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> Shortly after Pivotal officially launched sales of its single-seat personal aerial vehicle—a recreational eVTOL aircraft that requires no license to fly—the c
by tivert 3y ago
> Shortly after Pivotal officially launched sales of its single-seat personal aerial vehicle—a recreational eVTOL aircraft that requires no license to fly—the company’s “tilt-aircraft” architecture has garnered some attention from the U.S. Air Force. ... Recreational pilots (licensed or not) can order the Pivotal Helix aircraft online at a starting price of $190,000. Because the aircraft complies with the FAA’s Part 103 rules for ultralight aircraft, operators do not need a pilot’s license to legally fly it
I was really surprised that was possible, but this seems to describe the regulatory situation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultralight_aircraft_(United_States) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultralight_aircraft_(United_St....
- 0134340 3y agoI thought the same being that you have to have a license just to fly a drone in the US, as long as it's non-recreational, of course.