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Re:Bye Aerospace Unveils 8-Seat All-Electric EFlyer 800 by king_magic on Friday April 23, 2021 @12:23PM (#26916317)
"and a full airplane parachute"

... is that a thing?

Edit: today I learned!

Re:Bye Aerospace Unveils 8-Seat All-Electric EFlyer 800 by d_silin on Friday April 23, 2021 @12:28PM (#26916378)
Re:Bye Aerospace Unveils 8-Seat All-Electric EFlyer 800 by Lev1a on Friday April 23, 2021 @12:42PM (#26916538)
I could imagine two ways this could work:

Slow down (if possible/necessary), stop the e-motors, feather the props, get the parachute out while attached to the back, sail down to the ground at a sufficiently low speed of impact to maybe just injure the passengers but not necessarily kill them.

OR

Slow down (if possible/necessary), somehow jettison the wings from the fuselage (maybe explosive bolts like with Solid Rocket Boosters?), parachute out while attached to the top or back, sail down to the ground at a sufficiently low speed of impact to maybe just injure the passengers but not necessarily kill them.

Re:Bye Aerospace Unveils 8-Seat All-Electric EFlyer 800 by detaro on Friday April 23, 2021 @12:26PM (#26916351)
yes, it's a thing for small aircraft. Cirrus has it standard on some of their planes, and you can buy third-party addons for some other types.