What is the major setback in creating passenger drones?

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With new battery tech being developed is it really still just completely out of the realm of possibility to create an electric passenger drone, especially when some electric vehicles have ranges of 500+ miles? I have been very intrigued by Jetson creating their single person drone, but i’m just so curious when we will see a passenger drone, and even better, one that has more than 20 minutes of flight time. Is the current battery tech just still too heavy?

Also, are there any options to make them more practical, Hydrogen fuel for example?

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A big issue is just that there’s very little market for it at the moment. You’re not going to be able to use one in public any time soon, as it’s just crazy dangerous. Even if a rich person wanted one, they’re going to have to hire a pilot, figure out parking and charging at their destination, and they’ll need tons of insurance because it’s a flying machine being used in close proximity to strangers.

It’s also inefficient. A car can go 500+ miles because all its weight is still sitting on the ground rolling around. Anything that can fly has to expend a ton of extra energy just to keep it in the air, let alone actually flying around. All that extra energy requirements just mean less and less flight time.

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