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Those rules will be changed for electric VTOLs. There are already proposals in the working at the FAA as well at EASA.
by _fizz_buzz_ 7y ago
Those rules will be changed for electric VTOLs. There are already proposals in the working at the FAA as well at EASA.
- beenBoutIT 7y agoThe reserves are just as important for electrical VTOLs as they are for gas, when the power runs out the thing drops out of the sky. If anything the electric VTOLs need stricter requirements, not lower standards.
- vidarh 7y agoThe point being that it doesn't need a runway. There might be opposition to changing the rules, but rules intended for planes that needs to land at an airport makes little sense for something that can land on pretty much any small flat-ish surface.
- dmitrygr 7y agoPlease tell me. You're over center of LA. Where's that mythical flat area you'll land on? Oh, and how will you find it through the fog bank below you for miles...
- m463 7y agoI think float planes might be an untapped market.
- beenBoutIT 7y agoRight above propeller boats.
- vidarh 7y agoPlenty of roads, rooftops, parking lots and other flat areas. Looking at a satellite map I see mile after mile after mile of sufficiently large plat areas for an emergency. We're talking about a need for a circle smaller than a helicopter pad. And for a VTOL plane that can do a descent as slow as they've shown with their two seater, getting low enough to find them is far less of an issue. But the other thing I'd forgotten is that if it were to run out mid air or you can't find anywhere else: the two seater at least had a whole vehicle parachute, and it's built to be water resistant.
- _fizz_buzz_ 7y agoWell, that's your opinion (valid or not). However, the FAA as well as EASA are planning to lower these limits.