# Rideable (flying) drone

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rideable-flying-drone/811515>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 31, 2018, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rideable-flying-drone/811515 "2018-03-31T04:17:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rideable-flying-drone/811515/21 "2018-04-01T14:44:09Z")

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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> What’s that a reference to? Green Goblin in Spider-man?

Well, yeah: the guy rides around on what also proves to be a remote-controlled drone, which bears something of a resemblance to the one in that clip, and — uh, spoilers, I guess? — it eventually doesn’t work out all that well for him.

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rideable-flying-drone/811515/22 "2018-04-01T15:37:54Z")

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[Ehang](http://www.ehang.com/ehang184) has been developing an autonomous electric flying vehicle for a while now, and already been doing [test flights with passengers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr1V-r2YxME).

[Airbus](https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/1/16961688/airbus-vahana-evtol-first-test-flight) and [Lilium](https://lilium.com/) have also tested full-size autonomous electric vehicles.

Here’s a [recent Economist article](https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21738353-could-dream-soaring-above-traffic-come-true-passenger-drones-are) about these businesses.

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rideable-flying-drone/811515/23 "2018-04-01T16:51:41Z")

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Your economist link is behind a paywall for me.

In any case, autonomous or not, there is still the issue of reliability both in regular operations and in an emergency, as well as current FAA regulations.

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**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rideable-flying-drone/811515/24 "2018-04-02T01:08:51Z")

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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> What’s that a reference to? Green Goblin in Spider-man?

I assumed it was because a worker was decapitated filming Spider-Man with Tobey. Much the way Vic Morrow died (lost his head to a helicoptor blade on a movie set), and we just had another decapitation on the world’s tallest Water Slide That Sounds Like a German AusFahrt.

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