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Helicopters are locked out of many markets by noise and worries about safety of bystanders. The promise of eVTOLs is access to those.
by ncmncm 4y ago
Helicopters are locked out of many markets by noise and worries about safety of bystanders. The promise of eVTOLs is access to those.
- benj111 4y agoWhy are evtols safer than helicopters for bystanders? They both have the spinny blady things. Re noise, most of the sound comes from the rotors rather than the engine. It's not obvious to me that an evtol craft could significantly improve this. There seems to be an assumption that evtol == multiple ducted fans. This isn't necessarily the case. And electric helicopter would be evtol. Any specific design is going to have different tradeoffs. Eg more motors to fail.
- fomine3 4y agoIt's really funny that eVTOL solves nothing, but funded