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 dwighttk on Thursday March 07, 2019 @11:36PM (#19335119)

They are requiring drone pilots to be licensed and these guys think an ultralight version of this won’t require a license.

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Re:YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “f... by dmayman on Thursday March 07, 2019 @11:40PM (#19335142)

Yes no licence needed to fly our ultralight version JB10 and JB11 Jetpacks. Same rules apply to ultralight version of the Speeder.

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Re:YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “f... by repiret on Thursday March 07, 2019 @11:58PM (#19335215)

How do the jetpacks comply with 14 CFR 103.1(e)(4) which requires powered ultralights to have "a power-off stall speed which does not exceed 24 knots calibrated airspeed"?

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Re:YC's latest moonshot bet is a startup building a $380K “f... by dmayman on Friday March 08, 2019 @12:07AM (#19335256)

Same way our jetpacks were accepted. Our stall speed is zero and with an engine out we can still control our flight path.

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