Jetson Personal eVTOL Now
On Sale
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October 23,
2021
A Swedish
company has unabashedly adopted the pop culture name synonymous with flying
cars and is now taking orders for what might be a viable personal eVTOL. The
production model Jetson One was
unveiled last week and the 12 ultralight and drone-like single-seat aircraft
being built in 2022 have already been sold at the introductory price of
$92,000. The company’s brazen adoption of the name of the iconic space age
cartoon family made popular in the 1960s is also reflected in its mission
statement. “Our mission is to make flight available to everyone,” the company
said in its news release. “The Jetson ONE is an electric helicopter that you
can own and fly. We intend to make everyone a pilot.”
The actual
operation of the aircraft blurs the line between passenger and pilot, however.
The occupant steers and decides how fast to go (up to a limit of about 50
knots) but the computer looks after mundane details like keeping it in the
flight envelope and away from objects thanks to a suite of LiDAR (Light
Detection and Ranging) sensors. Like a drone, the aircraft will automatically
hands-free hover over a point. Endurance is about 20 minutes. Because it’s an
ultralight, no certificate is required. The Jetson has eight motors and rotors
and can fly with one motor out. If things get more serious than that, a
ballistic parachute is standard equipment. It comes as a 50 percent kit that
has “detailed build instructions” but the company doesn’t say how long it takes
to complete.
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