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by bullen 1699 days ago
At 100km/h this thing only has a roundtrip range of ~15km with the 20 minute onboard energy.

I'm not complaining about the vehicle to transported ratio though, it's about the same as my lead-acid e-bike: http://elhjul.se

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This comment makes me wonder if something like this could be supplemented with human power to extend its flight range.
Not enough to be useful, I think. The Jetson One has a maximum power output of 88kW, and a very fit human (e.g. elite sprint cyclist) can briefly reach up to 2.5kW (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8282832/#:~:tex....).
Elite cyclists can only hit 2.5kW for a few seconds. Sustained output for about 20 minutes will only be in the 0.4kW range, and regular people can't even do half of that.