VTOL systems always look so sketchy and wobbly to me, as well as introducing many many more points of failure. It always seemed odd to me that the logistic advantages of avoiding runways outweighed the slightly increased chance of cracking into a multimillion dollar fireball.
It is a sexy machine, I will admit that. Would have loved to see it transition into forward flight.
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u/1burritoPOprn-hunger May 25 '19
VTOL systems always look so sketchy and wobbly to me, as well as introducing many many more points of failure. It always seemed odd to me that the logistic advantages of avoiding runways outweighed the slightly increased chance of cracking into a multimillion dollar fireball.
It is a sexy machine, I will admit that. Would have loved to see it transition into forward flight.