Samsung S22u here, using android 13. I didn’t find it difficult to make either DDG or Brave my default browser or search engine. I really like DDG’s app tracker blocker. They also have an email alias that strips the trackers out of email messages. How many times have you clicked on a website to check out a sale or something, and get an immediate email reply “you see something you like?”
Laser weeder’s have been doing this for years. I don’t think AI has anything to do with it other than a marketing buzz words
AI has become a marketing buzz word. Farm field laser weeder’s have been around for years. It uses lasers to zap and kill the weeds. No need for robotic arms clattering away to pick them, and nothing mechanical to wear out.
It’s obvious you will have to be a licensed pilot for one of these. Possibly under the FAA Light Sport Rule.
To qualify for LSA, max takeoff gross weight 1320 lbs, max stall spd 51mph, max level cruise 138mph. Since they claim 160 cruise spd, it would disqualify if for LSA. Also with 36gal of fuel weighing 218lbs, I doubt this will be 1320lbs or under gross weight.
If it’s not qualified for light sport aircraft, then it would have to qualify for 14 CFR Part 23, and require a Private Pilot License, single engine land cert at minimum. I can’t see this supposed $150k airplane being certified for IFR (instrument flight rules), and don’t see this airplane being less than $300k or more. More than likely operated under FAA experimental rules.
This is really just a novelty toy when it comes down to it. Obviously intended to take off from an un-controlled airport to land at another un-controlled airport and drive it to your lake cottage or something. But why buy this when you can buy a rebuilt Cessna with a new engine for a fraction. Renting or sub-rent hanger space at an un-controlled airport doesn’t cost much, and you can buy a cheap used car to keep at your destination. I seriously doubt this will ever get off the ground, and if it does, it will be short lived.
Sorry for the long rant, but some seem to think any Joe Blow will be able to fly one of these. The thought of autonomous flying vehicles like the Jetsons won’t happen in our grand children’s life time. There’s way more to it than people think.
And “Yahoo”