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>> safer, quieter, more reliable, cheaper to operate, easier to fly. Electric air taxis could open up whole new areas that would've been infeasible before for a
by hef19898 3y ago
>> safer, quieter, more reliable, cheaper to operate, easier to fly. Electric air taxis could open up whole new areas that would've been infeasible before for air ambulance and short commuter flights
Could be straight from some of those start-ups marketing material. Safety, noise, cost all have to be proofen, right now those are just claims.
- xnx 3y ago> Safety, noise, cost all have to be proofen, right now those are just claims. True, air taxis don't have decades of real-world use, but the claims are not without basis. Quieter operation has already been verified. Better safety and operating costs are highly likely due to the dramatic reduction in complexity/moving parts (similar to electric cars) and redundancy.
- dr_kiszonka 3y agoI don't know anything about air taxis. Wouldn't they be harder to operate than cars and possibly fall straight down if there is a malfunction? (And use more energy than cars?)
- xnx 3y agoCorrect. Definitely inherently more complicated and energy intensive to operate than cars, but much less complicated to operate than helicopters.
- hef19898 3y agoI know a bit about both, helicopters and eVtols. Let's just say that all claims regarding cost, simplicity, redundancy and safety regarding eVtols are just that for now: claims.