ehang personal drone

[anonymous-user]

Would you?

Autonomous drone that can carry you and your gear - the ideal commute?

https://twitter.com/DigitalTrends/status/108794023...

[CanAm]

A pile of unguarded rotors at knee height - what could go wrong!?

On their own website the drone shown varies between 4 and 8 motors randomly, apparently in the same flight. Not that I am at all dubious about their claims........

No mention of collision avoidance, whether birds, powerlines or other drones. They say it's completely autonomous yet the pilot was demonstrating the controls - no doubt that's just for testing.

Not for me, thanks.

[HoHoHo]

Love the idea, not sure how this will ever be a safe machine.

If you don't end up as a chip your dog or child certainly will once he runs over to greet you in the back garden

[CanAm]

Helicopters have their rotor blades above the cabin. It does seem a rather sensible way of doing things.
Even 'toy' quadcopters have rotor guards for indoor use. Chinese Health & Safety standards seem to be a little behind ours!

[hammo19]

We can't even control a couple of rogue drones over Gatwick, how are we going to control the lower airspace over a city like London with these things flying off and landing in all directions?

[Steve_D]

hammo19 said:

We can't even control a couple of rogue drones over Gatwick, how are we going to control the lower airspace over a city like London with these things flying off and landing in all directions?

I took from the video that the whole flight was computer controlled as you see the guy select points on a map. I which case this 'flight plan' could be part of a national system which could control and mitigate possible collisions.


Steve

[AnotherClarkey]

Volocopter VC200 looks like a better implementation of the idea

[hammo19]

Steve_D said:

I took from the video that the whole flight was computer controlled as you see the guy select points on a map. I which case this 'flight plan' could be part of a national system which could control and mitigate possible collisions.


Steve

Fine until the software fails....

[Tempest_5]

Nice idea until everyone owns one.

Can you imagine the swarms of the things in a downtown mega city. It's a bugger when you can't find a parking space on four wheels but at least you aren't going to "plummet to your death" when the lecky runs out.

Potentially good spectator sport though at the aerial traffic lights. You just know the kids are going to mod them.