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What happens when propulsion fails on this. Does not seem likely it will be able to perform a glide landing.

• AdamN 3y ago
  It's unmanned so a self-destruct mechanism is probably the straightforward solution - or disable power and use a parachute
• londons_explore 3y ago
  Backup air reservoir?
• justin66 3y ago
  It's an X plane, and it's unmanned. If propulsion fails, it will presumably crash in the desert. Some of the press on this talks about weight savings. If they're really serious about that, well... none of their flights are intended to go above Mach 0.7. Possibly they could deploy a ballistic parachute like Cirrus airplanes offer.
• sgjohnson 3y ago
  Presumably, this would be operated in hostile territory, so nobody would particularly care about it turning into a giant fireball upon crash landing. Or self-destructed when still airborne.
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