Air Taxis: Who Needs Wings Anyways?

Are air taxis hype or legit?
We are going to explore the different engineering approaches of air taxis and their respective pros & cons.
We are comparing the top competitors in that space: Joby Aviation, Archer Aviation, Volocopter, Lilium Aviation, Vertical Aerospace, Ehang

[@alexanderfritsch6612]

Awesome video, thanks!

[@anitafritsch2365]

I also like it!! Nice design and looks highly professional! 🎉❤

[@melsuarez]

It seems you forgot to include lift +cruise… for example Beta Technologies Alia, and many others. They use fixed propellers for take off and then switch to cruise with wing lift.

[@TomundDavid]

These Air Taxis are Crazy 😅

[@sphudson]

EHang 216 is very loud. It will not gain public acceptance in other markets besides China if several 216’s are flying overhead at once (due to the noise).

[@svenfritsch9702]

Agreed

[@TheBagOfHolding]

They say they are already being sold but try to find a full video of a manned flight from takeoff to landing that isn't edited. I don't think any of them can do what they claim.

[@TheBagOfHolding]

Do you think its possible to lift passangers and take them 10km away with evtols? Why haven't any of them ever proven that is possible? They only show short jump cut edited videos of seconds long clips.

[@svenfritsch9702]

10 km are easily possible, especially with tilt rotor rotor designs

[@TheBagOfHolding]

@@svenfritsch9702 there is no evidence of that.

[@sphudson]

OMG! 😱 you’ve instilled doubt in my mind! 🙄 Do your due diligence.

[@TheBagOfHolding]

@@sphudson I have. Find the longest manned multirotor evtol flight without edits every 5 seconds from any company on plant earth. I think the square cube law of physics applies to giant drones.