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The only solution I can think of is emergency parachutes. Like lots of them. would also be useful for other types of in air engine/control failures. At least
by SJC_Hacker 1y ago
The only solution I can think of is emergency parachutes. Like lots of them. would also be useful for other types of in air engine/control failures.
At least it worked for me on Kerbal Space Program. At least sometimes.
- maxbond 1y agoThere's precedent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_8qCTAjsDg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_8qCTAjsDg [30s] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT58pzY41wA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT58pzY41wA [15m] The Cirrus system is deployed by rockets, allowing it to function at a very low altitude. They say that you should deploy it no matter what altitude you are at, and it will add at least some friction. The system has a very impressive track record. However, at this altitude, with an airplane this heavy, you might have to put the rockets on the plane to decelerate enough to save lives.
- burnt-resistor 1y agoThis is for a tiny aircraft, not a jumbo jet. SF50 and the Honda Jet can autoland too. Edit: I recently saw an SF50 YT video. It's pretty awesome with the V/X tail.
- burnt-resistor 1y agoWouldn't be able to save a fully-loaded 787 in low & slow conditions because the area of canopies needed to deploy would be several acres. And they'd add several tonnes.
- dgunay 1y agoThis is an actual thing on smaller aircraft: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_Airframe_Parachute_System https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_Airframe_Parachute_Sy...