Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electric aircraft [video]

Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by woodruffw on Sunday June 12, 2022 @05:30PM (#31718464)

Emphasis on "killed." I don't want to be struck by an SUV, but one hitting my apartment at ordinary NYC residential street speeds (at least, pre-COVID) is less likely to kill me than a plane crash.

Risk is a community exercise. You don't (or rather, shouldn't) get to externalize disproportionate risks upon the commons because it makes your life easier.

(An example of such a consideration: what happens when the fire department shows up? They know how to deal with a car accident; are they going to have the presence of mind not to douse a vehicle that looks like a normal personal aircraft in water?)

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Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by prvit on Sunday June 12, 2022 @08:40PM (#31719712)

>but one hitting my apartment at ordinary NYC residential street speeds

Why ordinary speeds? Someone driving into a building is likely to be going significantly faster, perhaps because they confused the brake pedal and accelerator.

Things like this happen all the time https://twitter.com/TempePolice/status/1529914550266368000

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Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by Deritio on Monday June 13, 2022 @08:41AM (#31724663)

You have only that much of momentum from ground in comparison to something already in the air and just falling down.

We currently have a billion cars on the road. Of course we have plenty of accidents.

But that's not a valid comparison.

And perhaps we should also get rid of carsnow your argument is totally invalid

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