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Well yes, and airplanes only operate on airfields with generally carefully controlled access, and still those accidents happen. Now, with airplanes there is rea
by FabHK 7y ago
Well yes, and airplanes only operate on airfields with generally carefully controlled access, and still those accidents happen. Now, with airplanes there is really no other option, but with a drone one can easily place the rotors above, rather than below, the passenger cabin (which also gives better stability).
The eHang 184 is truly a horrendous design in my opinion, and I am puzzled why it is seriously reported about.
- wereHamster 7y ago> one can easily place the rotors above […] (which also gives better stability). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum_rocket_fallacy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendulum_rocket_fallacy
- FabHK 7y agoVery interesting. I’m not sure whether that fallacy applies. Hard to find authoritative statements on it. There is a thread on aviationexchange where some say that an underslung helicopter is actually more stable than a conventional one, but I haven’t been able to verify this. With a multicopter, the situation might be different still.