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taladar@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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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spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
That is one of the many problems, yes.

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SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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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