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Right. This wouldn't be point to point on the Manhattan grid, but from Manhattan Island back and forth to the airports.
by xnx 10mo ago
Right. This wouldn't be point to point on the Manhattan grid, but from Manhattan Island back and forth to the airports.
- edoceo 10mo agoHelicopter. Already exists.
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- s1artibartfast 10mo agoWell yeah, it would be like a cheap helicopter you can rent. What is so bad about that.
- MadnessASAP 10mo ago"Cheap" and "Helicopter" That's where the problem is.
- aetherson 10mo agoIt's certainly not crazy to imagine that you could cut the costs of a helicopter-like aircraft that was purpose-made for relatively short, relatively low-speed, relatively light load duties.
- rkomorn 10mo agoThe energy cost during operations is very relevant, too, which is why you see things like tilt rotor designs with wings/bodies to generate lift. When Airbus was doing the math on these a few years ago, the pilot cost was also one of the main concerns, so it was "autonomous or bust", and they ended up investing a lot on the autonomous side (not just the aircraft but also urban traffic management, etc).
- DonHopkins 10mo agoIt sucks when they hit airplanes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Potomac_River_mid-air_collision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Potomac_River_mid-air_col...
- rapsey 10mo agoDrone like flying vehicles are much safer and cheaper than helicopters. Or will be at least.
- ErroneousBosh 10mo agoHow will they be? Literally any failure of the aircraft means you die.
- rapsey 10mo agoNo they have multiple engines and can survive failures.
- AngryData 10mo agoI don't really agree with that. Helicopters can auto-rotate, drones can't. If something goes wrong with a drone system, it is going to crash hard guaranteed and likely doesn't have any meaningful control on the way down.
- kevin_thibedeau 10mo agoHelicopters have a significant safety problem. https://stopthechopnynj.org/safety-and-terrorism/?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://stopthechopnynj.org/safety-and-terrorism/?utm_source...
- rounce 10mo agoMore people are killed in motor vehicle accidents in a single month in NY than in all of the incidents listed on that page spanning 58 years.
- tyre 10mo agoI like the terrorism section here, which lists zero terrorist attacks (because there haven’t been any) and loads of supposed risks… And yet!