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From: Titus G <noone@nowhere.com>
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Subject: Re: OT: I was promised flying cars! Fulfilled.
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2025 18:42:38 +1300
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On 18/03/25 15:35, Cryptoengineer wrote:
> On 3/17/2025 2:04 PM, Jay Morris wrote:
>> On 3/17/2025 9:27 AM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>>> On 3/17/2025 1:00 AM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>> On 3/16/2025 1:09 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmbNZ8ZAcwU
>>>>>
>>>>> Blackfly ultralight. $190k
>>>>
>>>> Looks usable as long as you don't run out of electric juice.
>>>>
>>>> Lynn
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yup. The range is too short for many applications.
>>>
>>> pt
>>
>> The two that have FAA Airworthiness Certification, Doroni Aerospace
>> and Alef Aeronautics, the range is about 100 miles at around 90 mph. 
>> When I was working this would have worked for me. I figure about a 20
>> minute flight verses an hour on the road.  There and back and charge
>> overnight. But these are $300k+.
>>
>> Kicker is that the Alef actually looks like a car and is road-worthy.
>> Well, car shaped. Doroni is drone-like.
>>
>> https://alef.aero/
> 
> I don't know about the others, but one feature of the Blackfly is that
> a computer intermediates all the controls - the pilot/passenger merely
> tells it where he/she wants to go.
> 
> I recently upgraded my Tesla[1] to "Full Self-Driving (supervised)",
> which lets it choose and execute its own routes. I simply hold down a
> button on the steering wheel while saying "Navigate to Yamato Japanese
> restaurant.", as I did a few hours ago.
> 
> Sometimes it will pick routes I never would have thought of.
> Sometimes its better than I would have picked, sometimes not.
> 
> [1] Another recent upgrade is a bumper sticker reading
> "I bought this before Elon went crazy."
> 
> pt

Fascinating. Any news on your truck?