Re:Boeing’s Flying Car Has Taken Off
by nradov on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:41PM
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Due to noise and safety issues, none of these new VTOL aircraft are going to operate in residential neighborhoods. They certainly aren't going to land in your driveway. In some cases they might be a good option for short trips across congested urban areas, but they'll still have to operate from designated landing pads. So they won't do anything to solve the last mile transportation problem.
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Re:Boeing’s Flying Car Has Taken Off
by dragonwriter on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @01:48PM
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> In some cases they might be a good option for short trips across congested urban areas
Well, if you need to get from an uncongested area to an uncongested area with a congested urban areas in between and no bypass motorway, and no accessible public transit maybe.
If either origin or destination is congested adding take-off and landing traffic is just going to make things worse.