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Re:Larry Page is pouring millions into flying cars by aptwebapps on Friday December 30, 2016 @11:42PM (#13289529)
Depends on the type of VTOL. Quad copter? Not so efficient. Tilt-wing? I imagine it's much better. (Amateur opinion disclaimer)
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Re:Larry Page is pouring millions into flying cars by zevets on Saturday December 31, 2016 @01:05PM (#13292213)
iirc a v-22 is below 5:1 and somewhere around 3:1

The new DEP designs will do better, but exceeding 10:1 seems unlikely

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