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>electric Hard problem. >personal aircraft Much harder problem, if by that they mean "flyable without a pilot's license". You need to tackle reliability, the
by dTal 10y ago
>electric
Hard problem.
>personal aircraft
Much harder problem, if by that they mean "flyable without a pilot's license". You need to tackle reliability, then AI on the order of self-driving cars, then regulators, then infrastructure. Even Tesla is having a hard time making a slightly different kind of car.
Why tackle all the hard problems at once? Why not make a self-landing helicopter, or a "normal" electric aircraft (like Tesla but for planes), or a reliable and cheap (!) experimental VTOL craft? I can't help but think that the only reason to do it this way is because you're selling sizzle, not steak.