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Re:No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes on the Flying Car by tomcam on Monday April 24, 2017 @10:15PM (#14190228)
Not to mention noise. Today's cars are gratifyingly quiet. Ground effect craft are emphatically not
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Re:No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes on the Flying Car by eatbitseveryday on Monday April 24, 2017 @11:24PM (#14190510)
> Today's cars are gratifyingly quiet.

Only if you sit on the inside ;) Highway noises are extremely loud, and engine noises on local roads, especially from trucks, are painful in some places.

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Re:No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes on the Flying Car by mannykannot on Monday April 24, 2017 @11:54PM (#14190632)
People may also be misled by how comparatively quiet electric cars are in an urban/suburban environment, and expect electric flyers will be similar (assuming the battery problem is solved.) This view overlooks two things: 1) a VTOL flyer would be at maximum power at take-off and landing, and at a high power level in cruise; 2) a lot of noise comes from the propellers or fans, and there is not much scope for reducing it.
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Re:No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes on the Flying Car by knz on Monday April 24, 2017 @11:26PM (#14190516)
It's still minimal, or at least more tolerated, compared to aviation related noise.
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