Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Cryptoengineer Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: OT: I was promised flying cars! Fulfilled. Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:59:23 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:59:24 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="053807d1a7a4c1b60f0e9102360f5436"; logging-data="1253619"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19dBdeB2TeoeIgUpNMHrmO9Jr7miwq4rhw=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:pLVshaGca69DniOer7vKOBUaXu4= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3179 On 3/18/2025 1:42 AM, Titus G wrote: > 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? The chances of my buying a cybertruck are now pretty damn low. I'm retired, and don't really need a second vehicle. pt