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> Learning to fly a Jetson ONE takes about five hours of training, D'haene tells Axios. The pilot uses intuitive joystick controls to go up or down and to accel
by hackermatic 3y ago
> Learning to fly a Jetson ONE takes about five hours of training, D'haene tells Axios. The pilot uses intuitive joystick controls to go up or down and to accelerate and steer, while the flight computer handles the complicated stuff — like keeping the aircraft stable.
Sure, and I learned how to drive a car in 10 minutes in a parking lot, but learning to do it safely, in a real environment, around other cars and people, was and still is the hard part.
Now try doing that in three dimensions instead of two. I don't think flying cars should be allowed until they can be fully autonomous.
- squeegee_scream 3y agoYou’re probably right, but I wonder if it won’t be quite so hard since there’s very little to crash into once you’re a few hundred feet up. I’m not talking about in big cities with skyscrapers of course. In theory, one day there could be quite a lot of traffic in the sky from these but by then I’m sure there will be regulations, licenses, etc
- nradov 3y agoFlying cars are just another type of light aircraft. And light aircraft are allowed. What we shouldn't allow are are exceptions to aircraft type certification and pilot licensing rules.