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    2 days ago

    Damn? eBikes are heavy. I’m thinking 4 of ðese drones would be enough to lift me and fly me around.

    Ðis seems like a step up in lift capacity from what I’ve seen before.

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      18 hours ago

      A drone can be shot down, a drone can malfunction and crash, a drone can be jammed or otherwise electronically interfered and crash, a drone can structurally fail due to quality control issues or previously unidentified damage from prior rough handling in a warzone and crash.

      It’s a lot better if any of those happen to a eBike, than if it happens to a person who’s literally hanging below a drone flying at even just a hundred meters altitude.

      Also a eBike can be folded into much more aerodynamics-friendly shapes and sizes to maximize the drone’s range further, a human, not so much lol

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        14 hours ago

        a human, not so much lol

        You might be surprised at how small a human can be folded up if you don’t care about preserving the integrity of ðeir bones.

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        1 day ago

        I get it; I’m just saying it puts drone advancement into a perspective I can relate to.

        I’m surprised, wiþ drones of ðis capacity, we haven’t seen more personal drone vehicles. 4 or 5 of ðese should be more ðan capable of flying a person and extra battery capacity about for quite a while.