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kleinbl00 · 3440 days ago · link · · parent · post: Some crazy-ass Kiwi is trying to build a hoverbike
Big enough to overcome the 20 min. projected dwell time? The thing I hate about these projects is they're never developed by anyone with any experience in aviation or aeronautical design. They're always dudes that fucked around with quadcopters and thought "shit, this stuff is simple, let's scale it up." I mean, not even the RC Heli guys bother. The private pilots don't bother. The RC fixed wing guys don't bother. And while there are fits and starts in electric light aircraft, they're generally from within the aviation industry and wholly unnoticed by the general public. Did you know, for example, that Cessna has been flying an electric 172 since 2011? I didn't.