Comment on China's latest flying car prototype showcases a breakthrough in urban air mobility, offering a glimpse into how low-altitude flight could soon integrate with everyday transport.

Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Litebit@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  hovercraft, too.

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• spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You are 100% correct that helicopters and their issues are the exact reason why flying cars are a terrible idea for the general population. I even like to point them out as the same thing when people talk about flying cars. There are some technical differences between people’s image of a flying car, which is closer to a drone with the multiple lift producing drives than a singular giant spinning blade, although the little ones would be comparably dangerous in a crash.

  That said, helicopters aren’t flying cars because you can’t drive them around on the ground.

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  • taladar@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The problem with a flying car for the general population is that people are already bad at navigating in 2D and that any technical failure in the air means a vehicle drops onto something and the average person is not going to do a proper checklist and rigid maintenance schedule on their private vehicle.

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    • SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would hope that by the time something like this launched to the general public, it would be a service rather than an expected purchase. Like self-driving-flying taxis.

      It doesn’t make sense to have everyone owning their own when they will probably be largely autonomous to avoid issues with individuals driving them (not that everyone owning a car makes sense either, but I digress), so the maintenance shouldn’t be an issue either.

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    • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That is one of the many problems, yes.

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