Hundreds of flying taxis to be made in Ohio, home of the Wright brothers and astronaut legends
apnews.com
The same Ohio river valley where the Wright brothers pioneered human flight will soon manufacture cutting-edge electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.
  • deranger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    can we just please get some normal, boring, safe, efficient trains that actually function instead of this gizmo bullshit?

  • bender@insaneutopia.comEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Joby’s production aircraft is designed to transport a pilot and four passengers at speeds of up to 200 miles (321.87 kilometers) per hour, with a maximum range of 100 miles (160.93 kilometers). I

    Back in my day we called these contraptions “helicopters”

    • Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      And those were considered for use as “flying taxis” and they failed for the same reason these will: Flying and landing in cities is dangerous, which is why airports are built very far away.

      • Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        It’s also expensive as fuck.

        Even if you have electric flying helicopters, the rotary component makes them very expensive to maintain as blades and components need to be replaced sometimes every 500 hours or less and require constant safety checks and inspections.

        Imagine how many taxi cabs have a malfunction of some sort every year. Now imagine that taxi cab crashing into a building or crowded street if it had a malfunction instead of just cruising to a halt on the side of the road.

  • photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Jesus fuck. It’s just like some auto execs to pull shit like this. Completely fuck up transportation infrastructure on the ground to your own benefit and everyone else’s detriment, then use your winnings to build taxis that can fly over the carnage you’ve wrought. We are living the Cyberpunk future.

  • Addition@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’ll never understand the eternal hype around “flying cars”. Fuckers out here can hardly drive on a 2d road. Now you want to introduce a third axis on them?

    I guarantee that if the general public gets their hands on a real “flying car”, it’ll take about 2 weeks before some drunk idiot commits a mini 9/11.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    So, we’re just gonna burn more fuel. Wtf. We need legislative change to prevent shit like this.

  • rekabis@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Ohio is also the state which has the highest per-capita production of astronauts, with only New York and California producing more in terms of raw numbers.

    I wonder, what is it about Ohio that encourages people to flee the planet with such zeal?