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Someone figured out that you can have adjustable blades on a horizontally mounted axis and built a 4 wheel like heli style machine.

I like the safety of having the spinning blades outboard rather than overhead.

Should have linked to non gay channel of the actual company working on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2qkhmz4z1E

This can easily be a new approach that hybridizes aeroplanes + helicopters. You could either build these and stick wing and horizontal propulsion to get fast forward motion (although this can self propel forward anyway on its own) or you could build these into a system that can be attached to aeroplanes to give them vtol capability.

Someone figured out that you can have adjustable blades on a horizontally mounted axis and built a 4 wheel like heli style machine. I like the safety of having the spinning blades outboard rather than overhead. Should have linked to non gay channel of the actual company working on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2qkhmz4z1E This can easily be a new approach that hybridizes aeroplanes + helicopters. You could either build these and stick wing and horizontal propulsion to get fast forward motion (although this can self propel forward anyway on its own) or you could build these into a system that can be attached to aeroplanes to give them vtol capability.

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Not a helicopter, and probably will still be outrageously expensive so still not any more accessible to working class folks.

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I meant accessible as in the training will be easy because a vtol can be fully fly by wire / automated.

To fly a plane / heli it isn't so much that you need licensing, you actually need physical training so that you can operate the vehicle.

Unlike a tesla, a vtol vehicle would be far far easier to automate because noticing obstacles in 3d is far easer than in 2d for cars. As well, I suspect to fly this thing, at first it might have a yoke / fly by wire system, if it is a fully vtol vehicle you will just have a large tablet, input your destination and it flies via guided routes on its own. You just get in and out.

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Ah,,,, gotcha,,,,, I was thinking you meant like common folks could maybe afford to purchase.