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> A traditional rotary-wing helicopter with collective pitch can autorotate safely in to a controlled landing in the event of an engine failure. But not in the
by yetihehe 9y ago
> A traditional rotary-wing helicopter with collective pitch can autorotate safely in to a controlled landing in the event of an engine failure.
But not in the event of a propeller or pitch-control failure. Also probably single propeller failure in this quad will mean "we lost 1/8 of power, we must land". Also if you lose gasoline engine, you have battery backup for 5min.