Watch Video: Jetson One “A Day at The Races!”

A video of three Jet­son One Per­son­al Fly­ing Vehi­cles rac­ing togeth­er around large plas­tic cones placed in a field, went viral recent­ly on social media. The film encap­su­lates every­thing good and bad about this impend­ing new indus­try. From the fun and excite­ment to the hid­den dan­gers the craft offer.

Often the pub­lic com­ments say more about the present atti­tude towards this new avi­a­tion rev­o­lu­tion than the gloss and upbeat mar­ket­ing from the com­pa­nies involved.

Judg­ing from Youtube com­ments below this video, the per­cep­tion of safe­ty and the lack of it becomes very appar­ent. For exam­ple, ‘When you crash with this vehi­cle, the rotors hack you to pieces!’; ‘Food proces­sor fly­ing com­pe­ti­tion’; and ‘Get the pro­pellers away from head height and put a guard on there and we’ll be good to go’ are typ­i­cal exam­ples. 

Oth­ers include ‘It’s not a fly­ing car, it’s a quad­copter. When one engine stops it crash­es’; ‘I don’t think these guys real­ly under­stand how dan­ger­ous this is or what is like­ly to hap­pen if two of these things col­lide.’

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Then there is the noise. 

‘With all that noise, imag­ine thou­sands of them’; ‘Please fix the noise’; ‘It’s just an expen­sive nov­el­ty’ and so on. On a pos­i­tive note, ‘We are all wit­ness­ing the future of fly­ing cars’; and ‘Luv this, but let it be sole­ly for recre­ation. Red­bull race style?’ 

So, safe­ty is a pri­ma­ry issue. 

While Jet­son says, “Safe­ty is packed into every cor­ner of our design,” includ­ing a redun­dant bat­tery sys­tem and the abil­i­ty to fly with­out one motor, along­side a bal­lis­tic para­chute for emer­gen­cies, the fact you don’t need a pilot’s licence to use one, only adds to this per­cep­tion of lurk­ing jeop­ardy. 

Just one crash lead­ing to seri­ous injury or even death could quick­ly put an end to Jetson’s busi­ness short-term. The over­all look is not great. The noise may not be so much an issue if flown over pri­vate land and prefer­ably in a remote area. For the idea we’ll see such craft in its present form, fly­ing above a conur­ba­tion, is sure­ly absurd?

On the oth­er hand, LIFT’s HEXA looks far more safe and ele­gant than the Jet­son One and there­fore has a greater chance to become a seri­ous con­tender in the future per­son­al fly­ing vehi­cle mar­ket. Yet, giv­en this indus­try is still in its “Wild West Days” only time will tell. 

As for Jet­son, the com­pa­ny aims to bring the craft to mar­ket in 2026. At a cost of around USD128,000 this will not be just for the wealthy. Although, hav­ing access to pri­vate land, away from the pub­lic, becomes para­mount.

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https://jetson.com

(Top image: Jet­son One at The Races)

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