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I think an idea like this is a bit far off yet. Sure, the technology and physical product may be ready fairly soon, but I doubt the FAA is ready to let any person just jump in the air flying over buildings and roads. If I run out of gas right now I coast to the side of the road. You run out of gas in one of these things and you may be wishing you topped off before you left for the last time. 🙂
However, think of what the world would be like without traffic? I live in the Inland Empire (southern California) and commonly travel to Orange County and Los Angeles. The only three freeways between the IE and OC/LA are the 91, 60 and 10, which are 3 of the highest traffic freeways in the country. If I could fly from my house to OC and avoid the entire freeway system it would make the commute a thing of pleasure rather than frustration.
It is set to list at $200k. Maybe to pay for it I’d initially shuttle business execs from IE to OC/LA. Get to work in 30 minutes! Just $50 a trip! 🙂
Let’s see, supposed I did 3 runs in the morning and three in the evening. That’s $300 per day. 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year, that would be 75,000 a year. After overhead for gas I could have it paid off in 5 years. :) Of course, it may cost $1 million a year just for insurance.
In all seriousness though think of what transportation would be like if these really did take off (no pun intended).