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Oct 6, 2016 8:22 PM
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IGiveUpTryingToMakeAUserName
It's all fun and games until you hit that first bird
misterbil
yeeeaaaa....no!
ATimeTravellingRobotFromTheFuture
"Drone" implies someone else is piloting it, doesn't it?
MightyIink
100kg eh, so I guess only 1/3rd of the population can use it...
dragonraven13
What happens to a dumbass pilot after 23 minutes?
krapmyself
Remember that old dude who built something like this and landed on the white house lawn?
poscduke
That was an autgyro
finninthejakesuit
ISupportYourViews
You stay home and send it to fetch a lady at a time.
Kromerag
How long can it carry a 340lb person?
blakeatwork
Wonder if The Musk will get in on this action?
StonesOnTheHill
With drones getting this big, I wonder when they'll take over dangerous pilot jobs like for example crop dusting.
flassk
needs a 350lb capacity and the ability to carry it for 6 hours before it's a viable commercial device.
IBarrettl
I wasn't expecting this as the first flying car
Whiachy
Should've mounted the rotors above the pod. That wouldn't increased the inherent stability of the system.
Whiachy
Maybe even place the pod on a gimbal like cradle for an even smoother ride.
sirbart
20 minute life sounds scary dangerous
sheapet
Warning. warning. Battery capacity at critically low levels. Please descend immediately. waRNING..wARni..critically low..Please..Rning
sheapet
*poops pants*
samtherat6
C'mon, OP. If you look hard enough you'll find a girl that's -200kg.
TheDoctormoriarty
PeopleAlwaysNinjaMyCommentIdeas
Steps out gets legs cut off
johnmagu
Now put paintball guns on them and battle, or race, a race would be good.
Davidnfilms
Ladies? That can't carry one of me.
bucketfullofotters
I just see this as a huge security/safety problem.
Reviire
If I could find a 45Kg girl I'd be fine.
i5trucker
QUADCOPTER!!!!
Eanikran
can fly a human for 20 minutes, I can guarantee it took more than 20 minutes for a flight into the mountains
AnAverageBox
23 minutes? Sounds like we need more advancements down the line of batteries.
DipStickPaddyWhackPeePeeGoogaleeGee
100kg means I can't fly it at all. Sadness envelops me.
poscduke
Upon further research the EHang 184 costs $200,000-$300,000 has a max speed of 60 mph and a effective range of about 10 miles.
nasreal
If a small plane's engine dies completely you can glide for miles and miles if you're high enough. This thing fails...fuuuUUUUuuKkk that.
happenedtomeonce
Yeah, minute 24 is really going to suck
indiehedgehog
Maybe it could have a parachute at the top, or have just one for the passenger
misterbil
that's actually a pretty damn good idea...you, I like!
justanothaguy
I've seen enough drone crash videos to realizes this might be a bad idea. also pretty sure once someone is inside its not a drone anymore.
Polygrammar
The person inside is just for ballast.
Ironblitz
And the remote can withstand the weight of a modern day elephant.
TheRicM
Ballast Point Sculpin?
mugatugrows
You have to drink one before you fly it. Won't work otherwise.
Sm9yCg
Drone: remote controlled flying thing.
YoureGoodHouseButYoureCloseButYoureGood
If they're controlling it no, but if someone else is controlling it from outside then I don't see why it wouldn't be.
VexingRaven
That's not a drone either, that's an RC helicoptor. A DRONE pilots itself, whatever the media might've done to the term.
zipykido
The men are for ballast
VladamirPoutiiine
Can you imagine being in a drone controlled by someone you can't see?
imadethisaccountbecausemylifeisoutofcontrol
People fly in planes controlled by people they can't see all the time.
MagicUmbrellas
Depends on the person
IScratchUntilIHaveNoSkinLeft
What they really mean is it's the first multirotor aerial vehicle capable of carrying passengers.
SushiJaguar
So, a helicopter.
ImHereForWallpapers
Am I being stupid, or isn't that what a Chinook helicopter is?
bamcockseverywhere
You're not being stupid.
bamcockseverywhere
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cierva_Air_Horse
SelfDeprecatingHumor
This is the first one to come with more then two
ImHereForWallpapers
Ahhhh ok
hobolaw
That's way less catchy.
DentAurthurDent
Nice prototype. Now lets see a 4 seater with a 500km range
poscduke
Hmm nice job Henry Ford but build me a Model T that can go 80 mph and can fit my horse
DentAurthurDent
http://bright-cars.com/uploads/ford/ford-model-t-custom-limo/ford-model-t-custom-limo-11.jpg
poscduke
Unexpected, a horse would tear those seats up though
DentAurthurDent
I admit it would require modifications... But nothing (I assume) this vehicle can't contain. Given a patient/sedated horse.
Wannaswapnudepics
At what point do we call it a helicopter?
waitbutactually
When a battery powered helicopter that only lasts 23 minutes doesn't sound fucking terrifying
ephemerella
I think we finally call it a flying car
TheRicM
"Don't go to the party, there's hella cop there" - Jamaican guy
brknsoul
Isn't it only a helicopter if you can control it manually? IE: A drone uses preprogrammed route for navigation.
Geo80
There's no reason a helicopter can't also be a drone. Drone just means it's autonomous. Regardless, this is a quad-copter... and a drone.
brknsoul
This is why a UAV is a UAV and not a drone, because it still has remote controls.
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brknsoul
Well, technically, the "pilot" just isn't in the UAV, he's piloting it remotely...
Elonth
at the point it can stay in flight for more than 2 hours.
DoNotKnowJack
The passenger is not the pilot.
RedOnTheHeadFireInTheBed
Thank you. This is the true answer
libben
When it's one or two rotors. After that Quad, Hex, Multi and so on =)
almightystef
wouldn't they all still be helicopters? like all squares are rectangles, but not all rectangles are squares.
KrabbyWriter
Don't you mean the other way around? And I'm pretty sure helicopters have to have the rotors opposed... So Vertically and horisontally.
pilotperson
All squares are rectangles because "rectangle" has fewer requirements than "square", if that's what you were asking about.
almightystef
nope. the only definition I saw was an aircraft that generated lift and propulsion by means of one or more rotating blades. No upper limit.
KrabbyWriter
Huh. I guess you're not entirely wrong then. o.o But you did still mean the rectangle and square the other way around, right?
dbrsong
Yeah it doesn't work like that. A done means it's being controlled externally. Doesn't even have to do with flying. This isn't a drone
LurlineLumpkin
You can't control it internally. That's why it's a drone.
fevertrees
I don't think the person is controlling it though so wouldn't that make it a drone?
IAmNotRoy
When it can carry my fat ass.
IAmNotRoy
Until then it's still a god damn toy.
MyNameIsJesusAndIStealHubcapsFromCars
whatever you say Ray
Camelspotting
It is not a drone. So a quadcopter.
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dragonraven13
But the passenger is flying it, so wouldn't that make him a pilot?
fevertrees
Why is it not a drone?
bvtthole
Pretty sure a drone is unmanned.
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bvtthole
But he's clearly controlling it