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Re:No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes on the Flying Car by robotresearcher on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @02:02AM (#14191142)
Or ground effect? Rotor craft have a nasty ground effect, not a nice one, IIRC.

It looks like a big multi-rotor with a saddle and pontoons. These are so simple that they'll probably work well enough.

Battery life is an issue that's not going away quickly.

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Re:No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes on the Flying Car by robotresearcher on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @03:10PM (#14196995)
> Rotor craft have a nasty ground effect, not a nice one, IIRC.

I was wrong about that. Thanks to nradov above for correcting me.

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