Larry Page, Google's co-founder, owns Opener (BlackFly) Here's the story 👉kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKSscoZnja5lmrM
@christopherross83582 жыл бұрын
Seeing those test flight videos, he was a young man when he got it flying. It sucks being an inventor sometimes. After you get it working, takes forever sometimes to get it in the market. I have a software that's like that that makes VR webpages with touch and gestures, and I'm sure it will be another ten years before I can bring it to market. Not because of the technology, because fundraising is a bitch. I wish Blackfly luck, and hope they raise the capital they deserve.
@Captain74842 жыл бұрын
I hate that the top speed was limited to 65mph in the US. I would want it to out put 150mph safely at least. That way this vehicle can be used for interstate travel.
@meadmaker45252 жыл бұрын
Leng has said in multiple interviews that the Blackfly can go significantly faster, but has limited to low speed flight to make it accessible to those without pilot licenses. If successful, I imagine he'll make an "unlimited" version that people with pilot licenses can fly. Unfortunately, with a range of only 25 miles, it's never really going to be capable of interstate travel, regardless of speed, but it's a step in the right direction.
@nosuchthingasshould41752 жыл бұрын
@@meadmaker4525 it seems quite spacious, perhaps a gas engine for cruise could be incorporated into later models. The tilting body architecture seems like their greatest contribution to the vtol concept.
@richystar20012 жыл бұрын
The Blackfly needs viewing ports on the bottom and or cameras.. so the pilot can look through the bottom of the cockpit for better environment awareness. Maybe even a helmet with augmented reality display that would make the aircraft's structure to appear invisible.
@marleyjanim5033 Жыл бұрын
That will add a minimum of 3000.00 to the price tag
@saikiran007 Жыл бұрын
Watch out for 06:22 simulation, its what one cant see through our eyes.. Great video n explaination!
@eligebrown89983 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing all this information. Definitely helps me decide if I want one or not.
@multi-mason2 жыл бұрын
Remember, you can go about 10 miles if you want to make it back. That’s right right, 40km range is only 24 miles. If we take the companies promo materials at face value, then you could only go 12 miles max and have juice to make it back. It would be unwise to cut so close though, and even 10 miles would be a little risky. Now I’m sure landing and take off use more juice than cruising too, so if you want to land at your destination, well no, you probably shouldn’t do that, unless you are either planning to recharge at the destination, or your only going a couple miles. How long does it take recharge? Paramotors have ranges as far as 290 miles. Landing every hundred miles or so to refuel I much longer trips is something which is done as well. Sorry, but this flying car, like the dozens that have come before, is absolute pie-in-the-sky bs. Less for more, get you nowhere novelty, that is more a likely than not vapor ware anyway. Meanwhile inexpensive ultralights have been around for decades, and getting better year after year.
@blackfire84553 жыл бұрын
This is a very well put together video that 'gets it' with regard to the aircraft design.
@jacquesstpierre13623 жыл бұрын
Would it glide if prop stols
@multi-mason2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it really doesn’t seem like a safe design. Powered glider ultralights are a mature technology tired and tested in real world use for decades. Safer, cheaper, better range. Modern paramotors have a range of 290 miles, and they can land safely without power. Intermittent refueling can practically provide effectively unlimited range. This thing has a range of 24 miles (40km). If you want to make it back, 12 miles, but with a reasonable safety buffer, optimistically 12 miles. Landing and takeoff certainly will use more fuel. So if you want to land at the destination and still make it home without recharging, safely, then what, like 3 miles maybe. It’s absurd. Hyped up, backwards, less for more, get you nowhere, overpriced, pie in the sky nonsense, that plays on the fact the ultralight vehicles are uncommon so many people don’t know much about them. Wowz! Flying! The fact is that vastly superior ultralight vehicles which don’t require licensing have been commercially available and affordably priced for decades.
@SimonAmazingClarke3 жыл бұрын
While the sound peaks at take off and on landing, I don't think that the sound in cruise will be an issue.
@Cloxxki3 жыл бұрын
For low noise take off, we could look too catapult and maglev railcar types of solutions. The crafts would transtion from stationary directly to cruise+climbing. Any forward velocity at take off also saves battery capacity. If glide landing or parachute landing are feasible, this also reduces noise at destination.
@phamnuwen94423 жыл бұрын
Catapults? You first. If you want longer range, just use fossil fuels.
@Supez.2 жыл бұрын
Мне кажется, в итоге, это будет оружие будущего. Аппарат классный конечно!
@inferKNOX22 жыл бұрын
As far as the propulsion goes, small, ducted jets like Lilium's jet would probably take the Blackfly to the next level in terms of noise, performance, safety (from exposed blades), etc. A future iteration with such and a gimbaling cockpit, may make it the go-to design for such aircraft, due to its efficiency, simplicity & cost benefits. Battery hotswap capability would take the design even further. Maybe such an iteration could also have the potential to be twin-seat, if the ducted jets and battery energy density can meet the performance demands. I would envision multi-seat (>2) as being more in the realm of cyclo-rotor territory. All-in-all, very impressive.
@eVTOLinnovation2 жыл бұрын
Nice. That’s actually a design I’d like to see. Thanks for the comment
@inferKNOX22 жыл бұрын
@@eVTOLinnovation It may be worth also investigating Jetoptera. Their propulsion, which they claim may be achievable electrically, is quite a marvel.
@danielwood7192 жыл бұрын
I love the black fly. My only critique is that it tilts the wrong way. The nose is up so the occupant cannot see where they are going.
@AB-jf9jw2 жыл бұрын
Blackfly would be much better looking with a deployable back wheel that makes its standing gait "upright". Of course that's weight. minimizing weight by using the front/back props to torque it forward and tilt it is good, but it's just that last moment where the ground contact doesn't match the vtol approach. hrm
@emgee442 жыл бұрын
Looks like a lot of fun, a nice alternative to the weekend sports car, if the price is right?
@donmacgregor32223 жыл бұрын
Love it gotta have one.. couple of ideas for a future model. 1. Some kind of rotating gymbal cockpit so it's always leveled. 2. New generation super high energy density graphine based batteries. Include these and you will vanquish all competitors.
@electricaviationchannelvid78633 жыл бұрын
There is no competition at the moment for this special use case...Lift Hexa sells for the military...other companies are in a different region...
@fredrodriguez39133 жыл бұрын
A gimbaled cockpit would be a great usability enhancement, though it would add weight. Maybe some partial through-the-floor visibility, or a video monitor, could add some of this benefit. I’m no aero engineer, but I also wonder if the overall cruise efficiency would be better if the props were somewhere other than in front of the wings, which would seem to interfere with lift, due to prop turbulence. Regardless, if it’s really only a fraction of the price of other eVTOLs, it looks like it could be huge.
@Xterminate133 жыл бұрын
Anti gravity and counter gravity devices will aide this technology in the near future!
@donmacgregor32223 жыл бұрын
@@Xterminate13 ..you're not one of those Hybrid Aliens helping us with reverse engineered tech are you?
@Xterminate133 жыл бұрын
@@donmacgregor3222 are you?
@davelocktalk7 ай бұрын
When solid state batteries come this will be great.
@youhou2000youhou2 жыл бұрын
"In the next months" is an IP of Moller's SkyCar. They might agree to license it
@kentwilliams41523 жыл бұрын
Question: How does one get into a Black Fly?
@iamhole3 жыл бұрын
AR for the pilot too "see" through the crafts body and a seat on a gimbal (a device that permits a body to incline freely in any direction or suspends it so that it will remain level when its support is tipped).
@BrianKHayes3 жыл бұрын
Maybe a transparent body around the gimbal seating like a helicopter
@ScrapMechanicLabs2 жыл бұрын
A gimbaled always canopy facing seat for maximum FOV in any configuration add some gun pods on the side and let the military pay for it all.
@andrenadeau44623 жыл бұрын
There is a lot to like about the aircraft. The big issue for me is the lack of a landing gear which severely limits the use of the aircraft. If you fly somewhere else than your home aerodrome, then you cannot move the aircraft out of the way because you do not have the little cart with you. So it is not a practical aircraft. There are lots of places I can visit within the range of the aircraft but none of them are options because the aircraft cannot be moved after landing. Unfortunate.
@phamnuwen94423 жыл бұрын
Adding a couple of wheels seems like a relatively simple fix, should the consumers demand it. Two wheels somewhere at the CG could be enough since it's only 144Kg. You could then move it around sort of like a wheelbarrow. The option to just fly it to a parking space is always there too. It's VTOL, after all.
@johnsweda29992 жыл бұрын
you can't have manual take off and landing it's got to be automated it's already out there so why not automated safer than using manual landing and and probably flying as well
@jimh43753 жыл бұрын
Interesting design, but a 250lb payload? basically the pilot plus one beverage, you can bring your phone but you will have to leave your underwear at home if you do. Then there's the 20mi range.
@phamnuwen94423 жыл бұрын
250lbs covers the vast majority of people on the planet. You don't need to be able to take huge suitcases with you, it's not going to take you to holiday in Thailand anyway...
@marleyjanim5033 Жыл бұрын
Because it’s amphibious It should win the race
@eVTOLinnovation2 жыл бұрын
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@dash84652 жыл бұрын
Dont care much for the rear wingtip proximity to the ground during takeoff/landing. Seems fragile/vulnerable in a crosswind or unexpected gust.
@multi-mason2 жыл бұрын
Range: 24 miles. Round trip: 12 miles. With a reasonable safety buffer: 10 miles. With landing/takeoff at destination: hmm maybe 3 miles? Paramotors these days can go up to 290 miles, at which point they can land and refuel in a practical amount of time. People actually do it. How long does this thing take to recharge its batteries?
@icorezx14r3 жыл бұрын
I think vehicles like this would benefit from the use of a bank of redundant micro generators as main power with batteries as backup. This push to use pure battery power because fossil fuels "are bad" is hindering this innovative niche of aircraft. The distance you can fly the blackfly is not impressive. Generators could push this over the 300 mile range which is practical for transportation. Hybrid automobiles were the first electric vehicles to be widely accepted. I think this would also work in the aircraft industry. Any thoughts?
@Captain74842 жыл бұрын
The domino effect is at play here as adding fuel and excessive generators will increase A/C weight. Which will in turn increase the measure of thrust needed for VTOL operations; meaning the equipment configuration will be subject to change. All of this means that the A/C will be heavier, require a pilot's license to operate, and have an increased per unit cost (putting it out of the range of the general public). I have to imagine the solution to all of this is to find away to incorporate electric generators (solar or wind) to generate energy during cruise. This will increase the unit price but the improved model can be sold as a luxury model.
@jpdemer52 жыл бұрын
The craft can't carry the extra weight - you'd be limited to ~140-lb pilots.
@StuckOnAFireHydrant2 жыл бұрын
I could see the small rotary Mazda is thinking of as a range extender being a huge plus with that idea and this aircraft. Power though all strokes of the engine and greater power/energy for a smaller displacement. Could be just the ticket this baby needs
@landscapingspecialist2 жыл бұрын
Where do I sign?
@XuanThanhPhamofm2 жыл бұрын
I'll take one
@jacktripper87262 жыл бұрын
Still no price?
@freakygardener80338 ай бұрын
VERY cool!!!
@Katana50cc2 жыл бұрын
Would passengers find it acceptable or comfortable with a takeoff pitch angle of 45°?
@AltMarc3 жыл бұрын
It's biggest issue is its huge frontal area (aka drag) while in cruise flight.
@princessneekee8532 жыл бұрын
Ive been following this for like 2 years ago and the vehicle still isnt in the market. Tf.
@kamome38132 жыл бұрын
Swap 4 inside motors with 4 small jet engines!! It'll be a super safe VTOL.
@timscroggins2345 Жыл бұрын
Nice
@timscroggins2345 Жыл бұрын
Nice
@mieldescorpion2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful!
@bryanlallen2 жыл бұрын
“The price will be announced in the next month to two months…” and about eight months later the price is? $35 for a tee-shirt and $30 for a hat. Those are the only prices on their website as of late March 2022!
@eVTOLinnovation2 жыл бұрын
True. Disappointing.
@olsonspeed2 жыл бұрын
The best planform so far for an ultralight eVTOL. Opener has the lead, it will be very interesting to see Bert Rutan's eVTOL when it makes it's debute.
@geoh18962 жыл бұрын
What lead they haven't sold an yet!
@olsonspeed2 жыл бұрын
@@geoh1896 I was speaking of the design of the aircraft. They go on sale in a "few weeks".
@geoh18962 жыл бұрын
@@olsonspeed Geo H 1 hour ago It's the end of Oct. and the price is $92,000 and one is for sale.
@geoh18962 жыл бұрын
@@olsonspeed You might want to look into the history of ultralights then. Most people aren't old enough to remember all the bad press they got. I just found out about the jetson a couple of days ago. I have yet to see a video of one flying at more than 15 or 20 ft. alt. This is really a self flying drone not a flying car. 16 hrs of training on a sim does not make someone a pilot. I owned an ultralight around 1980. Thank God it blew away in a storm one night or I might not be hitting 70 next spring. You might want to look at the current FAR 103 rules. The 2 that stick out are; Can't fly over any urban area. Can't be flown within 5 mi. of ANY airport be it class A B C or D. In other words it's a free country and you can go play stuntboy if you want to, but real pilots don't want you anywhere near them. You may become an organ donor on your first take off.
@olsonspeed2 жыл бұрын
@@geoh1896 Yes I completely agree that you were extremely fortunate that Devine intervention spared you from receiving a Darwin award so that you can enlighten others with your ultralight piloting knowledge.
@AClark-gs5gl2 жыл бұрын
The Jetson is also very awesome
@Captain74842 жыл бұрын
The Jetson appears to be a recreational vehicle as its range and battery life are minimal. Battery life (approx 20 min).
@ВалерийГеттун3 жыл бұрын
Может быть, пилота на 180 градусов нужно развернуть?
@arctic_haze2 жыл бұрын
0:35 No space in the aircraft for leaving the shoes? 😀
@ex5tube3 жыл бұрын
I have scoured the internet, looking for any video of the BlackFly in extended horizontal flight. Can't figure out why they would not show this aircraft in cruise attitude, maybe filmed from a chase plane. Maybe it's not stable yet, getting people sick as it occasionally porpoises or yaws?
@blackfire84553 жыл бұрын
Their website (www.opener.aero) and youtube channel (kzbin.infovideos) have a selection of videos, some of which show level cruise flight. This one (kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3rFqGaPqsp2oKM&ab_channel=Opener) is a 360 degree video which shows an entire 4+ min flight from takeoff to landing from the cockpit perspective. You can pan the camera during the flight by clicking and dragging the video, or you can watch with a VR headset and look around. Regarding cruise flight stability/comfort, keep in mind that this is an autonomous flight flying a specific flight path and the control system has to counteract the wind to keep it on that path. A human controlled flight would be smoother.
@51dbail3 жыл бұрын
I noticed the same thing no vid of this thing cruising.
@awebuser59143 жыл бұрын
That's because it's all a crock; a way to separate the stupid from their money. The thing has never demonstrated sustained level flight and significant maneuverability to an impartial audience, EVER! The 2021 Oshkosh 30-second hop was a complete embarrassment, from the young girl "pilot" to the assertions that it "flew" yesterday. It's also been "in development" for more than 10 years and if that doesn't set-off any serious alarms in your head, nothing will...
@geoh18962 жыл бұрын
It's the end of Oct. and the price is $92,000 and one is for sale.
@joseveintegenario-nisu19282 жыл бұрын
A bulb based on board computer for control? Bulbs are Electro-Magnetic Pulse Resistant, this, along with a flame sustainer in turbine, made MiG-25 'the terror of UFOs'. Blessings +
@ACG3312 жыл бұрын
Vamos a ver, eso no es un autogiro puesto al día como el de Isaac Peral?
@aidenwrenn53422 жыл бұрын
No pilot license eh? So what about navigation, meteorology, aviation law, radiotelephony etc?
@12feettall62 жыл бұрын
pfffff who gives a crap.
@Hilligan71143 жыл бұрын
Has a price been released?
@eVTOLinnovation3 жыл бұрын
Not yet, they said it will have the price of an SUV vehicle
@curtmayer10702 жыл бұрын
There are 300k suv's, so opener has plenty of weasel space. Boondoggle vaporware.
@timscroggins2345 Жыл бұрын
I know how to eliminate or lower cavataion.
@black_knight7773 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@chuckpunisher94703 жыл бұрын
When and where can I buy one..?? searching all news releases and cant find the info I need....? 🤔
@ike7891253 жыл бұрын
Should be this month!! im not sure what the price is though
@ice9snowflake1873 жыл бұрын
I don't get it. You can't go very far in it, and why would I want to fly with my plane always pointed upwards so I can't see in front or down very well, the way everybody is always depicted flying it?
@eVTOLinnovation3 жыл бұрын
Small improvements in batteries will increase range greatly. Only during VTOL and hover, you would be pointing up, during cruise you would be in a horizontal or pointing down position depending on speed.
@rvlifestylelivin Жыл бұрын
That things a clumsy mess for storage and transport
@George253 жыл бұрын
Interested to bring your idea here down under ?
@whahappened83983 жыл бұрын
Top of the range model will include a coffee cup holder.
@ckdigitaltheqof6th2102 жыл бұрын
The Opener Black Fly, could've been a half breed 2-wheel balancer lightly function gyro & kick stand bike, with a way to hide the propellers within the puff wing when not flight, even a 2 seat ratio. Perhaps for a new design type.
@multi-mason2 жыл бұрын
This: 40km range (24 miles) Other cheaper ultralight vehicles: 290 miles. This: actual range is about 12 miles, because you need to make it back. You better give yourself a buffer though because battery performance is effected by many factors, so actual max range is optimistically 10 miles. Other cheaper ultralight vehicles: actual range effectively unlimited because you can land every couple hundred miles and refuel. People do it. This: described by company promo materials. Other cheaper ultralights: described by real world usage over decades. This: not actually the cost of an SUV, because you’ll have to pay for company mandated training in a monopoly market with zero competition. Other cheaper ultralights: you should probably get some training, but you’re not forced to, and you can choose your trainer within a competitive market. The competitive market actually makes it so that many sellers offer free ‘optional’ training with purchases of ultralights. This: empty promises for years and years. More mature, tried and tested, and less expensive ultralight technologies: You can buy a complete tandem paramotor trike setup for under 20k. This: vtol, but absurdly impractical. Other ultralights: vtol options have been around for over 25 years, but they are absurdly impractical. This: obligatory geo-fencing travel nanny big brother style, your stuff isn’t really your stuff and ultimately we control it tech-dystopia technology. Other cheaper ultralights: fly where you want when you want and face the consequences yourself because you are capable of being responsible for your own actions. This: backwards innovation that offers less for more and is powered by pure hype and will fail because it depends upon buyers being ignorant and cutting without even looking at the options out there. Other cheaper ultralight aircraft: absolutely awesome, inexpensive, and getting better and better year after year. I don’t know, but it sure seems like the people behind this company built a light vehicle that could fly and were blown away because they were simply ignorant about all the other light vehicles that fly that had existed for decades prior. Granted, ultralight vehicles remain somewhat uncommon, so it’s not surprising they didn’t know much about them. On the other hand, of your going to invest time and money in developing a product, you ought to do your research and find out what is already available. It’s not surprising that lots of average people are impressed with this, and they can be forgiving for not doing a lot B of research on something they are not invested in. I think most will do their research before investing in the purchase of such a vehicle though, and that will utterly ruin this company. Look into paramotors and other commercially available ultralight aircraft.
@bobbiejomathews90373 жыл бұрын
Please send me one I have to save the world nations
@lakshmisridhar92763 жыл бұрын
Everything look perfect, why don't you guys try reversing the seating position for better visibility
@phamnuwen94423 жыл бұрын
Because then you would be seated upside down during cruise flight.
@aorakiboydog3 жыл бұрын
Really,who wants these things clogging up our sky’s.
@eVTOLinnovation3 жыл бұрын
Cars were resisted at first. "Many people disliked the noise and clouds of dust that automobiles produced, not to mention the physical threat they posed to pedestrians, bicyclists, and horses." dangerousminds.net/comments/100_years_ago_some_people_were_really_hostile_to_the_introduction
@aorakiboydog3 жыл бұрын
@@eVTOLinnovation not every one is suitable to operate machinery, I put in a lot of hours to earn my pilots licence opening up the door to anyone who does a small bit of training is a recipe for disaster.
@eVTOLinnovation3 жыл бұрын
@@aorakiboydog I agree. Ultralight regulation should be revised then
@georgefowler46823 жыл бұрын
Interesting, but leaves much to be desired in utility ...
@pcallah34423 жыл бұрын
Make a hellu'va leaf-blower other than that no thank you.
@vaughnbay3 жыл бұрын
5:24 "...extreamly safe for anyone who chooses to fly it..." what about the other aircraft in the NAS? Marcus if one of 'em hits me, and I survive, I am going to appear on your doorstep....and it won't be a lawyer that I have in my pocket!
@TONYPARAMOTOR3 жыл бұрын
hmm. when the girl who works for blackfly showed a demo....the demo lasted? let's say 2mins? so the next question is how long does the blackfly ... fly before needing a recharge? if anyone is showing a demo. then you show all the good bits? the goods bits that were shown were within 2 mins!!! that not good enough... it's very small..and it's supposed to have a reserve chute. u need to show this with the girl in the cockpit. using the reserve........it just looks like you people are a bunch of cowboys. u need to shape up or ship ... out. quote "VTOL aircraft. The BlackFly features a Tilt-Body architecture, this gives Opener an extra degree of freedom when designing the propellers"..but the pilot cannot see when taking off and landing??? black fly has had far enough time to sort all this out.
@awebuser59142 жыл бұрын
The Oshkosh "demos" were a complete and utter farce. Little more than drone-like bobbing-around. They have NEVER demonstrated sustained forward flight to an impartial audience (all the Opener videos are CGI bullshit...)
@TONYPARAMOTOR2 жыл бұрын
@@awebuser5914 HELLO. THANK YOU . you said everything i was thinking. A UTTER FARCE. blackfly demo. i remember watching the video the girl didnt even do her checks on the crafy. UTTER FARCE.
@awebuser59142 жыл бұрын
@@TONYPARAMOTOR The girl was a PASSENGER on a ride, controlled from the ground. It was so pathetically pandering it hurt!
@TONYPARAMOTOR2 жыл бұрын
@@awebuser5914 wouldnt it. of looked better if the general public was told first? and that the girl who was pathetically pandering around.... how long did this flight last?? why not just have some one in the cockpit with the rc .and let the pilot fly the craft. is this craft designed to be flown by PEOPLE?? YES OR NO .
@gprufino3 жыл бұрын
This is a flying coffin.
@SOLDbyYOU2 жыл бұрын
Until either or both better battery tech or better electric motors ( lighter , higher energy storage capabilities and lighter more efficient motors).... this tech is NOT viable. These vehicles operate for MINUTES.... on a single battery charge... NOT HOURS.... therefore as their “ endurance “ is low.... so too is the range.... ..not hundreds of miles... but rather “ TENS” of miles at best
@multi-mason2 жыл бұрын
Exactly! Get-you-nowhere novelty that plays in people not knowing much about ultralights, and this being easily impressed by “personal flight.” This thing has an optimistic 40km range (24 miles). Based on company promo material. Add a reasonable safety buffer, and it can go what? About 18 miles? If you want to have enough juice to make it back, then you can go maybe 9 miles? Landing and takeoff probably use much more juice too, so if you want to land at the destination and make it back, safely, then you go maybe 2 or 3 miles, if even. You can recharge at the destination? So basically you can only practically fly this between recharge stations, and they can’t be far apart. How long to recharge it? Zip lines are a more practical form of transportation. Meanwhile paramotors can go a couple hundred miles on a a tank, and intermittent refueling to extend that range is actually feasible. Not theoretically either. People do it. Today you can buy a complete tandem trike paramotor setup for under 2k. It is a more mature, well proven, and safer technology that is practical, affordable, and commercially available. Mandatory (company policy not law) training? How much for that? Are there independent trainers, or is it a monopoly training scheme without the benefit it competitive pricing. Geo-fencing? Wow! Travel nanny track your movements big brother bs. Cheaper ultralights go farther and let you go where you want when you want and face the consequences yourself because you are capable of being responsible for your own actions. Yeah I’m absolutely floored by how totally absurd this stuff is. There have been companies promising these absurd flying cars based on ridiculously impractical technology for the past 40 years at least, and nothing has come of any of them. Meanwhile people have actually been flying around in inexpensive unregulated ultralight vehicles based on practical technology, the whole time. I guess the difference is that the flying car vapor ware tend to imply parking in your driveway and flying to work. While that’s probably not going to become practical for a very long time, paramotors don’t actually need much space to get airborne, nor to land. The problem is the large paraglider element and all the paracord which all become tangled hazards taking off and landing in urban/suburban locales. I can see near future technological advances addressing those issues though with things like modern materials and nanotechnology.
@multi-mason2 жыл бұрын
Oops. Not 2k, meant to say under 20k. You can’t buy a complete tandem trike paramotor setup for under 2k. You can buy such a setup for under 20k. Sorry about all the typos too. Autocorrect on iPhone is abysmal. iPhone also is too stupid to let me edit the comment to fix it.
@CaptainNemo27910 ай бұрын
This design will fail to sale. It should be designed to glide and land safely in case of a power failure, otherwise who will entrust their live to this thing.
@erewrw19062 жыл бұрын
i dont wanna take the freedom of anything, but yeah, This vehicle flying around is for 1000s of People on the Ground "a threat" . Even if it is probably not an actual threat , it is always on your mind when something is flying above you. That is the downside, also with its blades. It basically reminds me of a Helicopter. I heard, it might get liser, but again, sharp spinning Blades , noise hovering above you and "everyday life" dont go together very well i think. And that for the fun of 1 person 1000s people potentially deal with this . People complain about Plain Noise,... in a city this thing is stress, im convinced. Anyway, i dont want to take away freedom, but i dont think this is what people imagine. This is just a Helicopter that needs no license, cause its selfflying, but in its body, its a loud vehicle fying over our heads. Lets see how it actually feels, but we will probably think over the Laws for this thing.
@AG-vc2ee2 жыл бұрын
How is it different than car on roads Even they can hit u any time
@AG-vc2ee2 жыл бұрын
I do agree with the noise part though
@erewrw19062 жыл бұрын
@@AG-vc2ee @A G i think, psychological its different. A car 400 meters away from you, and your brain signals its no danger. This 400 meters from you, its unforseeable if it can hit you. Your brain always plays trough many scenarios. Thats probably why when your at a steep cliff you get rubberlegs. You also dont say, lets build a House directly at a steep cliff, so close as possible, even its irational to fall out window. So you build a house acording your feelings you get at a cliff. Atleast me. I remeber when a drone once flown around my Area, even that made constntly aware of it. It nervs.
@ToyManFlyer11003 жыл бұрын
This thang looks 'bout as safe as taking a bath with a Electric Eel....🥴🥴🥴
@Dudeisthere3 жыл бұрын
No pilot license required, only 2 day training course? Major safety risk, you cant tell me any of these pilots are going to be competent. Also, what is the purpose of this thing exactly? Range is limited, youre not allowed to fly over people and congested areas and cant climb to any reasonable altitude anyways. Dangerous toy this thing
@vaughnbay3 жыл бұрын
"...what is the pupose of this thing...." make Marcus and Page some money!
@erewrw19062 жыл бұрын
some people argue the purpose is like a Taxi, Im no fan , cause its stressy for people below to have even one, two Taxis flying over the head. People talk about this thing in the city, haha. Its basically a Helicopter, probably a bit "liser" than a helicopter. Major difference is that its selfflying. But i think people have a bit too much imagination, cause its in its body: a helicopter. A helicopter flying over our heads. And that in the city? hundrets? hundrets of basically helicopters in a city, the Sound echoing around like pingpong, yeah, hahah
@erewrw19062 жыл бұрын
Ah, on the land.. Yeah on the land you desperatly need to have tonns of electro-charchers for flying cars. Im not shure if this will be very practical. So, i dont think , even with longerlife batteries, that is as usable as a normal Car. Only if many people use is, so you have chargers everywhere. Will many people use it? I think it hasnt any storage space really, . You cant invite a college at home, pick him up unless he has an own Car/vehicle. So, it has more limitations, and is less usable in the way , what people actually need. Yeah, its probably cool to fly, thats it, now i got it, thats the plus side. It may be a bit faster in the city or uneven Countrysites. But in the city, the noise would be unbarable. So we can forget that probably. so, those are my thoughts
@christopheblanchi47773 жыл бұрын
The flying position in BlackFly is horrible, period. 0 visibility during landing, how safe is that? Clearly not designed by pilots. Landing with no visibility is a sad reflection of the poor compromises chosen. This contraption is ugly as sin.
@MrStratbat2 жыл бұрын
who the crap wants to fly with their feet sticking up in the air,,,Better look at the JETSON ONE.a 100 times better than this...I wouldn't waste any more time on this failure going nowhere..The big roll out at Oshkosh was dumb too..Sorry...lol