Re:Lilium – Electric vertical take-off and landing jet
by cmurf on Friday April 21, 2017 @08:31PM
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If the wings are intact it will have gliding ability. In flight breakups are really rare, and the only other reason why I'd consider a parachute is total electrical failure while in meteorological conditions: i.e. can't see with my eyes or instruments. Night time in the middle of nowhere could also be such a case. If you can't see the ground you're probably gonna hit it faster than you want.
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Re:Lilium – Electric vertical take-off and landing jet
by Applejinx on Friday April 21, 2017 @08:34PM
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No it won't. Not with a wing there and canards of that size. Without power, that is a lawn dart. The only possible behavior of the rear wing is to point the nose straight at the ground in a ballistic trajectory for maximum speed of impact. That's a wide tail fin, not a wing.