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Re:Larry Page is pouring millions into flying cars by elmar on Friday December 30, 2016 @07:48PM (#13288758)
For electrical VTOL the Joby is probably the best bet, one big question mark is, the 16 motors how much will weight even at a very low weight of 15kg each you get 240kg/52lb in motors a similar complete two person glider weights around 300kg/661lb.
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Re:Larry Page is pouring millions into flying cars by londons_explore on Friday December 30, 2016 @08:30PM (#13288886)
Motors will be more like 1kg each. One can get a 10 kilowatt 1 kg air cooled motor.

Batteries are the heavy bit, and in my opinion, the future there is to have batteries capable of 2 minutes of flying, and a gasoline engine as a hybrid generator.

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Re:Larry Page is pouring millions into flying cars by elmar on Saturday December 31, 2016 @05:50AM (#13290547)
don't know if you ou will manage lift with 160kw will depend on overall weight, you also have to factor the weight of the propeller and rotating mechanism and covers so 10 to 15 kg is not exaggerated.
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