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Jetson's Beautiful Form-Follows-Function Personal Flying Vehicle
Cars still imitate the same wheel configuration as the horse-drawn carriages. And even electric cars, which have no need to do so and should be freer to be shaped differently, still have that configuration. The reason for this is the road infrastructure that sort of mandates this setup.
This signifies to me the problem of making personal flying vehicles.
Over the years we have seen several designs, of which this one is one of the prettier, that where never commercially successful. The importance and lack of a well designed infrastructure being the reason, in my opinion.
In itself it is a small vehicle but it requires a lot of three dimensional open space to safely operate it. Never have I seen that addressed as part of the design.
The web site quotes a maximum 15-minute flight duration. At the Part 103 mandated speed limit of 55 knots, that's a maximum range of 14 nautical or 16 statute miles. That's a pretty severe limitation. And the $60K buys you only a kit, not a completed aircraft. Also no mention of the generated noise level. It may look beautiful, but I certainly wouldn't want to listen to it.
I do like the form but how exposed those props are seems like a liability.