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Ask HN: Do you think the Passenger drones have a very serious design flaw?
All the new passenger drones that are coming out have the propellers sticking out, which clearly is a design flaw, and have a serious safety hazard issues around people. Why don't they consider a passenger drone with the design similar like the Hover Camera Passport?
• Workhorse SureFly
• Ehang 184
• Kittyhawk Flyer / Cora
• Uber Elevate (CES Air Taxi)
• Drone Hoverbikes
- FabHK 8y agoI find the Ehang particularly egregious, yes - it seems designed to chop people’s kneecaps and/or behead them. The Volocopter, however, has the rotors above the vehicle, like a helicopter, and I don’t see how that is any more problematic than a helicopter. Having ducted rotors might be another solution (should give higher efficiency, too, particularly when combined with counter rotating props).