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It is fully fully autonomous and all-electric, with a 90kW motor, a GM Ultium battery pack and an ultra-lightweight body with four pairs of rotors. Hopefully t
by LinuxBender 6y ago
It is fully fully autonomous and all-electric, with a 90kW motor, a GM Ultium battery pack and an ultra-lightweight body with four pairs of rotors.
Hopefully that is just worded poorly? I want at least 6 (ideally 8) rotors that each have their own motors and at least 3 redundant controllers. A single motor to gearbox driving 4 props sounds problematic. I would also like to know the capacity of the batteries and minimum flight time. Does this have ADS-B so other aircraft can see me? Will this only be allowed in class-G airspace? Will these be considered IFR (assuming class c/d/e airspace) and will the automation assume the FAA requirements for IFR landing or is this on the pilot? How much do these weigh? Will these vehicles be designated a call-sign? Is manual control permitted or will these be "driverless" and GPS only? Will the GPS get TFR's and CFA's and automatically route around? What GPS will these have? What ambient air temperature are these rated at?
Oh, I missed the most important question. How much will these cost?