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On 12/27/24 6:27 AM, D wrote:
> 
> 
> On Thu, 26 Dec 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> 
>>
>>  A number of corps are fronting 'air-taxi' now using
>>  what are essentially large drones. One or two don't
>>  even have a pilot, all automated. Would NOT wanna
>>  get on one will less than six thrusters though ...
>>  that way one can die and the rest can still compensate.
>>
>>  As for George Jetsons' flying around in 'cars' ...
>>  I can foresee disasters aplenty even WITH nominal
>>  automatic route control. Humans don't even
>>  navigate 2-D very well ......
> 
> I think scaled up drones is as close as we'll get to flying cars within 
> the next
> 20 years or so. I'd definitely be up for it! Having one myself would be 
> great. I
> would then need to no road to my fortress of solitude, but could just 
> fly in and
> out of there! =)


   I see nothing but 'big drones' as the moral equiv
   of "flying cars" for a LONG time. Sorry, no anti-
   gravity thrusters or whatever. Alas there's gonna
   be a lot of thruster noise and air-blast so they
   are not gonna replace yer Caddy for most uses.

   In any case, as said, modern tech allows very very
   stable flight. The fly-by-wire will read what you
   WANT the thing to do so you're not stuck fighting
   little tilts and drifts. George Jetson COULD fly
   the things pretty easily (but shouldn't).