They need to consider mesh over the fans or i can imagine there will be quite a few passengers that will become amputees if not addressed in the final full scale design.
Derek Howe
JaxCavalera - That would slightly decrease its performance, not worth it.
Eventually they could perhaps slap some motion sensors around it, so the blades will not spin on the ground if it detects someone.
Towerman
Nice Design, Would be nice to see the gear retract ! Perhaps in a future version These taxis WILL take over the world !! It's only a matter of time !
Towerman
Agree with Derek... And I really like this one
ei3io
No cruise efficeincy and total reliance on all the 1000s of moving parts working while it sucks massive energy during the entire trip as well as just to stay in one location. Where are the wings?
Give it a light weight Rogallo that could extend and maybe not even need to retract PLUS it would give a broken parts life saving glide to horizontal skid landing vs the vertical crusher impact as its set up now.
Towerman
@ei3io Clearly uninformed 1000s of parts ? Nope this multirotor consists of merely just 4 rotors and likely just 2 bearings per motor, so 8 moving parts give or take, a flying vehicle with 1000s of parts is called a helicopter ;)
Kalavo
Here’s the Problem: They Fly. what does this mean? it means that it isn’t tethered or bound to a flight path, as a consequence there will never be a flying car, it’s a aircraft, because it flies under its own power and isn’t bound to a path or road physically. First and foremost is to bind either by magnets or tracks these levitating craft otherwise they are classified as an aircraft, and that’s a whole new set of rules.
Towerman
They fly yes, but entirely different and unique, i never did see multicopters as anything else than flying transport, they are definitely not "flying cars" They are much more and better than that !
warren52nz
I won't claim that the flying one is a model but in parts it looked much smaller the way it moved. And we never saw a person next to the flying one. I'm probably wrong but a bit suspicious.