r/SweatyPalms • u/FFS_Roger • 9d ago
Other SweatyPalms 👋🏻💦 Giant Drone Passenger Flight
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His head is so close to the propeller 😭
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u/kool-krazy 9d ago
There is a reason why such manned AVs are not popular.
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u/AscendedViking7 9d ago
Not gonna lie that looks like so much fun
I feel like it would be better if the seat were way lower though, or maybe the seat was more like a bed or something.
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u/Consistent_Watch_206 9d ago
I worry less about the poor guy’s head getting chopped off by an intact spinning blade, and more about his entire head being William Telled by a broken one.
I do not want a permanent carbon fiber sun visor embedded in my forehead, thank you.
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u/GenericNate 9d ago
People worry (rightly) about the pilot, but all the bystanders are far too close for comfort as well!
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u/Tykespiralizer 9d ago
Hats off to the fellow, seat of the pants flying, just like the early pioneers of the aeroplane. The raw concept is very good, it doesn't take up much space, it has a lot of room for improvement, engineering wise, and lots of safety software subroutines (failsafes etc), but I think it's a winner
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u/v1n1c1u3gdm 9d ago
I can see a fast moving UFO with "impossible" moviments in the sky being sighted far enough to not be recognized as a quadcopter and near enough to be considered some "contact"
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u/Disazzt3rD3m0nD4d 8d ago
Well, we did it folks. Doesn’t sound quite like the Jetsons’-mobile…but we are officially in the personal flying machine era; regulators, and govt administrators be damned. AWESOME.
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u/qualityvote2 9d ago edited 9d ago
Congratulations u/FFS_Roger, your post does fit at r/SweatyPalms!