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Ditto. What's the advantage of flying 10 feet above the ground? Is it a true aircraft, or a surface effect vehicle?
by madengr 7y ago
Ditto. What's the advantage of flying 10 feet above the ground? Is it a true aircraft, or a surface effect vehicle?
- no_wizard 7y agoI could see the advantage of these in swamplands or the 'bushes' if you will (places like remote parts of Africa, South East Asia, parts of the Southern United States, Alaska, come to mind). But the practical use case I can't seem to envision yet. However, if the goal is to be able to fly these things like helicopters but get some sort of massive fuel advantage out of it, I could see them being used for certain types of deliveries if they can hold a substantial amount of cargo via an attachment or something.
- zaroth 7y agoI think the advantage is, primarily, that you can pretend that you are pod racing. Minor caveat, the top speed currently seems to be 20 mph.
- JPKab 7y agoI suspect this is purely for liability reasons.