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EDGEMAN
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Complacency kills. He should have done a better preflight before that...

...last spin around the neighborhood. It was probably like the Challenger space shuttle accident. I'm sure that wasn't the first time they had issues, but decided they weren't bad enough to make any changes...until it was.
Posted: 04/27/2026 at 04:58 AM ET
(In response to this post by VaTechie)

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Jetson One, pretty cool except battery life(17 minutes is lame)**
MrBayAreaHokie • 04/26/26 05:18 PM ET
a neighbor of my wife"s mom for 30 years had an ultra light
VaTechie • 04/26/26 09:19 PM ET
Complacency kills. He should have done a better preflight before that... ◄
EDGEMAN • 04/27/26 04:58 AM ET
That is beyond COOL!! If it is meant as a toy, that may be the GREATEST->
HOKIERIT • 04/26/26 07:58 PM ET
seems like the perfect vehicle for a cattle rancher, except for the 17 min**
MrBayAreaHokie • 04/26/26 11:10 PM ET
Yeah..Might freak out the herd though??..17 minutes keeps it as a COOL toy **
HOKIERIT • 04/27/26 11:43 AM ET
17 minutes eh? Wonder what it is at 25 degrees. Cool, someday**
ColoVT82 • 04/26/26 07:28 PM ET
That looks super cool to me. As long as there is some kind of ceiling where
Coach McGuirk • 04/26/26 07:00 PM ET
The biggest worry about ceiling is how far you'll drop when...
EDGEMAN • 04/27/26 04:52 AM ET
The moped of the sky. **
HokieGator • 04/26/26 06:56 PM ET
Haha!**
Coach McGuirk • 04/26/26 07:01 PM ET
Insurance giggles **
astrohokie • 04/26/26 06:36 PM ET
I imagine the liability insurance will be outrageous if there is no...
EDGEMAN • 04/27/26 04:49 AM ET
I flew in 100+ photoflights in the pre-drone era and IMO this is
PhotoHokieNC • 04/26/26 05:43 PM ET
How long until the FAA revises its regulations and renders these useless?**
MP4VT2004 • 04/26/26 05:27 PM ET