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China just approved flying taxis – no pilot needed

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78 points JumpCrisscross | 4 comments | 12 Apr 25 18:22 UTC | HN request time: 1.09s | source
1. tekla ◴[12 Apr 25 18:50 UTC] No.43666984[source]▶
I wish to see the safety test of what happens when a blade breaks off and hits the passenger bay.
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2. bigyabai ◴[12 Apr 25 18:56 UTC] No.43667021[source]▶
Yeah, without a reinforced nacelle you could easily end up with a fatal birdstrike here. One shudders to imagine how thin that polyethylene window is...
3. howard941 ◴[12 Apr 25 19:55 UTC] No.43667455[source]▶
It doesn't even need to hit the passenger compartment. The partially missing, unbalanced rotor could be enough to take it out.
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4. Gigachad ◴[13 Apr 25 12:50 UTC] No.43672415[source]▶
From the demo video, they claim it has more rotors than needed. So presumably it could detect one of them breaking and just turn it off.