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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
I want my flying car like almost everyone else. I just don't see it happening anytime soon. If they do ever make a commercial production commuting aircraft they will make private jets look affordable. The lawyers will be salivating in anticipation of the lawsuits.
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I get it, trust me.
The UAS commuter studies, and I have helped with a few, all focus on VTOL at each end for point to point delivery of passengers just like a helicopter.
I have been involved, as you know, with UAS for over twenty years. The main stumbling blocks for many years were government regulations that prevented over the horizon flights for non-military UAS. I got out of the commercial UAS business (made good, not great money) was because of FAA regulations and our inability to scale up to meet demand.
Other reasons as well, mostly on man-power costs associated with FAA regulations.
We are working with a company that award a contract from Walmart for package delivery. They are the dog that caught the car. It is clar to them that ducted fan design are essential for safety.
BTW, the Honda lawyers ended the flying (manned) motorcycle for all the reason you stated above. Lawsuit central!
Lots of moving parts by people are pushing the envelope, never bad thing in aviation: I was told when I started managing all Navy and Marine Corps UAS in 2005 that they were a "fad" every freaking day.