If they're going to exist they'll have to be set up with no two adjacent rotors being able to fail at the same time, and will probably require a minimum of 6 instead of 4 to retain sufficient control for an immediate landing you can walk away from.

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But also, there is a ZERO fucking chance that "car" ever makes it to market. Zero point God damn zero

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Today, while preparing a lecture, I learned about the Windkessel Effect (the stretch-and-recoil action of elastin in elastic arteries such as the aorta smooths out pulsating BP from the heart into a steady flow before it reaches smaller vessels, which would be damaged by it) & now you have too. 🤓 💫

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We already have flying cars. They're called helicopters. They're really expensive and there are good reasons you have to have a pilot license and work with air traffic control to fly them. Putting jets on a sedan is not going to result in a better vehicle or transportation experience in any way.

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When JFK ran, they said the country would never elect a Catholic president. When Obama ran, they said the country would never elect a Black president. Michiganders care a lot less about how I pray than what I pray for: peace, dignity, basic goodness for all of our kids.

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