The bankruptcy of volocopter was also a feature of 2024 . Surely the lesson being shown at prodigious cost, in the billions, is that the approach being taken is just too costly, in all respects but also in excess consumption of energy. Given that these things are justified mostly as 'saving the planet' from reducing emissions of... plant food ( which equals 1/2500 th of the atmosphere in total and of that maybe 3% is due to humans and a far smaller sub fraction to personal transport... The ridiculousness of two and a half ton ELECTRIC. SUVs being touted as environmentally responsible is beyond belief and even more for the brute force vtol mode and ultra low energy dense batteries. All astounding but once a mania starts it is all but impossible to stop ( witness Tulipmania) The only viable route to urban/ suburban and rural/ regional air mobility is via ATOL or assisted take off and landing, a bit like the 2000 foot per minute, silent, windless climb of a sailplane on winch launch (assisted) or a simple kite. Only after the current .madhouse has run it's inevitable course might a sane solution be possible. In the meantime there is little point in yelling into a hurricane or indeed posting any unwelcome dissent...
Please take a look at your video render/export settings as the frame rate is very low and choppy, which is very distracting from the excellent content and presentation.
This is my hypothesis: Lilium's distributed small ducted fan propulsion system seems like it would be exceptionally loud. Whisper Aero is researching how to push this type of piercing fan noise into the ultrasonic range where we can't hear it, but until that tech (currently vaporware) matures, Lilium's sexy aircraft design is not practical from a noise pollution standpoint.
Thank you for you continued diligence! I always look forward to your updates :)
The bankruptcy of volocopter was also a feature of 2024 . Surely the lesson being shown at prodigious cost, in the billions, is that the approach being taken is just too costly, in all respects but also in excess consumption of energy.
Given that these things are justified mostly as 'saving the planet' from reducing emissions of... plant food ( which equals 1/2500 th of the atmosphere in total and of that maybe 3% is due to humans and a far smaller sub fraction to personal transport...
The ridiculousness of two and a half ton ELECTRIC. SUVs being touted as environmentally responsible is beyond belief and even more for the brute force vtol
mode and ultra low energy dense batteries. All astounding but once a mania starts it is all but impossible to stop ( witness Tulipmania) The only viable route to urban/ suburban and rural/ regional air mobility is via ATOL or assisted take off and landing, a bit like the 2000 foot per minute, silent, windless climb of a sailplane on winch launch (assisted) or a simple kite.
Only after the current .madhouse has run it's inevitable course might a sane solution be possible.
In the meantime there is little point in yelling into a hurricane or indeed posting any unwelcome dissent...
phantastic overview, thank you so much, highly appreciated content!!!
Much appreciated!
happy new year brother
Awesome Info, thank you!
Why did you not mention electra aero?
Love your work. Great vid.
Please take a look at your video render/export settings as the frame rate is very low and choppy, which is very distracting from the excellent content and presentation.
Hope that Lilium succeeds and brings their products to market.
This is my hypothesis: Lilium's distributed small ducted fan propulsion system seems like it would be exceptionally loud. Whisper Aero is researching how to push this type of piercing fan noise into the ultrasonic range where we can't hear it, but until that tech (currently vaporware) matures, Lilium's sexy aircraft design is not practical from a noise pollution standpoint.
Thank you! 👍💪✌
Did you forget to talk about Alice from Eviation?
Nice stuff
The Chinese are making wonderful progress on electric aviation. 👍
small tests only.
7:02 just imagine, a machine gun on the side a some pods for missiles, damn, this one looks so damn sexy with some military adoms.
Bunch of old multiprop idea's. 🤭