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What's the fail safe for aircraft with this kind of thrust? Planes can glide after a loss of power, helos autorotate, do these just fall out of the sky on a ni
by dtparr 8y ago
What's the fail safe for aircraft with this kind of thrust?
Planes can glide after a loss of power, helos autorotate, do these just fall out of the sky on a nice ballistic arc?
Maybe one of those whole plane
parachutes?
- gotocake 8y agoSuch a parachute would be prohibitive in term of weight, so no. I suppose the pilot could wear a personal parachute, and hope to ditch far from people or property, but I think the odds are... "In the very unlikely event that all four engines fail, we’ll go straight into the ground like a fucking dart." -Billy Connolly
- dmayman 8y agoSpot on. Two parachutes for over 150ft. One for Speeder and one for pilot. Under 150ft see earlier answer.
- dmayman 8y agoBallistic parachutes above approx 150ft. Working on two alternative solutions for the “red zone” ie zero - 150 ft. All the eVTOLs makers need to solve same issue and we plan to offer it to them.