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Originally Posted by fanaudical
Ran across this today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXf03cfm2x4
I have no issues with drones of this configuration for remote/autonomous work without a pilot on board. Helicopters have some ability to recover from power loss (autorotation), but what do you do with one of these piloted drone-like things in the case of total power loss? It seems to me to be a very bad idea to put a pilot in something that has no hope of flight recovery if something goes wrong... |
No EFing way, thank you - no.
No pilot with any sense of self preservation would get into one of those. If something like that ever goes mainstream it will have to have some sort of ballistic recovery system (parachute) in the event of a power failure. For certification the FAA takes into consideration not only the flight crew but the public on the ground.
Autonomous air taxis are still a long way off...