• Honytawk@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    The only way flying cars should ever get implemented is if they are 100% automatic.

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      1 year ago
      • Create automatic taxi (impossible)

      • Create flying taxi (impossible)

      Okay, new plan!

      • Create automatic flying taxi (should be possible in the next 5-15 years)
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        1 year ago

        Not saying it’s a good idea, but a lot of the complexity surrounding automated driving is actually because you are confined to a 2D space and have to follow roads/road signs. When you can just lift off and adjust verticality to avoid objects all you really need is a way to detect and avoid obstacles and some navigation logic. Landing is probably the most difficult part to automate.

        Not super easy but it is actually easier than self-driving cars (which is why almost all of a commercial flight is running on autopilot)

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          1 year ago

          When you can just lift off and adjust verticality to avoid objects

          You need to navigate between objects on an additional access. Also, manage speed and trajectory with a changing mass, as you exhaust fuel.

          Not rocket science, but its close.

          it is actually easier than self-driving cars (which is why almost all of a commercial flight is running on autopilot)

          Commercial flight follows lanes of traffic with regular well-regulated flight paths.

          One thing that gets helicopters and small engine aircraft pilots in trouble is that they don’t have any of that.