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1. Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2023 06:15:33 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

   When you look at harrier losses it’s a bit unnerving to see so many just end with a shrug like this:

   “eh, no explanation. Anyways hop in the next one”

   • sparky ⚓ (sparky@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2023 10:43:03 JST sparky ⚓

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot VTOL and tiltrotors are total death traps. Always have been, always will be, insane to me that people still willingly get in them
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2023 10:43:03 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     @sparky get ready ‘cause we’re getting a LOT more of them overhead soon enough

   • SettlerLife (settlerlife@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2023 12:39:29 JST SettlerLife

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot @sparky Is there any point to these over a regular helicopter?
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2023 12:39:29 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • SettlerLife

     @SettlerLife @sparky Yes, a lot actually. They’ll be pretty common 10 years from now, most likely.

     They’ll be Uber, but for the skies. So they’re electric and ‘cheap’ PtP transport in urban areas. Traffic on the ground in most cities is atrocious, so you’ll see the higher class people using this to simply skip right over it, probably at $50-100 a trip.

     Lots of interest, lots of money, and they’re making headway quicker than anyone wants to believe. I think it’ll be just like how people thought the iphone was a niche douche phone but 8 years later everyone’s grandma was on her 2nd one

   • Rayfield (rayfield@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2023 12:39:58 JST Rayfield

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     @WashedOutGundamPilot The accidental/faulty ejection seat one always spooks me.
     Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks likes this.
   • Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks (washedoutgundampilot@poa.st)'s status on Sunday, 29-Jan-2023 12:45:53 JST Woggy's Zeonic Frolicks

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     • SettlerLife

     @SettlerLife @sparky If you’re curious about how things are coming this hasd a pretty good timeline of how quickly one of the bigger names has been going. Multiply this by like, 3 companies per 1st world country and it’s likely a couple will get to the point they’re operating throughout the USA.

     That’s why I try to tell guys interested in making money and a business that they could be finding a niche here. I don’t have all the answers but if I were looking to get into things I would start a biz that establishes vertiports for clients, like little mini-airfields with all the permissions and regulatory, infra, etc. taken care of.

     So hey, you’re a music festival? Hire me and I’ll make sure you can land 10 aircraft every two minutes right outside the venue, no headache https://seekingalpha.com/article/4573228-joby-aviation-hold-evtol-launch-entry-point-sign