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While this is not a car replacement for everyone - the Volocopter will require a full pilot license to be flown, it should have a significant impact on small co

by _ph_ 10y ago

While this is not a car replacement for everyone - the Volocopter will require a full pilot license to be flown, it should have a significant impact on small commercial and especially non-commerical flying. Helicopters are very expensive to operate and the Volocopter should bring down operation costs down to the levels of fixed-wing aircrafts, if not even below that, as it lacks any maintenance-intensive combustion engine.

FabHK 10y ago
> Volocopter will require a full pilot license to be flown My understanding is that it'll require a sport pilot license, and the regulator might well introduce an entirely new category (as it is not comparable to a heli or even fixed wing in complexity).