See what i did there 
Looks like a lot of fun but at $200,000 i will need to start saving fast.
Looks like a lot of fun but at $200,000 i will need to start saving fast.
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Will these ever take off?
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Nice one. I bet the charger is scary 
A lot of planning for ditching into water - are they thinking it won’t get licensed for use on land?
From what the guy says it's only got a max flying time of 15 minutes you wouldn't want to be flying too far over water if that's the case, along with the parachute I assume the floats are belt and braces as far as safety goes, if something goes wrong you are not going to glide very far in that.
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I think the batteries are underneath each motor, so they will fail one at a time... Strong underwear might be required over water 
It says on their site -
HIGHLY REDUNDANT, ELECTRIC MOTORS
✔︎ Eighteen motors, propellers, and batteries
✔︎ Safely land with up to 6 motors disabled
✔︎ Highly reliable - only 18 moving parts!
✔︎ Bird strike tolerant design
https://www.liftaircraft.com/safety
HIGHLY REDUNDANT, ELECTRIC MOTORS
✔︎ Eighteen motors, propellers, and batteries
✔︎ Safely land with up to 6 motors disabled
✔︎ Highly reliable - only 18 moving parts!
✔︎ Bird strike tolerant design
https://www.liftaircraft.com/safety
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I do think they are great but..... Wow$er that i$ lot$ of $
They said if they become popular the price will drop, the problem for me is with only 15 minutes flight time i cannot see them being bought in numbers that would allow this.
