Human-Carrying Drone Set To Take Flight

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7:15p, 3/22/17
I remember hearing about these human-passenger drones awhile back, but I didn't realize that they would start carrying people around as a taxi service beginning this summer in Dubai.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2017/02/15/a-drone-carrying-human-passengers-prepares-to-take-flight-in-dubai/

http://fortune.com/2017/02/16/dubai-travel-drones-air-taxi-ehang-184/





Promo video about the Ehang 184 from the company making it:



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8:12p, 3/22/17
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But does it blend?
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8:29p, 3/22/17
of course it's Dubai
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In reply to titanmaster_race • 8:42p, 3/22/17
titanmaster_race said:
of course it's Dubai
The FAA is probably restricting its use Stateside.

Governmental regulation has a tough time keeping up with technology. (see self-driving cars, delivery drones, etc.)
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9:19p, 3/22/17
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So, it's a helicopter.
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In reply to wee_ag • 10:21p, 3/22/17
wee_ag said:
So, it's a helicopter.
It is a single person drone that flies by itself.
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11:22p, 3/22/17
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No f****** way you would get me in that flying death machine.
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6:23a, 3/23/17
These things are the future. Now imagine a highway(skyway?) full of these and the audible roar of humming.
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7:57a, 3/23/17
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These just make it easier for our eventual robot overlords to abduct people to use as batteries.
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8:04a, 3/23/17
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So they are re-inventing helicopters?!?!?
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8:20a, 3/23/17
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a huge obstacle to 'flying cars' is humans flying them. Use the automation used for self driving cars and drone technology and it doesn't seem so far fetched any more.
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8:41a, 3/23/17
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Edit, read the post above.
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10:23a, 3/23/17
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No security issues there...I'm sure they don't need to check for explosives or anything else like that.
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In reply to chipotle • 10:39a, 3/23/17
chipotle said:
These things are the future. Now imagine a highway(skyway?) full of these and the audible roar of humming.
Sounds like money.
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In reply to 91_Aggie • 10:41a, 3/23/17
91_Aggie said:
So they are re-inventing helicopters?!?!?
They are re-inventing small drones to be bigger and transport people.

Quite a bit different than helicopters, really.
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2:01p, 3/23/17
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Are they BB gun proof? I need to see those stats first.
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2:21p, 3/23/17
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4:10p, 3/23/17
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first person to get chopped by that thing and it's over.
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In reply to GoAgs92 • 4:22p, 3/23/17
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GoAgs92 said:
first person to get chopped by that thing and it's over.
what could go wrong? just because there's 8 propellers at knee level doesn't indicate there will be an accident.
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In reply to Flashdiaz • 6:21p, 3/23/17
I highly doubt they are set to spin until the passenger is inside with the door closed.
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In reply to HustlerAggie • 5:06p, 3/24/17
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HustlerAggie said:
I highly doubt they are set to spin until the passenger is inside with the door closed.
They'll need some way to instantly stop upon landing in order to avoid these types of incidents.
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In reply to AGSPORTSFAN07 • 12:26p, 3/25/17
AGSPORTSFAN07 said:
HustlerAggie said:
I highly doubt they are set to spin until the passenger is inside with the door closed.
They'll need some way to instantly stop upon landing in order to avoid these types of incidents.
I am sure they can figure that out with some sort of braking mechanism.

The monetary value of protecting against lawsuits is pretty strong for companies.
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In reply to 91_Aggie • 12:33p, 3/27/17
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91_Aggie said:
So they are re-inventing helicopters?!?!?
probably made by Apple
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In reply to Flashdiaz • 1:19a, 3/28/17
Flashdiaz said:
GoAgs92 said:
first person to get chopped by that thing and it's over.
what could go wrong? just because there's 8 propellers at knee level doesn't indicate there will be an accident.

My guess would be there will be some type of guard around the propellers.
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6:26a, 3/28/17
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Build a better mousetrap...
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7:31p, 3/28/17
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Am I the only one who thinks this is awesome??
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In reply to Rutedown • 2:59p, 3/29/17
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Rutedown said:
Flashdiaz said:
GoAgs92 said:
first person to get chopped by that thing and it's over.
what could go wrong? just because there's 8 propellers at knee level doesn't indicate there will be an accident.

My guess would be there will be some type of guard around the propellers.
Or....you know.....put the propellers on top, above people's heads. Like a helicopter.
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In reply to GiveEmHellBill • 9:15a, 4/2/17
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GiveEmHellBill said:
Rutedown said:
Flashdiaz said:
GoAgs92 said:
first person to get chopped by that thing and it's over.
what could go wrong? just because there's 8 propellers at knee level doesn't indicate there will be an accident.

My guess would be there will be some type of guard around the propellers.
Or....you know.....put the propellers on top, above people's heads. Like a helicopter.
This would be needed, most likely. Otherwise, little Akbar is going to see dad get in this thing and go running and hit one of the blades, even with a guard around it.
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In reply to jeffk • 1:57p, 4/3/17
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jeffk said:
These just make it easier for our eventual robot overlords to abduct people to use as batteries.
and I for one welcome our future robot overlords and as a popular member of the media, can assist in recruiting for their underground sugar caves
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5:30p, 4/3/17
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I always wondered how our robot overlords would transport us around on Chiron Beta Prime.

Did I say overlords? I meant protectors!
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11:56a, 4/11/17
As a follow up, here is another human-carrying drone (2-passenger) that looks cool as well:

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