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Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago

China claims breakthrough with world’s first ducted eVTOL that can lift nearly half a ton

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China claims breakthrough with world’s first ducted eVTOL that can lift nearly half a ton

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Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days ago
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China reportedly debuts world’s first ducted ton-class UFO-style eVTOL
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UFO-shaped eVTOL unveiled in China, offering 3-second takeoff, 992 lbs payload, aimed at logistics and aerial rescue missions.
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  • Agent641@lemmy.world
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    “Silent”

  • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    Ducted?

  • kossa@feddit.org
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    4 days ago

    Lifting half a ton…for how long?

    • 0x0@infosec.pub
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      2 meters

    • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
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      Nuclear bomb capable of lifting tons find use in new search and missions. /s

    • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
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      Yes

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    How loud is this?

    • Luminous5481 "Lawless Heathen" [they/them]@anarchist.nexus
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      Mf has at least eight rotors and can lift half a ton, so just assume it’s loud as fuck.

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      Yes

  • Luminous5481 "Lawless Heathen" [they/them]@anarchist.nexus
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    Ok, but can’t they make it look less like a 1950s movie version of a UFO?

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    reminds me a bit of the moller.

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    deleted by creator

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    Yea theses were invented years ago, we called them helicopters.

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    China claims…

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