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The aircraft looked sleek in Scott Manley’s video, but knowing it has only 20 mile range with the top speed of 60 mph makes it a little more than a toy.
by shantara 1y ago
The aircraft looked sleek in Scott Manley’s video, but knowing it has only 20 mile range with the top speed of 60 mph makes it a little more than a toy.
- mulletbum 1y ago60 really isn't a problem at all. I will drive a 1,000 miles going 60, if I can do it in a straight line, it would still save a large amount of time. The problem is absolutely that 20mph range. Not useful at all.
- cmurf 1y agoPart 103 vehicles can't be operated over congested areas. FAA considers anything more than sparsely populated as congested. A single church in the middle of nowhere might be sparsely populated. I'm not even sure you can take off or land in your own neighborhood. Is a neighborhood a settlement? shrug https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/section-103.15 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/section-103.15 See Simmons (2010 legal interpretation from the FAA chief legal counsel. https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/FAA000000000LEGALINTPR2010071PDF.0001 https://drs.faa.gov/browse/excelExternalWindow/FAA000000000L... --- Also, no operations in common types of airspace: no bravo, charlie, or delta (or class e surface area). This may not be difficult seeing as they tend to exist over congested areas which must be avoided anyway. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/section-103.17 https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/section-103.17 --- Part 103 ultralights are vehicles, not aircraft, therefore not general aviation. Therefore, I'm not sure who will insure these operations. It may be the realm of self-insured.