Flying car races are officially here! Seriously. The "Formula One of the skies" just had its inaugural event, the Jetson Air Games, and watching these electric octo-copters execute tight turns and perilous overtakes is quite entertaining.
The Jetson One is a single-passenger ride, basically a drone you sit in. It hits 102km/h, uses eight powerful rotors, is built with a lightweight carbon fiber and aluminum frame, and weighs 115 kg, 60 kg of that being batteries.
What do you get for all that tech? About 20 minutes of flight time up to 1,500 feet. They've also crammed in a ton of safety features: it can safely land even if it loses a propeller, and there's a ballistic parachute that can deploy from the roof like a last-ditch save.
It'll set you back $128,000 now, but that's planned to jump to $148,000 on November 3rd. If you have lots of money, better get your preorder in because they sold out the first run and are currently booking for 2028 delivery.
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So, what do you think? Is this the birth of the next great motorsport, or just a wildly expensive, high-octane toy for the ultra-rich?
The Jetson One is a single-passenger ride, basically a drone you sit in. It hits 102km/h, uses eight powerful rotors, is built with a lightweight carbon fiber and aluminum frame, and weighs 115 kg, 60 kg of that being batteries.
What do you get for all that tech? About 20 minutes of flight time up to 1,500 feet. They've also crammed in a ton of safety features: it can safely land even if it loses a propeller, and there's a ballistic parachute that can deploy from the roof like a last-ditch save.
It'll set you back $128,000 now, but that's planned to jump to $148,000 on November 3rd. If you have lots of money, better get your preorder in because they sold out the first run and are currently booking for 2028 delivery.
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