Posted on 06/11/2016 7:06:59 AM PDT by KeyLargo
First U.S. testing of a man-carrying drone planned for later this year in Nevada
Alexandru Micu June 8, 2016
The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems has granted permission to Chinese drone company EHang to test its on-demand, passenger-carrying aerial vehicle inside state boundaries. This marks the first time a passenger-carrying drone has ever been tested anywhere in the United States.
Chinese company EHang received testing rights for its EHang 184 model inside the state of Nevada on Monday, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. The vehicle is an autonomous human sized drone, which EHang was very happy to hail as the future of personal transport at the CES 2016 conference in Las Vegas. The company already produces a consumer model known as the “Ghost Drone,” which lead some to believe that the 184 is more of a marketing tool for their regular product.
Well, the vehicle certainly is eye-catching.
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So, if you’re inside that and directing its flight using your remote control thingamabob... does it still not have a pilot?
He hang from Ehang ?
Previously referred to as “helicopters.”
“Please remain in your seat until all rotors have stopped spinning before exiting the drone.”
“Chinese company EHang received testing rights for its EHang 184 model inside the state of Nevada on Monday..”
Hopefully Sum Ting Wong and Ho Lee Fuk are not at the controls.
If man was meant to fly God would have given him wings.
Electric motors. Don’t think they free wheel like a chopper.
Reinventing the airplane.
Do the words, “no way in Hell” mean anything to you?
One of those four motors fails, the whole thing augers in.
Bail out & become mincemeat.
There are no whirling blades above you, so an ejection seat would work okay. But this thing may not be able to carry the extra weight of an ejection seat.
Kind of what I was thinking too.
“The battery-powered drone, which has undergone some flight testing in China, is designed to carry one person on a typical city commute, controlled by a remote online system. “I personally look forward to the day when drone taxis are part of Nevada’s transportation system,” state aerospace and defense industry specialist Tom Wilczek said in the company’s announcement. “EHang’s selection of Nevada to test its people-carrying drone marks a thrilling addition to the innovative companies testing throughout our state to advance the commercial drone industry.” Preparations for EHang are underway with testing to begin some time this year. EHang, founded in 2014, has already seen international success in the consumer-use market with its series of Ghostdrone quadcopters.”
http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/Passenger-Carrying-Drone-To-Test-Fly-In-Nevada-226374-1.html
So...in ALL of China there’s no place to test it? It has to be tested in Nevada?
So...it’s already been tested in China I guess...
Those four blades rotating at 20,000 RPM are perfectly safe.
No one will ever be chopped to pieces by them.
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Flying is unscriptural. Jesus said, “Low, I am with you always.”
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