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Re:Personal flight, once a pipe dream, is within our reach by nickcano on Monday June 06, 2016 @07:50PM (#11851427)
That's interesting, I wonder what happens if you take one of the current prototypes and hover off the ledge of a canyon... Will you drop suddenly and go splat, or will you keep altitude? Intuition says the former, but I'd like to know objectively.
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Re:Personal flight, once a pipe dream, is within our reach by losteric on Tuesday June 07, 2016 @02:51PM (#11856781)
If you're flying high enough before going over the cliff, you'd keep hovering... it's no different than a helicopter. These jets can definitely fly that high.

That said, if you're not flying high enough... if it's just the jet pushing air against the ground... you will go splat.

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