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It was mostly a noise/airspace crowding concern, helicopters fly in cities all the time and plenty of roofs have active helipads.
That and seven people died when a helicopter tipped over over on top of a building
The airline had two more accidents because helicopters are just an oil leak surrounded by a million parts that want to fly apart
The reason I had to go so far back is because after that and a subsequent deadly accident nobody has tried doing a commuter airline with helicopters. Because it's significantly more dangerous than flying a normal plane to a normal airport.
7 people probably died in car accidents in the last hour, I guess cars are too dangerous to drive too.
Yes, but also yes.
Please explain to me how this type of aircraft is any more vulnerable to crashing or pilot error than any other.
Are we talking about eVTOL aviation technology in general or this specific airframe and idea? I'm not claiming this specific design is good or the use case is where we should be spending our R&D time on this tech.
What I am saying is that 90% of the responses in here amount to "this is dumb because rich people will use it, build trains." If that's the best we can't expect from the dedicated technology community on this website it's going to go nowhere fast.