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Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by p_l on Sunday June 12, 2022 @12:26PM (#31715725)
Nope.

Look at the tiny wings, and at what speed it still depended on vertical thrust. It's going to have horrible glide ratio, which means unpowered landings might be, well, not a thing, which leaves you only with emergency full-plane parachute as an option.

Pretty much all jet engine planes can do unpowered landings in glide, though admittedly some have pretty high speeds involved - but then they operate by default only on airports that have facilities for such speeds.

Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by oliveshell on Sunday June 12, 2022 @12:34PM (#31715801)
See this famous example, where a jet airliner ran out of fuel in flight and glided to a successful landing:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

Re:Lilium achieves first main wing transition for all-electr... by kayodelycaon on Sunday June 12, 2022 @12:41PM (#31715874)