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Vight Aero founder Tsung Xu argues flying cars will expand daily commute limits to 75 miles under Marchetti's Constant

Commutes from San Francisco to Sacramento would take 30 minutes.

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Eli Dourado@elidourado

Eli-bait article. Shame on Packy and @tsungxu for blatantly targeting me in this way. So excited for MOSAIC, autonomy, and new classes of aircraft that expand our daily worlds.

Packy McCormick@packyM

WHERE IS MY FLYING CAR?

Every time a transportation technology lets us go further, faster, we use that technology to expand the radius of our lives. This is Marchetti's Constant.

@tsungxu is building flying cars, because the time is right technologically and regulatorily, and because they can eliminate the speed-freedom trade-off that limits every transportation technology.

This week's co-written essay explains why now is finally the time for flying cars, and what we can expect our world to look like when we get them.

11:49 AM · Jun 8, 2026 · 9.6K Views

/Tech6h ago

Vight Aero founder Tsung Xu argues flying cars will expand daily commute limits to 75 miles under Marchetti's Constant

Commutes from San Francisco to Sacramento would take 30 minutes.

1297121621.6K

#230

Original post

Eli Dourado@elidourado

Eli-bait article. Shame on Packy and @tsungxu for blatantly targeting me in this way. So excited for MOSAIC, autonomy, and new classes of aircraft that expand our daily worlds.

Packy McCormick@packyM

WHERE IS MY FLYING CAR?

Every time a transportation technology lets us go further, faster, we use that technology to expand the radius of our lives. This is Marchetti's Constant.

@tsungxu is building flying cars, because the time is right technologically and regulatorily, and because they can eliminate the speed-freedom trade-off that limits every transportation technology.

This week's co-written essay explains why now is finally the time for flying cars, and what we can expect our world to look like when we get them.

11:49 AM · Jun 8, 2026 · 9.6K Views

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MTS@MTSlive

How does a flying car change your life?

@tsungxu, founder of @vightaero:

"People normally commute about 30 minutes one way in a car that's 10, 15, maybe 20 miles."

"Flying cars let you fly at 150 to 300 miles per hour... you can now commute 75 miles one way in that same 30-minute block."

"SF to Sacramento in 30 minutes. SF to Lake Tahoe in 40 minutes."

"A weekend trip starts to become a day trip, actually it's not even a day trip. It's just, 'Oh, I can just pop over there in half an hour, 45 minutes.'"

Packy McCormick@packyM

WHERE IS MY FLYING CAR?

Every time a transportation technology lets us go further, faster, we use that technology to expand the radius of our lives. This is Marchetti's Constant.

@tsungxu is building flying cars, because the time is right technologically and regulatorily, and because they can eliminate the speed-freedom trade-off that limits every transportation technology.

This week's co-written essay explains why now is finally the time for flying cars, and what we can expect our world to look like when we get them.

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MTS@MTSlive

Flying cars will change where people choose to live.

@tsungxu, founder of @vightaero:

"Before cars and highways, there weren't really things called suburbs... they didn't exist until we had the highway network and cars that could travel safely at highway speeds. That really changed the built environment."

"Once we're in a world where we can fly places at 250 miles per hour, you won't have to choose to live in Hayes Valley to make the most of life in SF."

"You start to allow there to be many more places where people can work and live, deflationary impacts on the cost of living and housing."

"Land outside cities in the foothills, mountain ranges, on coasts, near rivers... land that today isn't that appealing because it's just too hard to access. Once you start thinking about the sky as infrastructure, there's actually plenty of space."

Packy McCormick@packyM

WHERE IS MY FLYING CAR?

Every time a transportation technology lets us go further, faster, we use that technology to expand the radius of our lives. This is Marchetti's Constant.

@tsungxu is building flying cars, because the time is right technologically and regulatorily, and because they can eliminate the speed-freedom trade-off that limits every transportation technology.

This week's co-written essay explains why now is finally the time for flying cars, and what we can expect our world to look like when we get them.

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Packy McCormick@packyM

@elidourado @tsungxu hook line and sinker

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Packy McCormick@packyM

@MTSlive @tsungxu @vightaero Let's go @tsungxu !

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Tsung Xu@tsungxu

@elidourado 😂 was planning on name dropping you in the STOL section! Appreciate the discussions we've had even if we disagree on some things

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Tsung Xu@tsungxu

@MTSlive @vightaero Thanks zfor having me! Fun to talk to Theo and Sofia

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haro@harobuilds

@MTSlive @tsungxu @vightaero marchetti's constant is real and the radius diagram makes the point cleanly. the hard part isn't the vehicle, it's where you land when you get to sacramento

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prithvi@anondeguerre

@MTSlive @tsungxu @vightaero My life specifically? It makes it far more likely that I die from falling debris.

Ha.

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