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Re:The High-Stakes Race to Build the World’s First Flying Taxi by Retric on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @08:09AM (#21462114)
Helicopters are VTOL, I don’t know what you think it means but it’s just ‘Vertical Take-Off and Landing”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTOL “This classification can include a variety of types of aircraft including fixed-wing aircraft as well as helicopters and other aircraft with powered rotors, such as cyclogyros/cyclocopters and tiltrotors.”

Similarly, an electric helicopter would qualify as eVTOL. People generally aim for something more efficient in flight, but that’s a separate question.

Re:The High-Stakes Race to Build the World’s First Flying Taxi by Robotbeat on Wednesday November 06, 2019 @09:18AM (#21462783)
You’re right. I meant VTOL with wingborne cruise, like the V-22.