Innerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoChina claims breakthrough with world’s first ducted eVTOL that can lift nearly half a toninterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1166
arrow-up1166external-linkChina claims breakthrough with world’s first ducted eVTOL that can lift nearly half a toninterestingengineering.comInnerworld@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareFaceDeer@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoNice. I take it the paired rotors means it can manage if one fails.
minus-squareneidu3@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 days agoI certainly hope so. But I doubt it. It doesn’t take many flight hours to realize how many backups and contingencies there are in a normal SEP aircraft in case something fails. And the common denominator for all these techbroesque personal air transport vehicles is the obvious lack of any of those.
Nice. I take it the paired rotors means it can manage if one fails.
I certainly hope so. But I doubt it.
It doesn’t take many flight hours to realize how many backups and contingencies there are in a normal SEP aircraft in case something fails.
And the common denominator for all these techbroesque personal air transport vehicles is the obvious lack of any of those.