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HIFLYR
Yes but when it falls on someone and kills them? I don't think there will be much demand to deliver to the middle of unpopulated areas.
I agree. In VTOL mode, and the places it would land I don’t see it being an economical solution. In a ‘standard’ configuration it might be economical, but then you have to deal with the people under the flight path.
While small single package drones carrying 15 lbs and flying a couple miles could change the last mile delivery system and bigger drones may change the regional spokes (ie our current caravans from MEM-LIT) and local trucks from airport to distribution center. Maybe that doesn’t even work since a truck can certainly haul a load more economically than 15 drone flights.
I just don’t see a threat to larger aircraft into airports with large population density at the perimeter. However, I’ve never really been accused of being a creative visionary so we’ll just have to wait and see.