We already do this with planes which have corridors they fly along.
Is what sets the lanes in the air are traffic controllers and flight plans? We're already short on traffic controllers. And there are already lots of near-misses (and not near-misses) even with the heavy regulation and control. Can't imagine having it as mass personal transit driven manually. There'd need to be a mass central system that controls everything, and in that case, might as well just keep it commercial
The energy efficiency isn't great either on personal aircraft
not an expert, just shooting the crap
A car. You'd just hop in to determine if it is drivable.
The future in Back to the Future part 2 was 2015-10-21.
Now we need to get cracking on Mr. Fusion, so we can produce 1.21 GW of power with beer cans and egg cartons.
This is, essentially, an aviation hobby toy and not remotely practical for anyone even doing a short-hop urban commute as they would be banned in dense urban (class B,C, and D) airspace too.
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cpmsmith•41m ago
https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/commercial-aviati...
strangattractor•37m ago
Scott is a sport pilot enthusiast and approached the evaluation from that perspective. I don't think there are many pilots, myself included, that believe we are on the verge of flying cars for mass transportation. They are expensive to purchase, maintain and impractical for many reasons.
klipklop•25m ago
There is just no way a public flying car infrastructure can be built in the US in the next 30-50 years you are alive.