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Re:Flying Taxis May Be Years Away, but the Groundwork Is Acc... by 908087 on Sunday March 04, 2018 @09:07AM (#16514764)
There's a problem here, though. Drones can't autorotate, and autorotation is kind of an important safety feature for helicopters carrying humans.
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Re:Flying Taxis May Be Years Away, but the Groundwork Is Acc... by FabHK on Sunday March 04, 2018 @11:41AM (#16515302)
Don't know about the (8-rotor) eHang, but the 18-rotor Volocopter remains fully controllable with 3 rotor failures (or more, if they're benignly distributed), and has a ballistic rescue chute in addition (which is hard to fit on a heli).

(Of course, you need a certain altitude for the BRS to kick in successfully, so low-level hover is a risk, just as with a helicopter.)

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