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Re:Kitty Hawk reveals its secret project, Heaviside by jonplackett on Saturday October 05, 2019 @09:52PM (#21169315)
Why does it look like a toy when it flies? There’s something about he way it moves when it changes direction or lands that makes it not look as big as it should.
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Re:Kitty Hawk reveals its secret project, Heaviside by _Microft on Sunday October 06, 2019 @05:13AM (#21170788)
Do you know Lilium and their electric VTOL aircraft? It also looks unreal during some flight manoeuvers, see here: https://youtu.be/RLqzatnVAfA?t=62

That was a video of a sub-scale prototype, they have newer videos of a larger one at http://www.lilium.com

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Re:Kitty Hawk reveals its secret project, Heaviside by watfly on Sunday October 06, 2019 @03:19PM (#21174345)
I thought it was a scaled prototype first time I saw the video.

The flight jerkiness probably comes from the flight controller not being super polished, and also the aircraft being piloted remotely by a drone pilot, so the pilot doesn't have the same feedback an onboard pilot would have.

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