Focus on Trip Speed

When considering real-world trips, it becomes necessary to look beyond the coveted "cruise speed" and consider the comprehensive "trip speed." The trips speed examines the entire trip and accounts for both air and ground legs. It more accurately represents how quickly you can reach your final destination.

Trip Speed = Total Distance / Total Time

Small aircraft transportation is sensitive to so-called "inter-modal transportation delays." In other words, we  waste considerable time while waiting for a taxi or renting a car. When time passes without progress towards our destination, a significant decrease in trip speed results. By reducing such delays, a motorcycle pod can increase typical trip speed by 10 to 25%.

Intermodal-delays reduce trip speed

Example: Consider the time consumed in renting a car from Enterrpise.

10 min.      Wait for pickup

10 min.      Return trip to rental office

21.5 min   Avg. wait at rental office

Total Time 41.5 minutes

Meanwhile, a motorcycle pilot may remove his motorcycle, unfold the handlebars and ride away in under 3 minutes. In this example, the motorcycle pilot will reach his destination 41.5 - 3 = 38.5 minutes sooner. This results in a 21.4% increase in trip speed during a typical 3-hr journey! By comparisson, conventional speed mods (gap sealing, fairings, etc.) may improve trip speed by approximately 1%.

Larger benefits are possible when you consider that 2/3 of small airports are not located near ground transportation services. A motorcycle pilot enjoys convenient use of ALL airports and often lands closer to his final destination.

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