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Does anyone else think that a future where electric drone aircraft will totally eliminate helicopter crashes like that kind that killed Kobe Bryant ??
We don't have the exact cause of the crash from the NTSB, but it appears there was a major engine malfunction that caused Kobe's heli to descend at rapid speed and crash into the Hollywood Hills.
From what I understand, an octacopter can lose one or two props and keep on flying normally, right? So why not phase out single-rotor helicopters in favor of octacopters to transport people? This would seem to reduce possible crash scenarios to almost zero, correct? Common sense says that a single-engine, single-rotor aircraft will have more causes of catastrophic failure than an airicraft with EIGHT separate motors and rotor blades. Redundancy saves lives.
We don't have the exact cause of the crash from the NTSB, but it appears there was a major engine malfunction that caused Kobe's heli to descend at rapid speed and crash into the Hollywood Hills.
From what I understand, an octacopter can lose one or two props and keep on flying normally, right? So why not phase out single-rotor helicopters in favor of octacopters to transport people? This would seem to reduce possible crash scenarios to almost zero, correct? Common sense says that a single-engine, single-rotor aircraft will have more causes of catastrophic failure than an airicraft with EIGHT separate motors and rotor blades. Redundancy saves lives.