Area-51

1 hour ago, facthunter said:

Make sure the GAME OVER mode is prominently displayed to give you a chance to kiss your a@$e goodbye. Nev

Manufacturer could install "multiball" or "tilt" annunciator panel light to make things exciting!

Regarding craft stability in winds and gusts, the level of stability sensors and software on even the most basic drone is far ahead of anything in the GA world and control response times and correction inputs are far ahead of most human ability. It depends upon type of flight controller and array of sensors that are employed; without them the craft is uncontrollable and unstable. To put things in perspective, an industrial level drone will have triple layer isolated redundancy for its main frame and generally minimum dual redundancy on GNSS, Lidar, Infrared, Ultrasonic Sensors, Baro, Airspeed, Gyro, Magnometer, 5G Video Broadcast to name a few Add ADSB in/out or FLARM to that platform and throw a big lump of live meat into the scene there is little for the human to actually do other than push a button for "Destination" and enjoy the view, or freak out at which point they can press "Panic" and the craft will land and the live meat sack can spew their guts out on the ground.

I am doubtful we will see these craft buzzing around. They will be fairly limited in range until micro nuclear batteries are made available, outlandishly loud and intrusive; more so than a jetski; and the risk assessment attached will just not be acceptable to insurance companies without super high premium costs. And to be really honest there is just no use case for them when it comes to human centric transport.

Finally how will the aviation bureaucrat deal with "big drones" being used by terrorists to carry out fresh forays into activities aimed at bolstering their social media channels and staunchly defended acceptance on university campuses? 
 

Sorry gone off topic again... let's refocus and wind things up with a conclusion....

"It will be fun"

"Human Factor" push one of two buttons; that will be where the administration, insurance companies, and lawyers will have to arrive.