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171 points BrooklynRage | 3 comments | | HN request time: 1.091s | source
1. jonplackett ◴[] No.21169315[source]
Why does it look like a toy when it flies? There’s something about he way it moves when it changes direction or lands that makes it not look as big as it should.
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2. _Microft ◴[] No.21170788[source]
Do you know Lilium and their electric VTOL aircraft? It also looks unreal during some flight manoeuvers, see here: https://youtu.be/RLqzatnVAfA?t=62

That was a video of a sub-scale prototype, they have newer videos of a larger one at http://www.lilium.com

3. watfly ◴[] No.21174345[source]
I thought it was a scaled prototype first time I saw the video.

The flight jerkiness probably comes from the flight controller not being super polished, and also the aircraft being piloted remotely by a drone pilot, so the pilot doesn't have the same feedback an onboard pilot would have.