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That's interesting information, thanks. Probably a smaller plane takes less time to taxi, take off, land, etc. Still it seems like if you increase significantl
by gugagore 7y ago
That's interesting information, thanks.
Probably a smaller plane takes less time to taxi, take off, land, etc. Still it seems like if you increase significantly the number of flights in and out of an airport, you'll run into some serious congestion issues.
- jillesvangurp 7y agoCongestion issues are easily addressed because small electrical planes don't need huge runways and produce a lot less noise. I'm not sure if the Eviation Alice is rated for grass landings but it would not surprise me that this was possible. There are close to a hundred GA airports all over California; more if you include all the grass and dirt strips. Additionally, you could build dozens to hundreds of airstrips in and around big cities. The Eviation Alice still takes off horizontally. But there are plenty of vtol designs out there as well. The real issue is going to be upgrading ATC to deal with thousands of vehicles flying at the same time. Current operations with it's roots in analog technology from mid last century is just not going to scale for that.