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China just approved flying taxis – no pilot needed

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78 points JumpCrisscross | 1 comments | 12 Apr 25 18:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
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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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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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1. 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.