• R0cket_M00se@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It was mostly a noise/airspace crowding concern, helicopters fly in cities all the time and plenty of roofs have active helipads.

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      1 year ago

      That and seven people died when a helicopter tipped over over on top of a building

      2 minutes, 21 seconds after touch down, at approximately 5:35 p.m., the right main landing gear of the helicopter failed and the S-61 rolled over to the right. All main rotor blades struck the concrete helipad. Four passengers who were waiting to board were struck by the blades and killed. One of the blades, 28 feet, 10 inches (8.787 meters) long and weighing 209.3 pounds (94.9 kilograms) flew out over the building’s railing and fell alongside the building before crashing through an office window on the 36th floor. The main rotor blade broke into two segments, one of which fell to the street below, striking a pedestrian and killing him.

      The airline had two more accidents because helicopters are just an oil leak surrounded by a million parts that want to fly apart

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          1 year ago

          The reason I had to go so far back is because after that and a subsequent deadly accident nobody has tried doing a commuter airline with helicopters. Because it’s significantly more dangerous than flying a normal plane to a normal airport.

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        1 year ago

        7 people probably died in car accidents in the last hour, I guess cars are too dangerous to drive too.

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            1 year ago

            Please explain to me how this type of aircraft is any more vulnerable to crashing or pilot error than any other.

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                1 year ago

                Are we talking about eVTOL aviation technology in general or this specific airframe and idea? I’m not claiming this specific design is good or the use case is where we should be spending our R&D time on this tech.

                What I am saying is that 90% of the responses in here amount to “this is dumb because rich people will use it, build trains.” If that’s the best we can’t expect from the dedicated technology community on this website it’s going to go nowhere fast.