{"id":43682,"date":"2023-02-25T07:53:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T12:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=43682"},"modified":"2023-02-25T07:53:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T12:53:37","slug":"weird-alibaba-one-person-electric-helicopter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=43682","title":{"rendered":"Weird Alibaba: This one-person electric helicopter is terrifyingly awesome"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ok I get it, it\u2019s not a helicopter. It\u2019s a multi-rotor. A quadcopter, perhaps? A drone? VTOL? Whatever it is, it\u2019s a manned flying machine and you can actually buy one from China. It\u2019s scary. It\u2019s wild. And it\u2019s this week\u2019s entry in the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week.<\/a><\/p>\n

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This electric aircraft isn\u2019t cheap \u2014 though it\u2019s probably a lot cheaper than the single-seater drones currently in development in the west.<\/p>\n

At a price of $78,000, this is an expensive way to risk your life. But at least shipping is cheap, coming in at just $618! They must know I love a deal.<\/p>\n

Once you receive the thing (assuming it shows up), it looks like you\u2019ll find a fairly capable machine.<\/p>\n

Weighing just 110 kg (242 lb), it has a payload capacity of up to 100 kg (220 lb). That\u2019s enough for me and my dog to soar through the skies, though there\u2019s a chance that would count as animal cruelty. It\u2019s probably best to keep this as a one passenger affair.<\/p>\n

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The aircraft runs on a 24s battery system, meaning around 88 volts flowing through those motors. That\u2019s a lot of RC lipo batteries underneath your rear end.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no word on capacity, but the sales page<\/a> says you only get a maximum flight time of 30 minutes. So if I were you, I\u2019d made it count.<\/p>\n

You definitely won\u2019t stay airborne as long as a massive spy balloon. But you also probably won\u2019t have enough time in the air to get shot down either. By the time they scramble the jets, you\u2019d better have an emergency landing plan in place anyway.<\/p>\n

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I can already see rich dudes in Silicon Valley using these things to beat the traffic. They only fly at about 10 m\/s (22 mph or 36 km\/h), but that\u2019s a lot faster than standstill traffic. <\/p>\n

And you can buzz low enough to see the demoralized look on the faces of drivers stuck in traffic jams.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll even be doing it in style! I was expecting to see a cheap Virco plastic chair or a folding lawn seat, but there\u2019s actually a nice-looking leather captain\u2019s chair. It\u2019s even nicer than my own DIY electric aircraft\u2019s chair.<\/a><\/p>\n

They\u2019re even considerate enough to include a complimentary seatbelt, though I think that\u2019s more for the coroner than for you.<\/p>\n

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Ok, I jest a bit. But I have to admit that this looks really freaking cool. If I didn\u2019t think there was a solid 20% chance it would just fall out of the sky at any moment, I might even be interested in trying it. <\/p>\n

I\u2019d even consider just taking it up a few feet. But the thought of having a quartet of decapitators resting a few inches above my head is almost as scary as the thought of an earthward plunge.<\/p>\n

So yea, this is another one of those Awesomely Weird Alibaba EVs that I think I\u2019m just going to have to enjoy window shopping for from afar. I can simply take pleasure in watching them fly away in that epic video below.<\/p>\n

And for the record, I DO NOT recommend anyone order one of these and take to the skies. But isn\u2019t it fun to just imagine what it\u2019d be like?<\/p>\n

No? It\u2019s terrifying? Ok, fair enough.<\/p>\n

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Ok I get it, it\u2019s not a helicopter. It\u2019s a multi-rotor. A quadcopter, perhaps? A drone? VTOL? Whatever it is, it\u2019s a manned flying machine and you can actually buy one from China. It\u2019s scary. It\u2019s wild. And it\u2019s this week\u2019s entry in the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week. This electric aircraft […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}