Australia’s first flying car now ‘on sale’ (www.carexpert.com.au)
from schizoidman@lemm.ee to technology@lemmy.world on 12 Nov 2024 10:15
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TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works on 12 Nov 2024 11:39 next collapse

I don’t see any wheels, I bet it’s controlled by a yoke or stick, it has 4 copters.

This is a drone, not a car

ouRKaoS@lemmy.today on 12 Nov 2024 14:24 next collapse

You can only call it a drone if it’s from the Droné region of France.

This is just a sparkling quadcopter.

dev_null@lemmy.ml on 12 Nov 2024 21:08 collapse

A drone is an unmanned vehicle, e.g. SpaceX drone boats serving as mobile landing pads, Ukrainian drone boats carrying explosives, drone research submarines, ground drones for mine defusal, etc.

This is definitely not a drone. It’s a quadcopter.

wjrii@lemmy.world on 12 Nov 2024 15:03 next collapse

Incoming Chinese carmaker Xpeng

Australian firm Pegasus Aerospace Corp received airworthiness certification from CASA for its driveable Pegasus E flying police car last year

you would need a pilot’s licence – not simply a car licence – to be able to eventually fly the X2 in Australia.

likely to be bungled in red tape for some time before it could take to the skies

We can take orders… you can secure one with a fully refundable $100 deposit.

So I guess a more accurate headline would be this:

“Australia’s” “first” “flying car” “now” “on sale.”

ikidd@lemmy.world on 12 Nov 2024 17:15 next collapse

“They could buy five X2s for the price it would take to [replace the engine] in their regular helicopter.”

Australian farmers aren’t buying million dollar helicopters to herd cattle. I don’t know what the author is smoking.

Kanzar@sh.itjust.works on 12 Nov 2024 21:40 collapse

Some of the ranches are big enough they do have helicopters. It’s not impossible.

ikidd@lemmy.world on 13 Nov 2024 00:11 collapse

I know they have helicopters, I’ve been in a couple. They’re pretty janky and cheap. Maybe there’s farmers with million-dollar helicopters, but I haven’t heard of one.

Edit: they’re shitboxes like this: pbs.org/…/helicopter-cowboys-wrangle-cattle-austr…

[deleted] on 13 Nov 2024 14:34 collapse

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