12-04-2022, 11:37 PM
Sorry for my lack of clarity.
Future personal sized helicopters, like those used for tours, will not be helicopters. They will be electric VTOL vehicles whose noise footprint will be barely recognizable to people on the ground.
A leading example is the JOBY project and you can see from this youtube video how amazing they are - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmXR0wBOiI
Now before you scoff about viability, the FAA has issued a Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate which allows Joby to operate their aircraft commercially. They except their first paying customer transaction to occur in the next year or two!
Future personal sized helicopters, like those used for tours, will not be helicopters. They will be electric VTOL vehicles whose noise footprint will be barely recognizable to people on the ground.
A leading example is the JOBY project and you can see from this youtube video how amazing they are - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHmXR0wBOiI
Now before you scoff about viability, the FAA has issued a Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate which allows Joby to operate their aircraft commercially. They except their first paying customer transaction to occur in the next year or two!