eVTOL: electric flying car beats helicopters in silent commute

"Flying cars," or eVTOLs (Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing vehicles), are most likely to begin their operation as short-haul taxis in urban areas. They take off/land vertically like helicopters but fly like airplanes, though they are more silent, stable & efficient. They resemble bigger, manned drones.
- Arrival at Joby Aviation's Hangar: 00:20
- Joby eVTOL aircraft flight: 1:20
- Vertical take-off & hovering: 2:35
- Noise level tests vs. other aircraft: 5:00
- Fly range on a single charge: 6:40
- Specs of eVTOLs vs. traditional aircraft: 7:00
- How propellers work: 7:30
- Flying: 8:00
- Joby production facility: 11:20
- Carbon fiber production: 12:00
- Parts assembly & curation: 14:50
- Kirsten tries the flight simulator: 17:55
- From concept to production: 22:00
"Joby Aviation Inc. is locking up leases on rooftops where its mosquito-looking machines will land as early as 2024," explain news outlets such as Bloomberg.
"The commute as envisioned by The Jetsons is finally nigh, though the rigs coming from Joby and its rivals are decidedly un-carlike. Able to take off and land vertically, they’re a lot like helicopters - only safer, cheaper, and far quieter, thanks to a cluster of small electric rotors on a fixed wing, allowing the craft to fly (and glide) horizontally. If one of the fans conks out, the remainder can mitigate a disaster."
We visited Joby's manufacturing facility at the tiny Marina municipal airport (north of Monterey, California), where they send their prototype into the air a couple times per day to continue tinkering with the design. Engineer Edward Stilson talked about his past decade with the company - founded in 2009 before drones, or electric cars were a thing -, gave us a tour of the factory floor, and put us into a simulator to try our hand at piloting the craft.
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[@rickbartley9255]

Such a great engineering and development model. What's even more credible is that they were taken seriously and moved quickly into full scale proof of concept and certification.

[@drgeoffangel5422]

The Army and NASA has shown interest, and have supported in the ultimate stealth flying machine!

[@blondegaijin]

This was by far the most interesting coverage of Joby that I have seen.

[@rangefreewords]

They could have cut the engine on chase aircraft.

[@davidreyburn5548]

Unprecedented access to Joby!! That was fantastic!

[@rolflandale2565]

Practically geniuses. This should've been implemented before or during hand drones were offered. Those fear of evtol days, are over.

[@MC-yb5le]

@@rolflandale2565the Public fear still exists, for example if you read comments on other sites, people go off on every negative possible. The pessimistic say JOBY will be too dangerous, we already have Helicopters, we don't need eVTOL's, high wind will cause crashes, first crash with injury or death will end this dream, will be too expensive to fly, I'll never fly in one or a pilotless one, where will they land, FAA won't allow, too much competition, won't every happen, and on and on. I disagree with all the pessimism, I am a big JOBY fan. My brother is an expert pilot, he was skeptical at first, then realized, buy buy buy stock or regret at these levels. He admitted he started to buy into a position, a duh moment. We only get a few chances in life to hit a stock large, and this is one, could be a huge success, if you have patience.

[@rolflandale2565]

@M C Helicopters lack the counter redundancy of multi-engine support. When you compare the dangers of a car and the cruise methods of aircraft, both have a chance of survival with initiative actions. If a classic mono-engine helicopter malfunctions, it will plunge like a rock. The helicopter casualties have a very high death ratio. From famous celebrities to most practical pilots with absolute manual navigation. Jobby has a lot of bureaucracy in structure rendering, but the price is to apply safety.

[@rolflandale2565]

@@MC-yb5le You should know that, the FAA never allows aircrafts to run until almost a decade test is done, some are lucky its sooner than that.

[@JoeZaccaris]

@@rolflandale2565 FAA will fast track the certification of Joby and Archer --- they know these aircraft are safe because of redundancy

[@blueman5924]

I’d like to see a test situation with one rotor out of sync due to mechanical failure, to see how the remaining rotors maintain stable flight. It has to be done eventually. 👍 Cool prototype.

[@runatrix]

yes, if it is possible to fly with 2/6 damaged or more and they are all independent then it would be pretty safe

[@jonothandoeser]

@@martinuso7446 I doubt that would ever happen though.

[@g0thm769]

with multiple electric motors, all of which can be controlled independently, if a motor is not performing correctly it can be shutdown & remaining motors receive more power to compensate. Having wing like structures also allows for added lift/glide as opposed to "auto rotating" (aka crashing - falling like a rock) in a traditional helicopter. With six motors as long as if four remain operational this should allow for a controlled landing.

[@JoeZaccaris]

Let's try to remember that battery packs can also be redundant --- so in order for a catastrophic failure and crash, this aircraft would need more than two rotors to fail as well as multiple battery packs --- literally close to zero chance!

[@shoelessjoe428]

This is something we need to see. Investors are bright enough to know that the minute one of these things drops out of the sky carrying passengers, their investment could easily go to zero.

[@PeterParker-wj3cr]

OMG! Kirsten i can't thank you enough for such a detailed comprehensive video on Joby and its progress! THANK YOU!

[@kirstendirksen]

Glad it was helpful!

[@paulratzlaff2935]

What a waste of time and energy! Just imagine the skies plugged with this stuff ; all beteen 50 and150 feet elevation!!!? What a train wreck waiting to happen! Probably another Federal Funded project! A crony capitalist funded project !😆😡

[@PeterParker-wj3cr]

@@paulratzlaff2935 All personal opinions welcomed! Thank you!

[@bloatedtonydanza7798]

I almost thought Joby was just a shady business. Thnx for showing this vid. It’s great it actually exists

[@MC-yb5le]

Thousands of us own JOBY stock, not a con man, reel deal. Don't miss out.

[@10esseeTony]

Thoroughly impressed with just how quiet and SMOOTH that craft is....amazed!

[@glenlongstreet7]

I was privileged to work for one of the first non-Government businesses to work with pre-preg carbon fiber. The company built light weight large racing sailboats, IACC and AC boats. I started on the first in 1990. The boats we built won a lot of races. Now the tech is everywhere. It is very cool to see the advances. One of the other companies nearby made spars - they had an autoclave, we weren't allowed to use one.

[@StefanoCreatini]

Best eVTOL yet. Addresses the biggest concern. .. noise.

[@allocater2]

Did my streams just merge? I am subscribed to the tech-channels and to the home-building channels but now this video crosses the boundaries!

[@isitsustainable820]

Those things are so fun to fly after a few drinks

[@terribishop5313]

It's an elaborate helicopter, nothing resembles a car.

[@blueman5924]

Closer to an Osprey military plane.

[@StephenKarl_Integral]

Yes ! Exactly my first thought, thanks for pointing it out. I believe the Robinson R-22 would be a little smaller when I look at the wingspan (+ fans), and from my experience in drones (quad), losing one engine is quite dramatic (immediate loss of control due to assymetry), nowhere near the "chill" you feel when you have power loss on an R-22, you maintain level and you can autorotate if you're high enough.

[@kennethhawley1063]

Very little in common wirh a conventional helicopter nearer to a large rc model aircraft/drone.

[@kherve4255]

They are always helicopters with extra steps

[@kitesurferlee]

Yes it does it has three wheels like a Robin Reliant 😂

[@skydivekrazy76]

We are living in some incredible times. I am SO excited to see what we do over the next two decades with tech!

[@laska907]

I can’t wait until we rapidly surpass electric motors and get into plasma propulsion

[@jareknowak8712]

If i could choose, i woud take the cure for cancer and solution to the hunger problem over any electric car.

[@shaunhall960]

Indeed!

[@runatrix]

​@@xargs0095 as long as their battery and other material production and disposal are safe

[@runatrix]

@@jareknowak8712 that one seems harder, if you feed people they reproduce more and then there are 2x, 3x,.. the amount of people with hunger

[@alwayscensored6871]

I really love how quiet it is. None of that energy wasted in making droning noise.

[@edouble0325]

That thing is amazing!! Hopefully battery tech will take the leap and and put an end to 100LL finally

[@Helloverlord]

Anything is quiet if you recorded it 300ft away...

[@worldview2134]

It’s an osprey

[@teekanne15]

@@Helloverlord they showed different sound signature of various aircraft’s at the same distance and mentioned that this thing is below 70dB at lift off

[@TheRoomboom]

What is the sound power at take off compared to helicopters or planes ? How does it match the WHO requirements in the envrironment (55 dB Lden) ? The 65 dB commented in the video does not mean anything : is it pressure ? Where with respect to the source ? Envisioning this kind of things closer to densely populated area than current aircraft will certainly come with noise pollution issue and sorry but the only comparison is in fly by for which you are comparing to non noise regulated aircraft - being « quieter » than unregulated source does not mean anything (apart from the fact that there is indeed a huge noise issue with those objects)

[@tobuslieven]

This is great. I've always been suspicious of VTOL transport videos that don't show you how loud they are. That's the thing that will determine if they're allowed in cities close enough to populated areas to be useful for their intended role.

[@StephenKarl_Integral]

A remote quad drone less than a kilogram is subject to a bunch of regulations most people aren't aware of. People are hyped by the positive potential exclusively, they always forget about the 80% other important things : safety, qualifications, infrastructure, regulation of shared space, maintainance and spare parts/qualified vendors and contractors, tested and validated overall systems, operation and management........ At the end of the day (or the decade), it always all come down to what people didn't expect : the operational constraints doesn't meet lambda people expectations in terms of costs or complications, only a few elite will have access to the privilege or service, sometiles via costy dérogation or because you're a billionaire authorities may have trouble challenging. I don't even have a licence to fly an ultralight on my own from an airfield (we steal the flying time of a qualified pilot) and I have a thousand times the knowledge a lambda anyont have in terms of flying and rules/regulation, I know how sensible of a qualification it is, I cannot trust putting any of that very advanced tech vehicles in the hands of the first _"oh gosh it's so dope, I also want a flying car"_ dude : that's a recipe for disaster and drama. If people are regularly going down the road to change the chips of a drone toy to exceed the built-in altitude limitation by regulation, what kind of stupid rules breaking they would intentionally or inadvertently do with a "flying car"? Sharing airspace with people and properties below is the opposite of "having fun", you do care about at all times and abide by the rules, there is NO WAY you decide where you go, just like medevac ops today, you wait for instructions (air traffic control) and you strictly follows virtually already defined limited set of flight routes. We don't want that thing flying over schools or other areas with dense flocks of people walking, there must be regular suitable emergency crash land sites along the routes, like a stadium, highways, corn fields... The only "your fancy extraordinary personal car" that may find birth in a city is the one that meets all those conditions, like Tesla autopilot where a connected centralized service decides how to drive the car. For a flying car, it will be the same : you're not the one to have command, you just input a destination, then the company owning the service flies you there on through defined standardized flight paths and standardized connected "other fellow air travellers in nearby vehicles". That way, we get lambda people out of the equation in terms of training/qualification, and we get all vehicles standardized in terms of regulations, flight rules and behavior. Or else, no personal car, you go to a flying taxi port and you rent the service with a fully qualified trained pilot that will do his best to get you to another port/other places with special derogatory privileges, but he/she remains who has the last word. Hope this helps you have a better window displaying what will slowly take place in the future, so you don't build the wrong expectations from the start..

[@12washere]

@@StephenKarl_Integral woah, well explained sir

[@waylonk2453]

6:22 "...because the last thing that we need is just another buzzing thing." This got a laugh out of me. What a good way to put it!

[@paulratzlaff2935]

What does that thing cost ?

[@TohaBgood2]

Argh, not another pod gadgetbahn company that wants to build something like a train but not as good as a train.

[@spikekavalench]

Great video! Love how you were able to safely take off, fly and land the Joby safely with minimal coaching. Great semi-autoflight programming of a complex dynamic system. Brilliant!

[@user9b2]

This was the most comprehensive coverage of the project I have seem. 👍

[@purplepenguin43]

this is the first evtol that actually looks like it might make any sense whatsoever. hitting the nail on the head with the noise pollution concerns, everyone says they want flying cars or a helipad in their back yard, until they have to live with the noise. 6 rotors for redundancy in motor failure in a hover, and manual elevator and ailerons for total power loss landings from forward flight. it will be interesting to see if they can get it certified.

[@scorpio6587]

Very cool. I like how quiet it is.

[@solid1378]

That's always been a big criticism I have had with these flying electric vehicles, most of them are super-noisy. I am glad noise pollution was key in the design of this very complex vehicle. The tilting rotors are a marvel of engineering. I hope the mechanics are reliable. The Osprey used by the US Military, and uses a titling rotor mechanism, has massive reliability issues with the tilt mechanisms. Thanks for covering this company!

[@freelancelife6704]

Happy Holidays and Thank You for all of the great videos.

[@pieman3141]

The military would love this thing as a small insertion vehicle for small units. Areas that have a lot of islands would be great too. Thing is, it needs to seat 5-7 people, or else it won't replace anything that a helicopter can do.

[@ilyarepin7750]

sooooo an Osprey?

[@abakrem]

It will be a fraction of the cost to run, and quiet, win win.

[@StephenKarl_Integral]

_"it needs to seat 5-7 people..."_ I'm not an engineer, but I'm aware the huge problem of electric flying things is _"not having enough battery to maintain that thing flying for hours _*_the heavier it gets"_* Unlike fossil energy that packs a lot of punch for a small drop of toxic fuel, electricity is like blowing a sheet of paper to maintain it airborne, so, how many people lungs and mouth do you need to maintain a book airborne ? The answer for electric aircraft is... just like airplanes : if you want to lift heavier mass, forget about V/STOL, you need a runway and trade time+distance for potential energy to be converted to lift via wings.

[@orientxprsoffroad]

Incredible! Thank you for sharing.

[@KenRomero]

That extraordinary sound profile is a winner!

[@eschdaddy]

This is yet another step in the needed reduction of decarbonizing. As much as I would love to see it, I don’t see us completely decarbonizing air travel due to the energy density of fossil fuels. But, there are perfect examples like this, where short hops are easily converted. Thanks for bringing these to light!

[@shaunhall960]

This is so amazing! I'm looking forward to calling a sky cab.

[@Coupe420]

I cant wait to pay 250$ to fly 4 min away!!!

[@DS24K]

Great to see their progress. Joby could be the Telsa of the skies in a few years.

[@EddieWeeks]

It seems to have variable pitch props. This is not common and although increases complexity, it should be smoother in the the hover and faster in forward flight. Reaction time of hover flight controls is much faster like this .. Very interesting

[@Jarmezrocks]

Kirsten, your husband is way more intelligent than he lets on 😉 Thanks for this awesome clip. Totally different but so totally cool and definitely not out of place on your channel. I have to say that out of all the channels I've subscribed to the video editing;almost seamless cinematic transitions; perfect flow of narration..... Perfectly shared capture of both your husband's voice and your voice on the 1 clip is just perfect 👌 By far the most improved channel of all my subscriptions. The improvement has felt organic and natural progression. Well done!

[@risasb]

Two terrific minds in harness.

[@kirstendirksen]

Thank you! I agree that my husband definitely has a more in-depth knowledge of most topics than I (he really does love reading about nearly any topic). Thank you for your comments on the editing. It's very labor intensive so appreciate when people notice.

[@jenny216]

Totally agree!

[@MissMeganBeckett]

I can see the use for this in scenic tours maybe for looking at glaciers and famous city scapes where you don’t want to disturb the people with too much noise. Very cool I like that it’s quiet.

[@MC-yb5le]

Hahaha, obviously you rarely visit or live in a congested city, for example: LA, NY, Dallas, Washington DC, Mexico City, Tokyo, South Korea and 100's of other congested cities across the world, each city named has a never ending growth with gridlock traffic. Joby will work in all types of scenarios. Delta airlines/JOBY are working together in the future to bring customers directly to the airport, then fly wherever. Delta realizes JOBY is changing the game, save more time for fun/work vs wasting time driving in gridlock traffic. I agree, JOBY will be a great addition to Tourists, moving tourists or workers between islands for example:Belize, Hawaii, Vancouver island, Indonesia to name a few of the 1000's of tourists spots in the world where JOBY can be a vital transportation and learning tool.

[@mikestirewalt5193]

Wow. That reeks of ingenuity and foresight. Really well filmed and documented. It's odd that this effort has not gotten more attention from the aviation press . . . or maybe I've somehow missed it. Amazing amount of development has gone into this project. Really smart people.

[@MC-yb5le]

You've missed out, PBS showed a documentary on The Future of Electric flight 3 years ago. I've followed JOBY since, actually i buy every time the stock goes under $4, no regrets.

[@krissebesta]

This is AMAZING! Perfect combination of drone and airplane!

[@nilsfrederking62]

Much quieter than I thought, well done. It needs some distance to houses because of the air turbulences it generates, but there will be enough use cases intercity for such an airplane.

[@Dylan-cr5ub]

Amazing work from Joby Aviation, it's definitely a good step into the future⚡.

[@adddude7524]

Whoa.. the longer the video went, the more you could see what a serious business with serious funding this is. Amazing stuff!

[@paulwadehaddad]

Beautifully informative video, and well shot! Thank you for that.

[@ksnax]

Really liking their approach to building this. Low profile without a bunch of hype - and getting it done!

[@MC-yb5le]

However, the real fun is only starting, how to build 25, 50, and 100 JOBY's a year will be a monumental task. Main reason Toyota partnered early to help and refine the JOBY building process. Joby will need to build 1000's to crush the competition, who is late to the party, and/or years behind.

[@JoeZaccaris]

@@MC-yb5le do not doubt the power of scaled manufacturing with Toyota's expertise --- Joby definitely found the right partner

[@johnward1191]

I have a lifetime of experience building model planes and doing composites for aerospace and the Joby is by far the best and most advanced eVTOL. For a while they were right down the road from me here in Redwood City before moving out of the old Miracle Auto painting shop and into a larger space when they got the funding. This is by far the best eVTOL video on Utube! Thanks Joby and good liuck.

[@myherocamus8847]

So cool to see Kirsten Dirksen doing a piece on Joby!

[@flowerpt]

Nicely vertically integrated! FWIW "Who Killed the Electric Car?" (2006).

[@BartMassee]

Go Joby! Whispering comfort and speed❤

[@YuriyKlyuch]

Wow, I have subscription to like 10 different eVTOL channels, but somehow I've missed Joby, subscribed now! thanks

[@nicholasnapier2684]

This is a fantastic video so many ideas to go so many different ways especially that motor he was showing to definitely lends itself to doing something different mobility or efficiency this is where we should put our energy into this kind of thing I could see that changing our country….

[@diraziz396]

Thank you K.

[@BigBlackBe4r]

Mind blown thank you. What a treat to see everything behind the scenes. So many competent, knowlegeable and hard working human beings. AWESOME

[@kirstendirksen]

Our pleasure!

[@last7509]

People ridicule when I say this is about to explode. Maybe they majored in physics or whatever but I'm telling you they are going to make this thing explode. They have tech you never heard of and this is obviously the plan.

[@darondatoole7439]

The Jetsons have finally arrived!!

[@frelema]

😄

[@frelema]

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[@pipe2devnull]

Jane, get me outa this crazy thing!

[@EricBishard]

I mean, this thing come easily just pull out of your garage and go.

[@EricBishard]

I mean this thing could easily just pull out of your garage and go... 🙄

[@risasb]

"It is a textile basically." I love these bits.

[@nicknamenick9448]

Nice 👍The noise isn’t as loud as I’ve expected. Very nice 👍

[@pctrashtalk2069]

I imagine it is really louder in person?

[@yobrojoost9497]

This thing is next level! What an achievement!

[@hersheykiss9500]

WOW i watched you for tiny homes, never expected you to do a video like this!

[@yekaterinapanferova1410]

Wow. Well done. Thanks for the video. Good job. Good people

[@TheRyanRanch]

Wow, what a place to work !!! A dream come true for any engineer! First class all the way guys 👍 Need a solidworks guy 😂

[@Chedring]

Flying 'cars' won't happen in the sense that any shmuck can get a license like for a car and start flying around. You'd need a pilots license which is much harder to get and more expensive to boot. This is a GOOD thing. The last thing we need is the average joe driver who can't stay on the road to be flying into people's second story apartment. These are cool concepts, like the Jetson One or drones being ridden on. But they also open up a lot of dangerous doors when they get cheap and accessible. Edit: This can already be seen with rich people flying around and crash landing like Harrison Ford (and he's a seasoned pilot lol)/

[@blueman5924]

Bad comparison with the HF reference. Surprised you didn’t bring up John Denver too :(

[@Chedring]

@@blueman5924 Don't know him, but he does fit better as a comparison opon a quick look. I'll admit I want one of these too. But just because I want something doesn't mean I should have it, and a low barrier to entry flying machine is one of them. At least paragliders won't cause as much damage as a small plane.

[@ehtuanK]

They are planning for it to become autonomous at some point in the future to make it cheaper and more accessible without causing those problems. Autonomous flight with predefined paths and landing points would probably be easier to develop than autonomous driving, since the sky is much more spacious than streets, there aren't any level cross-roads or t-junctions in the sky, and cyclists/pedestrians won't appear out of nowhere. Still won't be anywhere comparable to today's wide spread of actual cars, just more common than today's helicopters and small planes.

[@sandrajohnson9926]

How about self driven planes? Oh, yeah!

[@tinayoga8844]

@@Chedring Low barrier? This thing is not cheap. Cutting edge technology rarely is. And remember that this is a plane and planes have a ton of paper work attached to them. It isn't like throwing together a Tesla car.

[@JLC24]

Really like the high/new tech content 👍👍👍

[@kin0cho]

Great video despite some rather newbie interviewing questions!

[@SequoiaElisabeth]

Super impressive! Definitely a scoop 🙂

[@leserickson7057]

Very Exciting, well explained, I enjoyed this very much.

[@jimmeltonbradley1497]

Absolutely fascinating. I cant wait to see this kind of tech reach commercial fruition.

[@jasoncochran853]

Great design, great video thanks for sharing.

[@kelamram]

That looks awesome

[@FeguerFineArt]

Just Awesome!

[@revpops]

This is so Great 👍 of next Gen equipment, this maybe a great new idea for emergency transportation for urgent site to Trauma cases

[@StephenKarl_Integral]

Actually, what you suggest is the very rare case the concept seems viable, economically and in terms of realism, as a quieter successor to helicopters. We need the practicallity of helicopters, but going electric drones-like crafts comes at a risk yet to be solved : assymetric lift => total loss of control. If they are reliable enough (statistics) or we come up with some sort of compromise (like trade payload for redundancy or safety equipment), then having qualified pilots manning them is acceptable (not the lambda anyone casually flying and encoutering a flock of birds, not trained enough to react on the spot).

[@eshqa]

Very interesting, Kirsten and Nicolás. ✨

[@carlossmart4934]

They just gave another name to the combination of helicopter + plane, this one being silent when is flighting, but unable to walk through ordinary streets.

[@SoCalFreelance]

I have yet to see a Joby video discussing the possibility of an emergency parachute. Obviously, the weight of such a system would compromise performance and increase cost. I'm guessing there isn't enough wing surface area to glide the aircraft to a controlled crash if the electrical system shorts or multiple propellers are compromised in bird flock strikes.

[@jessem8928]

Best tangent video ever. The future is amazing.

[@billybobwombat2231]

Wow, thank you 🙂

[@j.d.3875]

Awesome, thanks

[@juki0h391]

It's so quiet, it can be a military aircraft.

[@shaystern2453]

amazing

[@victormanuelgonzaleznorieg2478]

Amazing!

[@mauriceforget7869]

More please!

[@watchonjar]

this is for sure going to be the future

[@jonothandoeser]

If. it is we're going to need a LOT bigger parking lots.

[@jonothandoeser]

@Miraak Imagine trying to get that thing into multi-level parking!

[@onebridge7231]

Very cool tech!

[@oceanwonders]

CHRIST! This is exciting!

[@barnabaschoi]

Thanks for your video, this is what I planed to do

[@tylerhill9483]

I think Joby has the best eVOTL design hands down. They just need to incorporate full automation with automated flight controller for air traffic. They also need to incorporate battery packs, so you can land at a skyport and have machine that can swap the batteries automatically in just a few minutes.

[@jjstrassner8084]

@joby during forward flight is it possible to have some of those props regen the battery? Since the wing is doing some work at that point?

[@tvm73836]

Regen = Drag

[@fiturenevada]

awesome!!!

[@investingthelike111]

wow actually amazing

[@PaulSinnema]

There are so many things that come to mind. What about safety? Can it glide and land as a normal airplane would. What happens when one or two propellers fail? Will it fly on it's own? The future is so exciting. Love this video Kirsten, very well done. I would like to see more of this company. Go go.

[@bubblesmelt7368]

I will put in drive way for sure, can't wait no more traffic jams!!

[@nathan1459]

I need a Joby!

[@TT3TT3]

I used to dream about a flying commute.

[@scottburbank3313]

We want one! Can you imagine what the world will be like once these become everyday normal. We are looking forward to that day. We have a space in the back of our RV set aside for when they start making private craft. Thank you for the great video.

[@Christophercles]

We cant trust people to drive cars in a considered way. 6 Exremely dangerous rotors and extreme speed added to the mix? There is no way this will be normalised before we all die, and even then it will be all AI driven for the super rich.

[@alostbard]

Never gonna happen. Imagine every drunk, aggressive, distracted, and road rager that's on the ground now... up in the air. 46,000 auto deaths per year, and that's for cars that don't fly, or accidents that didn't kill for a ground vehicle but would most certainly kill in the air. It doesn't matter if the tech makes it possible; it's the people aspect that will always prevent flying cars on a large scale.

[@StephenKarl_Integral]

Never gonna happen. Basically, that's a large scale not remote (but possibly) controlled drone that can lift one or more people, which technically _is_ an aircraft, *not a car !* And we talk about airspace : did you knew above the quarter of a kilogram, you must register your remote controlled drone ? Regulation ! Drones are only allowed to fly in limited airspace. Regulation ! To fly, especially be able to fly over populated areas, even if it's just one person per square kilometer, you need a license. Regulation ! Many billionaires have attempted to put helipad everywhere, started assembling the platform, then dismanteled it, because, you just don't build them where you want the way that suits your needs when you have the means : those things must comply with very precise and restrictive (for safety) conditions, by regulation ! ..... Regulations, regulations, regulations.... and again, regulations, blah blah blah. And regulation is there for one single reason : people *died* when they did not exist, and sure enough, the billionnaire living in the top room of a fancy building don't want trouble or die if some dardevil stupid teenager decided to borrow the "flying car of his dad" to impress his slut by crashing there while violating a couple dozens regulations (yes, it happenned, was not a car but a Cessna, but you get the point : billionnaires don't want dumb people to mess around and they have the means to enforce regulations). Even with regulation, people happily violate them everyday, not everyone can be as disciplined as a pilot, even some pilots aren't that disciplined. The only large scale technology transport that could/would take off and land in your backyard is one that is NOT controlled by YOU, but by some company that has proven it has the expertise to safely move people in the air, ground or over water, and take responsibility is something goes horribly wrong. That's what Tesla is attempting to do, that's what Google is attempting to solve and master at IA level. Til then, there is no way around : airport to airport (not your backyard), valid licenses, submitted and validated flight route, and a bunch of other people giving you instructions you must follow along your entire flight. Yes, the helipad on the rooftop of the hospital _is_ an airport. The helipad behind the White House is an airport. Some highways in Poland/Finland/etc. become "airports", precisely "temporary military strips" in special (crisis) situations. Backyards has to comply with strict conditions to become "private airfields/airports" - regulations again - if you want an airport that close : safety, noise, pollution, airspace integration and conflicts, traffic control, terrain and wheather, aircraft types............... hope you have the means to validate all conditions, but it's pretty clear the _"flying car in the backyard of lambda citizens"_ *is a lie.* Don't dream that much, but I understand how you got there : those people in those documentaries are trying to sell that dream to you and you bought it. None of them is explaining to you you CAN'T have that type of equipment at home, and the trends tells the future will even be tighter in terms of regulations when more people will have access to jet engines and other kind of propellers as they become cheaper.

[@johngatsby1473]

It will happen but it will be automated flight and there won't be ways for these to crash into each other. You will enter your destination and you will be placed into a highly sophisticated network that will perform ALL functions of the aircraft. I would imagine it would probably be 1500 feet or less and major aircraft would still be doing it's normal thing.

[@cculler52]

@@StephenKarl_Integral slut? Really? How about pig.

[@AlbertBellgardt]

Very good video! Definitely think this is the direction to go as far as electric Vtol goes. Would you have a BRS? Glide ratio during complete power loss?

[@StephenKarl_Integral]

From what I see, seems that's not (yet) part of the design.

[@timmyjones1921]

Awesome Tech Vtol.

[@DarthPreamp]

Great video! What a nightmare for those workers doing hand lamination. I hope they are paid well.

[@smokymack]

Jist wondering if the charging/ fuel aspect was compared.... Also maintenence and materials used in the building of each would also be another noteworthy point.

[@Winterbiker333]

Very cool

[@inthechairwithcloochy8102]

Absolutely amazing and inspiring!! Go Nor Cal!!!

[@dieterandrew3542]

Somebody say "brown-outs"?

[@augustbrante8117]

So exciting! As a drone owner I'm wondering if you can use the same perhaps even better. Use satellites and have fly to destination and avoidance of other flying objects too. Once I got my Drone I knew flying vehicles will happen now in my life time. Thanks great video!

[@StephenKarl_Integral]

Actually, you're close to the real deal : Let's assume I'm 50 years old with no flying skill but I have 2 millions $ to get that toy. Can you trust me flying that thing alone ? Now take the 17 year old spoiled brat that want to impress his crush and decided to borrow the "flying car" of his dad... (this happens hundred times a day in the world, but the car is not a flyable one.. yet) Just think of it : either you can't but have to centralized those vehicles somewhere, that would be an airport, and only qualified licenced pilots with X000 hours of experience are allowed to fly them, not you or me, or, if people are willing to pay the price to fly to and from their backyard, well, the actual pilot, it being human or AI must be centralized in the servers of a company that has the expertise to fly those, not you or me... So, yeah, like today airplanes (believe it or not), _they will use satellites aswell, and have fly to destination and avoidance of other flying objects too,_ meaning, unless having passed the courses, trainings and tests, with the proper licences and the clearances, neither you or me would be able to "manually fly" the thing, we are just passengers...

[@teekanne15]

Most amazing part to me is how quiet it is. Curious is a fuel cell Version will be available at some point

[@MC-yb5le]

Perhaps, the fuel cells will be created for larger planes, larger JOBY'S and/or large boats/trains. The battery is sufficient for 150 mile flight. This is just the beginning journey for JOBY, stock is cheap too.

[@placeofvalue]

Electric plane even quieter than my drone, that's great.

[@aaronknight1009]

It looks like the Aptera with rotors, great video

[@mlbreel]

Very nice

[@PsychedbE]

Here's Adam Savage checking out similar ones, the race is on! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gITEZWiMorFpr8k

[@andrewjamez]

Nice. Thats the first time Ive seen a full sized eVTOL fly with motors in full cruise position (fully forward). Still Id hate the bill for prop maintenance...and what happens if any or the motor tilt mechanism's fail?

[@StephenKarl_Integral]

In vertical/transit mode, with 4 fans, you immediately shut or feather the opposite fan. Same thing with 6 rotors, but you must be trained to manage the failure and that would take at least 50 hours on that matter, it's not a plane which is much less subject to loss of control/getting out of an uncontrolled spin. Here you add the quirks of unpredictable aerodynamics interactions with that much lift/thrust components. The solution : training. A welcome help is augmented flight, where computers will deal with asymmetry issues right away before any abrupt loss of control (less likely in cruise mode) and inform you. But since electricity will get depleted at one point, trained qualified pilot is still mandatory. For the tilt motion in itself (mechanical failure or computer glitch), it's the same : training/fast recovery and redundancy : you can make the mechanism redundant, and make the software have a default fallback basic mode, plus redundant integrity checks to detect malfunctions (either via sensors/switches or software data mismatch). That should prevent mechanism desync. Then, when the computers support get overwhelmed, it entirely gives up and let the qualified pilot override everything : fly the damn thing (manually configure tilt, then recover), find where you are and decide where you go, then inform everybody else of the situation. If you can't recover, better be high enough, have a fast breaking system in the rotors (emergency shutdown) and a two sequence high spin high velocity chute. As I said elsewhere, based on the fans position and the tilt motion, best chute position would be in the tail, not above the fuselage, but that also means you land on the nose, hopefully slow enough to not get hurt and potentially repair the vehicle.

[@sekarmelati]

Ref minute 7:32 The size of the windshield and the windows are wide enough. That large cavity is the entry point for HIRF. I wonder if Joby has performed HIRF system test in a Lab. SAE ARP 5583A HIRF Environment might need to be updated to accomodate VTOL operation in urban area, in cities with large number of RF transmitter, in area surrounding Vertiport and in area where have many building that could induce RF reflection. In addition when propellers were tilt, there will be another HIRF threat through cavity (hollow) near Inverter nacelle.