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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by judge2020 on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @03:40PM (#31344757)
The real reason is that we don't have one-person aircraft that can stop and hover with <300ft stopping distance and is under 10 ft wide. Helicopters come close but they're expensive and I'd hate to see parking for such a model of transportation.
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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by FartyMcFarter on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @03:43PM (#31344801)
Helicopters aren't really allowed to fly over most areas in cities though, except for police and other emergency helicopters. The noise and danger make it a no go, even if they were smaller.
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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by jaywalk on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:51PM (#31345612)
Helicopters can fly wherever they want, barring the same restrictions that apply to fixed-wing planes. For the most part, there aren't really any helicopter-specific restrictions.
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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by FartyMcFarter on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @04:54PM (#31345646)
Yes, but this doesn't really help the case for flying cars either way.

Edit to clarify: Presumably you'd want to land your flying car almost anywhere in the city; this is not going to happen anytime soon, for the same reasons that helicopters and planes can't.

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