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Re:Heart aerospace completes first flight of largest electri... by voakbasda on Thursday August 13, 2026 @11:25AM (#49287439)
And there’s that whole pesky problem of not being able to glide to a safe landing when something goes catastrophically wrong.
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Re:Heart aerospace completes first flight of largest electri... by catketch on Thursday August 13, 2026 @11:37AM (#49287640)
that varies with the design (they could have small fixed wings). Beta have full-airframe ballistic parachutes i believe. That is feasible at least for smaller aircraft.
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Re:Heart aerospace completes first flight of largest electri... by alistairSH on Thursday August 13, 2026 @02:19PM (#49289959)
IIRC, the fastest and heaviest plane with a ballistic parachute system is the Cirrus jet, which is both lighter and slower than a typical commercial twin-engine turbo-prop (looked at the King Air and the Dash 8 to cover small corporate and larger commercial workhorse).

Not saying a parachute couldn't be designed to work, but there isn't an existing option today.

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