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AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Gyrocoptors. They’re closer to a flying car, since if you can drive a car, you can legally fly a gyrocoptor in the US. Just remember to file flight plans, and watch out for power lines.

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CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
They’ve still got the same danger as helicopters. If something goes wrong, you can’t glide and you’ll likely just fall out of the sky.

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- AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  You do glide. The rotor providing lift isn’t connected to anything, the lift is provided by horizontal speed. You’d have to literally hit a building, a mountain, or power lines to crash the things. You don’t need a pilots license to operate them, because you basically can’t crash them and the entire aircraft weighs quite a bit less than a car.
  
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  - CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Hmm, TIL, thanks.
    
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