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    • This looks so coolChimp
    • You need a certain type of voice to be able to man these intercom calls on these aeronautical adventures. Like the spacex, nasa and pilot videos.shapesalad
    • It's calm, neutral, slightly nerdy, not too deep, but calmly low with a few nerdy crackles.shapesalad
    • Funny story, I was actually interviewed to be their senior art director years ago, cos their head office is here in Munich.Continuity
    • i wonder what the redundancy is for engine failure. how many need to go out for it to not sustain altitude.shapesalad
    • If it's in VTOL configuration, it only needs enough engines running to provide a landing the occupants can walk away from.Nairn
    • If it's in flight configuration, I imagine it has pretty much the same failure mode as something like a Cessna. Perhaps a bit clumsier, with the thicker wings.Nairn
    • I'd imagine there's at least two independent systems, running half a wing each.Nairn
    • The thing about small electric motors is that they're massively controllable/ 'throttable' so a multitude can 'easily' account for individual/local failures.Nairn
    • It's got at least 34 individual engines, so there's a lot of scope for redundancy.Nairn
    • *'throttleable', apparently. There's a once-in- a-lifetime word I'll never use again.Nairn
    • @Continuity - an interesting gig! Might've got quite dull though. I can't see a helluva lot of variety in a job like that.Nairn
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