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Kitty Hawk

18 points by t23 9y ago

Chris86 9y ago
It's weird cause this is quite a cool product (toy) but I hate that it is being referred to as a 'flying car'. Can it just be marketed as a hovercraft or something? It's like that '3D Laser Printer' from Glowforge, which in reality is just a regular laser cutter/engraver but they are were trying to ride the hype of the 3D printing trend
- aanm1988 9y ago
  People let the marketers use hoverboard without raising a stink and this is what we get now. /s
Mizza 9y ago
Finally, now I can take a flying lawn mower over a lake to my friend's boathouse. Did they read my mind?
drcode 9y ago
The video is incredibly tone deaf- Is this really just a product for millionaires with overcrowded lakefront properties who want to get sued by their neighbors for noise pollution? Also, can this thing actually fly, or is it just a ground effect vehicle (i.e. a hovercraft) that can float 3 feet higher than usual for 10x the cost and 10x the fuel consumption?
- bpicolo 9y ago
  Yeah, I was thinking the same watching it. "Finally, the solution rich people living on lakes needing transportation for one person have been waiting for". Looks like it's hovercraft-esque given: "We’ve designed our first version specifically to fly over water."?
  - drcode 9y ago
    Also, I love how the concoction they are drinking is so ambiguous in nature... It's like the people in the video are all wine-drinking alcoholics but have to disguise their addiction by drinking it like a fruit punch, lest they get busted for flying under the influence. Additionally, I bet they spent like 40K on video production expenses, but then 0 dollars on acting talent... how much you wanna bet that almost everyone in this video is a relative of the CEO?
scotchio 9y ago
YouTube mirror of the video since you can't skip the corndog intro on their site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMWh4W1C2PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMWh4W1C2PM
huangc10 9y ago
From the FAQ: > How much will the vehicle cost? We will disclose the price when we launch the product later this year. What does HN think the price will be? If the $100 membership comes with a $2000 discount...say arnd 10%? So looking arnd $20-30k?
sctb 9y ago
Previous discussion about Kitty Hawk: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14183447 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14183447.

18 points by t23 9y ago

It's weird cause this is quite a cool product (toy) but I hate that it is being referred to as a 'flying car'. Can it just be marketed as a hovercraft or something? It's like that '3D Laser Printer' from Glowforge, which in reality is just a regular laser cutter/engraver but they are were trying to ride the hype of the 3D printing trend

aanm1988 9y ago
People let the marketers use hoverboard without raising a stink and this is what we get now. /s

Mizza 9y ago

Finally, now I can take a flying lawn mower over a lake to my friend's boathouse. Did they read my mind?

drcode 9y ago

The video is incredibly tone deaf- Is this really just a product for millionaires with overcrowded lakefront properties who want to get sued by their neighbors for noise pollution? Also, can this thing actually fly, or is it just a ground effect vehicle (i.e. a hovercraft) that can float 3 feet higher than usual for 10x the cost and 10x the fuel consumption?

bpicolo 9y ago
Yeah, I was thinking the same watching it. "Finally, the solution rich people living on lakes needing transportation for one person have been waiting for". Looks like it's hovercraft-esque given: "We’ve designed our first version specifically to fly over water."?
- drcode 9y ago
  Also, I love how the concoction they are drinking is so ambiguous in nature... It's like the people in the video are all wine-drinking alcoholics but have to disguise their addiction by drinking it like a fruit punch, lest they get busted for flying under the influence. Additionally, I bet they spent like 40K on video production expenses, but then 0 dollars on acting talent... how much you wanna bet that almost everyone in this video is a relative of the CEO?

scotchio 9y ago

YouTube mirror of the video since you can't skip the corndog intro on their site. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMWh4W1C2PM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMWh4W1C2PM

huangc10 9y ago

From the FAQ: > How much will the vehicle cost? We will disclose the price when we launch the product later this year. What does HN think the price will be? If the $100 membership comes with a $2000 discount...say arnd 10%? So looking arnd $20-30k?

sctb 9y ago

Previous discussion about Kitty Hawk: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14183447 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14183447.