Damn I Want One (Jetson Personal Aircraft)
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Saw that over the weekend. That would be a pretty cool High School drone team project with a Cummin's swap???
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210 lbs makes it have a 20 minute flight time the way I'd read it. But yes my lardass needs to go on a diet too. I'm only about 30lbs over their weight.
that's ballsy.
If you think about the result of a mechanical failure...a plan can glide. A traditional helicopter has huge rotors that present some resistance against a full, terminal velocity descent. One of these quits, and you drop out of the sky like a stone....thanks to the compact chassis and battery weight, probably even faster than terminal velocity of a human body in open air.
I'd love to fly one around but you're unlikely to catch me exceeding about 15 feet of altitude.
If you think about the result of a mechanical failure...a plan can glide. A traditional helicopter has huge rotors that present some resistance against a full, terminal velocity descent. One of these quits, and you drop out of the sky like a stone....thanks to the compact chassis and battery weight, probably even faster than terminal velocity of a human body in open air.
I'd love to fly one around but you're unlikely to catch me exceeding about 15 feet of altitude.
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Man, that's cool! Trailer it out to the middle of nowhere with your jeep, then explore the true wilderness!
Yep there are many things I'd use it for. But I could see me getting into a LOT of trouble too.
Actually it says the pilot weight for a 20-min flight was 187 lbs. Even more of a diet needed for us big guys.
Hey, since it's a Jetson, I wonder if it sounds like the cartoon Jetsons car when it's flying?
If it doesn't, I'll be disappointed!
If it doesn't, I'll be disappointed!
Thats what I was thinking...I'm 6'2" and 220. I could probably lose the weight, but I ain't gettin any shorter...well, not quickly, anyway.Well, I got the weight thing covered at 185, but at 6 foot tall, I'm guessing I'd have to fold myself up a little to get in.
Maybe I could tie two of them together and ride them Ben-Hur style!
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I'm shorter on one side if I take my legHey, since it's a Jetson, I wonder if it sounds like the cartoon Jetsons car when it's flying?
If it doesn't, I'll be disappointed!
off. Does that count 
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We can put playing cards in the rotors like when you were on a kid on your bike. Maybe that will help?Hey, since it's a Jetson, I wonder if it sounds like the cartoon Jetsons car when it's flying?
If it doesn't, I'll be disappointed!
anybody check out the price?
It's somehow both more than I expected, and less than I expected. Because I expected it to either be surprisingly affordable or surprisingly overpriced, and it's somehow in between.
Better hurry up though, the first 15 production spots are already taken.
It's somehow both more than I expected, and less than I expected. Because I expected it to either be surprisingly affordable or surprisingly overpriced, and it's somehow in between.
Better hurry up though, the first 15 production spots are already taken.