The Astro Elroy – a single seater semi-autonomous passenger drone capable of 71km/h and 25 minutes of flight time carrying up to 116kg.

Although it has onboard controls for emergency manual override, the idea is that the passenger enters their chosen destination and the drone does the rest.

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    1. Janet, I ate my avatar

      my bro has done tests on the metal fatigue for the blade rotation,
      they are all death traps,
      saying that I love the squirrel for that drop view

      1. Cian

        Interesting – can you ask how these blades are different to standard helicopter blades? Obviously they are shorter. Do they spin faster?

          1. Janet, I ate my avatar

            The study of friction, wear, lubrication, and the design of bearings; the science of interacting surfaces in relative motion.
            See ?

          2. Cian

            try biology. Is sexy Brother
            The study of friction, wear, lubrication, and the design of balls; the science of interacting surfaces in relative motion.
            raaaawwww!

            See?

  1. Increasing Displacement

    Unfortunate these won’t have the gliding capability (if high enough) of a heli when it’s engines go
    They’ll come down like a stone

  2. Jonjo

    Just measured the distance from home to work. 7.3km (as the crow flies). Could I make it there and back on 1 charge? Might ask work to install a charger on the roof for me.

      1. Jonjo

        70km/hr. So it would take less than 7 mins each way. Better than the 40mins – 1hr it currently takes.

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