You are some 2-3 km in the air. There’s nothing to hold on to. You are sitting on a piece of cloth that is barely large enough to accommodate you. No railings, no seatbelts, nothing to hold on to or stop you from falling to your death if the carpet gets into turbulences or a strong gust of wind makes you lose your balance. And let’s not forget that most depictions of magic carpet flights have the carpet move very erratically because they have a mind of their own.
It seems dangerous but how often do you hear about accidents?
That’s because they all get swept under the rug.
“In case of an emergency, Exits are here, here, here, here, and here.”
– Walt Disney’s original Aladdin
“I’m not going to ride on a magic carpet! I’m afraid of grounds!”<br> “You mean heights, and stop being silly!”<br> “I know what I mean! It’s the grounds that kill you!”
– Terry Pratchet, “Sourcery”
most depictions of magic carpet flights have the carpet move very erratically because they have a mind of their own
That might be a good thing. If you fall, the carpet will rush down to catch you
Magic carpets are generally safe. It’s hard to fall and get hurt unless you’re stupid.
If it’s you doing the #levitation magic, it helps to focus on an object underneath you, like a carpet, a broom or whatever. Balancing on it is sitting on a pool floatie. If you got yourself up in the air and lose the carpet somehow, you probably have enough flying skill to land safely without one. Now, if you fly 2-3 km up and lose consciousness from lack of oxygen, you’re cooked, but that’s your own fault.
If you aren’t magical and the carpet itself doing all the work, then the carpet is your mount, like a horse. Well-trained mounts can feel the rider’s weight shift around and try to keep you seated. Just don’t make the carpet angry, or it might buck you off.
All I can say to this is, it’s magic. So, you get to stay on if the carpet wants you to stay on.
That’s is, that’s your protection.
Its magic, magic takes care of all of that
Carpet is sentient so he would dive after you if you fell off. He’s cool like that.
The carpet is magic right? Maybe it creates a local gravity field like warp drives, so there is almost no internal acceleration. Or the magic makes you weightless.
