Wed Jun 20, 2018 1:09 pm
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Am I the only one having difficulty believing in 'personal airborne transportation systems' and 'urban air transport' - i.e. the concept that in a few (?) years, we'll all be flown around in autonomous 2-4 seat drones?
Lots of big brained people talking about it at a two day conference in Cologne at the moment - covering all sorts of issues from batteries, to power plants, to air traffic management systems, etc etc
Then I look back at my calendar for the last 6 months and the amount of flights I had pencilled in, but were then crossed out due to weather.
I'm not sure I'd like to be in an ultra-lightweight 2 seater drone hoping across London when it's 10kt gusting 15kt or worse, and I'm sure the buildings create some interesting windshear at the best of times.
Back to autonomous cars for tomorrow's conference - which will all now seem entirely realistic and achievable by comparison.
Lots of big brained people talking about it at a two day conference in Cologne at the moment - covering all sorts of issues from batteries, to power plants, to air traffic management systems, etc etc
Then I look back at my calendar for the last 6 months and the amount of flights I had pencilled in, but were then crossed out due to weather.
I'm not sure I'd like to be in an ultra-lightweight 2 seater drone hoping across London when it's 10kt gusting 15kt or worse, and I'm sure the buildings create some interesting windshear at the best of times.
Back to autonomous cars for tomorrow's conference - which will all now seem entirely realistic and achievable by comparison.