YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “flying motorcycle”

Re:YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “f... by GreaterFool on Thursday March 07, 2019 @11:19PM (#19335038)

If there were only few of those around and you could afford one and it had good range imagine how it would cut your commute. Fly to your cabin in the woods in no time (rather than sit in traffic for hours) to chill for a bit? Worth the money.

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Re:YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “f... by bobthepanda on Thursday March 07, 2019 @11:25PM (#19335068)

Until every other idiot driver also gets one, and now you have distracted driving and other poor behavior, but in the skies.

They said the exact same thing about cars when they first came out.

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Re:YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “f... by Swizec on Thursday March 07, 2019 @11:22PM (#19335056)

Motorcycles can already do that due to the wonders of lane splitting.

Wouldn’t you need a pilot’s license for this? If it only flies so low that you don’t, isn’t it then suuuuper dangerous?

I say the dangerous part as a former Boosted Board afficionado and current motorcycle rider

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Re:YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “f... by ian0 on Thursday March 07, 2019 @11:26PM (#19335075)

Id guess it would be less dangerous than driving than say, a turbo busa, given you have less things to crash into!

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Re:YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “f... by dwighttk on Friday March 08, 2019 @08:22AM (#19337241)

Don’t sell it short! You can crash this into everything you can crash a motorcycle into PLUS everything in the sky!

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Re:YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “f... by dwighttk on Thursday March 07, 2019 @11:38PM (#19335128)

Accidentally hit a guy wire on the way...

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