Pauldutch
What people generally don't realise though is that most of the noise in rotor craft comes from the rotors and not the engines themselves once cruising
Also same goes for electric cars. Once at speed road noise and noise from drag and turbulence dominates.
EJ222
@Pauldutch Yes, but the noise profile of the rotors themselves are (apparently) quite different than a helicopter.


Anyway, I'm most concerned about safety and reliability. Even if these things are 10X safer than a modern car, dropping out of the sky (even if its a partial failure with a safe landing) is not going to look good.
Towerman
Absolutely Spectacular ! ! !

Joby had it done right from the start !

To highlight 2 out of many key factors:

"and its five-seat, 200-mph (322-km/h) electric VTOL aircraft has already proven itself in more than 1,000 test flights. Offering a range up to 150 miles (240 km) using existing battery technology"
Absolutely reliable, fast and a useful flight range !

"The vastly reduced noise factor is one reason why people believe these things will be so much more useful than helicopters in an urban setting."

So much for those preaching Loud Loud Loud, they are Quiet Quiet Quiet ! ! !

Everything about this machine just screams RIGHT.
NOW... when will i see it fly over my head ! Get them up by the Boatload already !

Well Done JOBY, One of my top 3 favorites.

Now let me go watch that video...AGAIN !

Arcticshade
Very nice indeed, i would've loved to see the uncut video though, it leaves out the full excitement of seeing the transition phases and full uncut take off and landing, kind of takes the punch out the video experience. None the less, very well done, this Ship looks Solid !
Looking forward to it's progression into mainstream EVTOL commerce.
CAVUMark
Very cool. Hope no ADs come out on the props.
David F
Less sound is a welcome benefit of decent rotor blades. The Joby's blades are very unlike those typically found on most drones and e-planes, which are reminiscent of blades used for the de Havilland Rapide of the 1930s. Let's hope other manufacturers take note of the Joby.
michael_dowling
Yes,very impressive noise wise. But these types of VTOL aircraft still have a "death zone",that region between 20 and 100 feet from the ground where a ballistic recovery chute cannot be deployed fast enough to save the machine if something catastrophic happens. I think an urban taxi based on gyrocopter technology would be inherently safer,as such a craft is never without lift,even if the engine failed: https://newatlas.com/aircraft/skyworks-aeronautics-evtol-gyrodyne/
dan
Well done! We see: eVTOLs can fly only without payload and only some minutes due to the need of 10 or better 50 times better batteries... During the last decades scientists achieved a "jump" from 100 Wh/kg to 300 Wh/kg. How long will it take to reach 3000 Wh/kg??? (Fuel offers around 9000 Wh/kg). No wonder all eVTOL need desperately external funding as the ROI is very far in the future.
Daishi
That's a pretty big step from where things were just a couple of years ago.
Troublesh00ter
Impressive and seriously quiet. Joby Aviation has accomplished something pretty astonishing here. Kudos to them!