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Re:YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “f... by black6 on Thursday March 07, 2019 @11:32PM (#19335109)
It looks like the the rider/pilot is expected to ride hunched over the ducted fan (?) intakes. I suppose it offers a lower center of gravity and is safer than the open rotors of the "flying motorbikes" the Dubai police were testing to much marketing fanfare, but... it still looks wrong from a human factors standpoint.

Edit: turbine intakes, FTA.

Re:YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “f... by dmayman on Friday March 08, 2019 @12:05AM (#19335243)
It’s not too different to riding a motorcycle. You can rest across the engine intake protection grills and not uncomfortable.