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Re:SureFly – a personal helicopter designed for safe and ea... by throwawayjava on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @11:56AM (#16116546)
The BMI chart maxes out healthy weights at 192. So unless you have two NBA players or something, it should work well for most but perhaps not all healthy people.
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Re:SureFly – a personal helicopter designed for safe and ea... by Amorymeltzer on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @12:03PM (#16116612)
Average weights (no median, sorry) from the CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/body-measurements.htm):

>Men: 195.7 pounds

>Women: 168.5 pounds

So this could carry an average man, average woman, and under 36 pounds. At that point, the weight of your clothing or a bottle of wine becomes very important.

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Re:SureFly – a personal helicopter designed for safe and ea... by throwawayjava on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @12:48PM (#16117095)
Yes, I did say healthy, which a good half of the USA isn't.

but that still implies a 100m person market, just in the USA, and people in other developed countries tend to be closer to the "healthy" range. There are lots of healthy people out there.

In short, I don't think this will be the make-or-break for flying cars...

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Re:SureFly – a personal helicopter designed for safe and ea... by cryptoz on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @01:32PM (#16117544)
> a 100m person market

No, not really. Only extremely wealthy people can buy this. It's more like a 10,000 to 100,000 person market in the US I would guess.

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Re:SureFly – a personal helicopter designed for safe and ea... by alkonaut on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @01:00PM (#16117207)
Maybe the US version should have one seat :)
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Re:SureFly – a personal helicopter designed for safe and ea... by nradov on Thursday January 11, 2018 @09:30AM (#16124043)
What chart are you looking at? BMI is based on height, so someone 6'4" tall has a normal healthy weight range up to 205lbs.
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