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Comment by advisedwang

I'm very skeptical of their claims of "unparalleled safety". Thanks to "autorotation"[1] regular helicopters can safely land in most situations even with complete power failure. The claims of safety of this craft seems to derive from N+1 battery redundancy which isn't that impressive. They say they have 8 independent motors, but don't say how many are needed to stay aloft.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorotation

parent advisedwang 8 years ago

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