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The airframe is built to meet the intersection of hundreds of variables. Speed, stability, weight, repairability, and cost are a few. Needing to support a human
by tadfisher 11y ago
The airframe is built to meet the intersection of hundreds of variables. Speed, stability, weight, repairability, and cost are a few. Needing to support a human is just one of those factors.
You can over-G an F-16 at 4G depending on airspeed and loadout. That's well below (trained) human tolerances.
Sure, you can build a drone that can handle 1000 cycles of 16G turns, but it's likely not going to be cheap, repairable, fast, capable of carrying weaponry, etc.