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minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·19 hours agoNice. I take it the paired rotors means it can manage if one fails.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·15 hours agoI certainly hope so. But I doubt it. It doesn’t take many flight hours to realize how many backups and contingencies there are in a normal SEP aircraft in case something fails. And the common denominator for all these techbroesque personal air transport vehicles is the obvious lack of any of those.
Nice. I take it the paired rotors means it can manage if one fails.
I certainly hope so. But I doubt it.
It doesn’t take many flight hours to realize how many backups and contingencies there are in a normal SEP aircraft in case something fails.
And the common denominator for all these techbroesque personal air transport vehicles is the obvious lack of any of those.