Volocopter - safest aircraft in the world

Martin Gregorie wrote on 12/15/2015 5:58 AM:
On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 19:35:53 -0800, Eric Greenwell wrote:

Eric Greenwell wrote on 12/14/2015 7:16 PM:
I think it's "gave over",

That should be "game over"!

Correct!

As for the rest, please bear in mind that is wasn't looking at
catastrophic structural failure where, of course, you're correct. OTOH I
was on about the situation where the only way out from *any* failure in a
Volocopter is to pop the BRS and pointing out that this is fatal if it
happens down in the death zone at a height from where a conventional
aircraft could usually glide or autorotate to a landing.

Maybe a I misunderstand what "any" failure is. It's obvious losing one
of the thrusters is not a serious problem, as the other seventeen can
handle the load; and actually it could lose several and still land safely.


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