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Old 16th May 2019, 05:44
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mickjoebill
 
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Lillium hovered their 5 seat prototype, they say at full weight, a few weeks ago.
36 engines, 12 on the forward canards!
“Triple redundancy” of something...


https://youtu.be/8qotuu8JjQM

Would love to know if in the event of failure of one of the rotation mechanisms, if either the forward or rear wings can independently support the craft in an emergency vertical descent.
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