now people go to a national park to enjoy nature and you see this monstrosity flying around disturbing nature and polluting the landscape for everyone? No thank you!! These things should be banned from every National Park on day one.
incredible. I remember watching the Jetsons when I was young and thought. "I can't wait till he can fly like that one day".
Here's George Jetson......
But can you fold it into a briefcase?
@@ivanlowjones yes but only once
great breakthrough, and looks a lot of fun. bless your spines.
Bucket list… just to fly it around…. Can’t afford one…looks amazingly fun!
flying COFFIN.
@@markplott4820 tiny coffin though, after you get chopped
Very short flight sequences edited together. It's a funding project, that's all.
It'll be a HIT in vacation spots as a rental...
This is basically a toy for rich people…
Pretty cool at this stage but more flight time needs to be achieved ; I'm sure National parks will be the first to Ban such vehicles
😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
As a double amputee I'd be thrilled just flying around the outskirts of my city, we have a lot of hills and trails
Definitely want this one. Absolutely. So many beautiful places in the world you could explore with this one. My dream...
jet ski for the air is the best definition I ever heard about that kind of machine, looking forward to someday having enough money to own one.
20 minute flight times are probably not realistic at this point. Probably more like 10-12 minutes. $92k for that? Nah, Ill buy an Ultra light for half the cost...
@@adampennington2388 They could fix that with a petrol range extender. Petrol has 50x the energy density compared to batteries...
Where I’d like to fly depends on how the wind affects the Jetson. Strong winds thru canyons could blow it into the canyon walls.
You dont ride a jetski in a storm...
They wouldn’t allow to fly this at high altitudes.
@@TheNivektube meaning, "strong winds thru canyons could blow it into the canyon walls."
...Only if the wind can go through canyon walls.
They just said it has triple redundancy the speed controller will compensate for wind im sure that's one of the first things they had to deal with. Does your drone just fall out of the sky or crash if a gust of wind hits it?
I think having a Jetson that would accommodate two passengers in tandem would be double the fun.
With refinements and improvement in range, I hope becomes the future of transportation. Like in aviation, elevate aircraft to different flight levels to give them ,virtually traffic free, skyways.
It looks like incredible fun, but the first thing that comes to mind is that just flying a tiny drone is somewhat tightly regulated, flying around in a personal aircraft is going to hit the wall of government regulation pretty quickly!
And the award for "UNDERSTATEMENT of the year goes to.......😂😂
I agree you can't fly over property or people at an elevation less than 500'
I don’t see how A) this is any different to a helicopter and B) why it can’t just fill up with petrol
Not to mention hitting other itty bitty flying machines if this technology really “takes off”!
I believe the strict regulation for drones is because they are not being being flown first person, but rather remotely. Flying clear of dwellings in the country is 500 feet and 1,000 feet minimum over a city which if for light aircraft (e.g. Cessna 172). Helicopters and gyro planes do not have the same flight level restrictions as a fixed wing aircraft and I believe that the same would apply to this aircraft. FWIW
I'm not comfortable with having exposed flying blades so close to my face.
The $90k price isn't that high, but the battery life is insufficient for having fun for any extended amount.
Isn’t that high? Must be nice living in your ivory and gilded tower?! Shhhheeeeeiiiiiiiit.... man! Isn’t that high, gimme a break.
Then wear a helmet
@@williamrayburn5314 it wouldn't be too high if it was more refined. Goes a lot more than 20 mins...at least an hour of flying time and go at higher altitude but for what it is I'd say it's a bit too high
@@powerhouse884 what about your Neck
@@williamrayburn5314 I think he means not that high for the first of it's type. I'd be inclined to agree with him.
Yes, the price will come down as production increases due to economies of scale and competition. It will never be what you'd call cheap though.
I live in a remote part of NZ and with adverse weather events becoming more frequent, I would use a Jetson One over the rough terrain to have access to civilization (town) when our road is washed out (as it is now after Cyclone Gabrielle). Also to sight see my beautiful region from a different angle.
The INTRO itself sold me....not here to SOLVE THE CLIMITE CRISIS!! I Love it already!
This stuff will become more cost efficient and more advanced in time. For now, though, this is still a really cool idea. Love videos about cool new technologies.
Total flight time of 20 minutes mean actually 10 minutes or less because of return time. Which for safety reasons I would go only 8 minutes. Some other factors affecting flight time could be air temps, wind speed, and battery age come to mind. Additionally the flight times would likely be affected by additional weight to vehicle weight such as passenger weight or other objects being carried. There was no mention of charging time and travel trailer to take it places as its flight time is pretty limited. Flying over communities or population areas or around airports. Lastly would be maintenance required and safety checks. Its looking pretty good need to get that fight time up long enough for a decent trip.
nerd
Looks great but not a lot different than the gyrocopters the English had in WW2
But i wish you luck
+SiggyMe "Return Time?" Return from where? Most people are probably going to fly in a very local area. I doubt this will be used for travel, just fun.
@@short-hand4312 i dont think you understand how a capacitor worksm first it doesnt hold so much energy it delivers a huge amount of energy in short time, trying to resist or control a capacitor delivery will make it far less efficient, plus the danger of the capacitor exlosion.
@@short-hand4312 Link it then, because what you're describing is a 'perpetuum mobile', which by our current understanding of physics is just not possible, especially in a machine with motors demanding 88 kW of power.
I do have a feeling you didn't quite understand the "10 fun facts about NASA" video you watched.
I'm guessing you'll disappear now or say that "I should do my own research".
Small float tubes either side of the cockpit and folding motor arms for easy stowage would make this a perfect toy for super yachts.👍🇬🇧
a coisa mais legal que já vi em toda a minha vida
quero trabalhar com vocês !
não da pra agregar dois mares de skis com amortecedores para minimizar o impacto no pouso e tornar a entrada e saída mais confortáveis?
Need to see much bigger flight times before considering where I would use this. That said this is very cool. I see great potential for emergency rescue work and serious fun.
太棒了👏它可以用在農業、海巡、山巡、偵查、定位、説不定增加功能還能用於國防。
Great fun, but if they have banned fun flying of drones almost everywhere you can be certain that it will be very difficult to find a place to fly these.
They will probably be banished to private properties some distance from urban areas.
@@user-io4sr7vg1v Well thinking about the UK here; I don't see them being legal any time soon. And as for eat shyt and dye, despite your yokel spelling I understood, well as for that attitude, the authorities will just wait for you to land, confiscate your little flyer and throw you in jail.
Yeah I know 'fweedom'. LOL.
I don’t think drone laws will apply to this. Those are all written very specially as “Unmanned Arial Vehicles” (UAVs). I’m sure the FAA will be all over it once it does launch, but don’t think there is anything in place today (coming from a US perspective).
The parks where I live don’t allow drones
Agreed. Initially the only people who will be able to enjoy owning and operating these flyers will be wealthy individuals with acres of land the size of small towns.
@@user-io4sr7vg1v "i have guns too". Oh god, really buddy?! So you want to get you (and your family) shot / killed over a this.
Also,, you do realize those rules (no drones) are there to protect us, right?
I agree. It looks like so much fun but if I can’t fly to town and back then I’m screwed. Not to mention a scenic flight in the Grand Canyon would be a little weak
Or how about making it a glider as well. Motor operation is meant to be separate. Use the motors to get altitude, then turn them off to glide.
Looks great I would like a go, just wondering what happens if you clip a blade against something on the more interesting terrains?
With the speed they are running I could see both props on that pylon performing a rapid disassembly.
Any shroud is going to affect performance, probably the flight time.
This craft probably has proximity sensors to avoid bumping into such things by accident. The occasional shrub or plant matter will probably get blown to pieces. It can also still fly with at least one motor less, maybe more (though it is going down for sure). There is really no point in putting a shroud on the motors. You just aren't supposed to bump into anything, and if you do, the flight is over....
very cool and awesome, also it reminds me of one of those chariots with blades on the wheels, this looks like you could easily swing right around the phalanx and decapitate a whole batallion of light infantry and still be back home ante meridium
Very nice. I'm in. You guys made it work! Others have tried.
This is awesoooome...totally would fly this for fun
If I could afford one of these vehicles, the 20-minute battery life would be insignificant. Having had dreams of flying and remembering the feeling of elation, Jetson would be a dream come true!
There are other ways to fly and much cheaper than buying one of these.
2,000 acres off grid land in the mountains with a private waterfall only accessible via personal flying craft. 2030 goals 😍
I would imagine flying beside Pictured Rocks on Lake Superior.
“Long commute” to office as long as your office is next door 🚪. Right!
Add housings for th blades. If one of those blades gets damaged and breaks off by centrifugal forces it could kill anyone in a 20ft+ range. Plus having a housing can mean the diffrence between a crash landing and an accidental bump i an object.
Another possible scenario is hurting an innocent bystandard in an impact.
All good points. Would housing diminish the performance of the blades, do you know? And if so, to what degree?
There's no point in putting a shroud on the blades. You aren't supposed to bump into anything, so better make sure you don't. A shroud would just get crushed anyway at any decent speed. For smaller drones it sometimes make sense to have these, but they have a lot less weight. A shroud that survives a "bump" between a wall and that multi-hundred-kilo beast would be so heavy that the craft can't take off. So no, it doesn't make any sense.
That single-person drone seems to be suitable for both leisure and competition use, as long as it develops faster and is more energy efficient.
Unfortunate that this should be coming out when 42% of American adults are obese.
Why not allow small inverter generator additions to extend range?
I never get tired of seeing this...
That really is cool. Looks like a Star Wars speeder
Exactly what I was going to say. +1 to your comment. 💪😃
Here's the problem...on a motorcycle or in a car the ground can be counted on to not smash the vehicle.
In the air it can be counted on to smash any falling vehicle.
If you can avoid that with a flyer, then yes you can succeed.
The answer is materials and wieght of craft.
If one could create a machine that is safe it will succeed.
That includes multiple safety implementations such as crash override and avoidance systems.
there are no such systems on paragliders and ultralights, those are unregulated and left to adults to enjoy or not, as it should be. It’s called personal responsibility, if your not competent or unwilling to take responsibility for your choices, don’t buy and fly one.
A very popular talk show host was commenting when hang gliders first came out, “First Rule Of Thumb, Don’t Fly Any Higher Than You Want to Fall”. Still holds true with these flying machines.
I would love to fly one of those. it looks to be a hell of a lot of fun..
Could you imagine? This is probably the closest thing to a flying car we can get
20 minutes, battery tech just isn't here yet for this type of device. Way cool but I see this as like a device for places that let you drive their high-end cars around a track than for any type of personal recreation vehicle unless you're richie rich of course.
It's a good start. Someday we'll see a 10x gain in battery density, at which point something like this could turn into an actual commuter type of vehicle.
@@mikeshafer exactly. This is in it’s infancy. We’re gonna need a massive leap in battery tech to be able to pull off something that’s equal to a car.
Oh I think this is the way for sure
we are finish on the ground in the air we got to go for future personal
transportation.
I would give this my full support .
Herman
Looks cool but those spinning blades are a hazard if birds get too close and some of them will check you out. Need some sort of guard in case you are smacked by a goose!
Power lines, mums washing out in the yard, high tension cables, heads, faces, hands..... uh yeah a lot of concerns there!
As stated by others, I would like to see battery life to last more like 3 or 4 hours and the cost to lull down to 35k, after all it is just recreational. Hoping for a lower price is like asking Tesla to make a more affordable battery, lots of luck with that.
there comes a time where a floor to item cost is implemented.
sure 10 cent beer per glass would be nice, but within 15 mins, every dredge in society (with their problems) appear.
there's a reason why "nice" places charge $12+ per beer.....keeps the riff raff away.
so much upper end money now, 92k is chump change.
What is the power output of the Jetson in kW and the battery storage capacity in kWh? Are you looking for a distributor in the UK?
Max service ceiling?? How high can it fly? Does it have radios?
It has 8 unguarded rotors
FAA "We'll see about that"
You can fly it anywhere
FAA "We'll see about that"
No pilots licence needed
FAA "We'll see about that"
5 minutes to learn to fly
FAA "We'll see about that"
😂
Besides the obvious cool factor of this amazing vehicle, I've been watching what this thing can do and it has sooo many other applications besides recreation. It's compact design, ease of use, and high maneuverability would be invaluable in search and rescue, urban policing, filmmaking, construction, and yes even military applications. Of course there would need to be advances in battery and electric motor technology before certain uses are actually feasible. I'm imagining different variations of this design meant for different uses. God I want one... Lol
Could this machines PC, communicate with other flying vehicles to prevent collision?
Would like to see a winged variant so in the case of power loss one can still glide down
Do a video of a straight vertical punch-out until it hits max ceiling height, then deploy the ballistic chute. This will demonstrate both max altitude and the ballistic recovery system!
you are limited to 10k feet by law. and yes it will fly that high.
@@short-hand4312 Who else wants to see a 10,000ft punch out? I'm down!
Yosemite and grand canyon have flight restrictions because they are NPS but yes I agree, it would be tons of fun to fly there.
I hope somewhere in this decade they start having televised races of those things.
Excellent craft, ad an enclosed cockpit and an integal airbag crash landing safety system to make it even more awesome
Those exposed rotor blades seem like a crash waiting to happen. Some sort of bumper to keep the trees at bay would be nice.
Trees? If say to keep limbs from detaching from its owner
Having a blade bolt fail and slice your chest open might be messy
@@sharaihmolyneaux8181 with any luck you'd be a goner before crashing.
These prototypes look super cool and fun to fly. My concern is the exposed blades. With all flying crafts, there will be accidents. And I can already see the pilots being cut to pieces by the blades during a crash. The engineers need to improve the design so the blades are covered up. Other than that, they look like the transportation vehicles of the future. Can't wait to see them.
Good points, but I see less of a problem for the pilot and much more of a hazard for pedestrians. Imagine this thing flying thru the forest and accidentally decapitating a family on a nice Sunday stroll.
Mow down your grass and any annoying neighbors on a single tank of gas.
@@petedavis7970 oof
Cover the blades
8hr battery life
Once they fix those two things it's on
@@calessel3139 Riot Control.
It's pretty cool but the 20 mins is kinda of a drag. Plus how long for a charge after? And is the 20 mins real world time? It's not anti gravity but I wouldn't mind getting one for sure. Would like to know how really loud it is. A decibel measure would be nice.
This is fantastic. I would like to fly in Alaska.
That price is pretty reasonable, I'd buy one if they can get the battery life up significantly. I'd want swappable batteries and flight times of close to an hour. At that point the recreation time is much more reasonable, right now it's 10 min out 10 min back. 30 out and 30 back or an hour out then swap and an hour back is more in line with what I would like.
I hope they partner with Tesla and get that kind of battery
You could probably reach those times with an ICE. One way is more compact, lighter, and simpler with the cost of reducing efficiency. The other would require complex driving and actuation mechanisms, take more space, require more thorough and regular inspections/repairs, and weigh more, but could have an overall higher fuel efficiency. Those 2 would be either the generator method or mechanical transmission.
@@midgetman4206 Yeah I have no need for this to be electric. Petrol is very energy dense and fairly light for me to carry a refill canister in a storage compartment. I'd buy it as soon as it's available if they had a petrol version. The only argument I could see is that an exposed engine is going to be pretty loud, but I imagine this thing is deafening regardless.
the batteries are swappable.. its all going to happen.
How do I order one?
Cute, safe-looking, easy to fly vehicle. Congrats to the designers!
If glider wings could be integrated into the build that would be ideal to save power. Also for emergency landings.
And maneuverability would be reduced to almost nothing. Leave the design to the engineers. 😂
I think you should put some covers on those blades. Riding low with exposed blades could.....
I don't think Id like being surrounded by fast spinning blades especially at the same level with where I'm sitting .
Years ago when I first started seen drones and people playing around with them, it came to me that all we have to do is make drones larger and people will be flying in them
I guess. But there's other options which can do certain tasks significantly better, everything except mostly hovering
@@midgetman4206 yes, but the giant drones are the easiest to build, and they will be the cheapest and easier to use. No pilot training, no over complicated controls.
@@sardaracampa1733 For one, before it boils within me any longer, this configuration isn't a "drone" it's just multicopter or multirotor. Now that this is out of the way, this is what I got to say.
It's quite the opposite really. Where the other vehicles have complexity is their control systems such as the control surfaces (ailerons, elevators, and rudders) and sometimes variable pitch. This aircraft specifically will cost equally as much as the high end, but overshadows the average. There's already a market and industry for the ultralight category aircraft, which this probably falls under.
If you just want to fly and don't care how, a paramotor is the way to go. Want a bit more comfort and range? A fixed wing/glider ultralight does it no problem. Care more for low speed and ease, or like the idea of flying a helicopter but don't have the money? Autogyros got you covered.
Those 3 options cover everything except hovering, an incredibly low in-use profile, and high maneuverability. This could fly in places not reachable or too risky by other craft, but that's about it. Wings and/or an ICE or a hybrid would bring great improvements to this, but for now, it's too costly for what it offers.
Can the batteries be replaced later with a large one so you can take it to work?
The coastline in California. Grew up there and so many rocky points you don’t have access to, but you’re only 100 feet away. No need to fly over rocks.
yes 20 minutes is short, but even at that, with 8 minutes out and 8 minutes out, this thing has massive potential for ranchers, farmer, emergency people, etc. It looks like it could be put in a truck etc. Lots of rugged territory that becomes accessible.
Um, no. What would ranchers do with this? Emergency? Is it two-seater? Takes a little longer than 10 minutes to find someone given you would have to have 10 minutes to fly back and you can bet that 20 minutes is in best case scenario.
@@Jason-33W The ability to transport this in the back of a pickup, and then launch when the area is impassable provides a lot of flexibility. 20 minutes is short...but that will change. Accessing canyons is another example where these would prove useful. Just dropping off water and first aid supplies would make a huge difference while gearing up for the main rescue.
So basically.. someone looked at a drone and thought "what if I made that big enough to sit on"... I love it!
I’d give about anything to fly one of those. I started flying an “experimental” rated aircraft before I could get a driver’s license. I definitely think that what you all have accomplished is the wave of the future. Technology is rapidly catching up to make ancient ideas and dreams possible. 😊
Cool. A lot of flight restrictions in and around the Grand Canyon.
4:38 this thing is flying very close to the concrete wall with exposed thrusters. Seems to me if you get a little sloppy flying around vertical obstacles like these walls, or trees, you bump the thrusters, they’re trashed and you’re down. I think they should have guards around them. It would also be safer for anyone that might be near the machine at ground level. I see an accident waiting to happen.
My understanding was that there is a lidar anti collision system. I don't know how far I'd trust it though. Tesla's keep crashing while on autopilot.
I assuming it is to save weight. Adding guards will decrease flight time even further.
Absolutely keep these noisy clear sky destroyers out of national parks. Besides that, it looks cool.
設計的時候，可以讓旋轉的葉片，不要再這麼靠近頭和腳的地方嗎?
You mentioned flying this in Yosemite and the Grand Canyon- both places have strict laws against drones being used in those areas; and since California has classified these vehicles to currently share the same laws and restrictions as a drone, that means you cannot fly one of these around Yosemite Valley fourth through the canyon walls. This is not a free range vehicle to fly anywhere you like; you will still be dealing with personal aircraft as well as drone laws.
Flying is fun. It also takes training and skill, regardless of how "simple" the controls are. Drive on the roads in the US for 10 minutes and you can't help but notice that people are reckless and inept with a steering wheel, throttle, and brakes that work instantly. Personal-sized hovercraft have been around for decades. Let's not all delude ourselves into believing that everyday people are going to make some revolutionary leap into flying aircraft around because they all suddenly understand aerodynamics like second nature. It's all fun and games when a $500 drone crashes in somebody's back yard. It's different when a $92k version, with a human on board, crashes through power lines into your neighbor's living room and burns the neighborhood to the ground.
you did hear him mention the safety parts, eh?
if these were $25K and people could afford them as luxuries akin to a harley or muscle car, the only people interested would be those confident in their abilities to control a machine and have an interest in flying. i think the points you said could also apply to private pilots in most ways.
i'd venture to say the person flying one of these is several notches above a ground-bound schmuck in a mercedes who somehow can barely manage to fill his own gas tank.
They prob said the same thing about cars, but somehow it works out
@@hannibalbarca6308 30k people die each year in the US from car crashes. And most of those drivers have years of experience and don't get any of their injuries from falling.
@@Moosetick2002 out of tens of millions
It’s just a matter of time …… if we don’t wipe ourselves out first ….. 😐
What I'd like to see, is one of these eVTOl's with bicycle parts. So when you're in urban no-fly zones the props fold up and you peddle.
Genius!!! ♡
Not an airplane or moped, but an airped!
Must have for this are enclosures for the blades - like a turbine - to protect people that are too close to the blades by fault of the driver or spectator. In the video the pilot comes very close to a wall that if contacted by the blades would be catastrophic. Carbon fiber cylindrical housings should be sufficient and if well designed could inject more airflow into the blades and actually increase performance.
I love that they called it Jetson! My favorite cartoon as a kid 😁 a personal flying machine a reality... now all we need is a personal robot named Rosie
I think the structure could be entirely made of plastic, making it much lighter. This would allow bigger batteries
Or carbon fiber
@@captdoug would cost stacks more money.