From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
Newsgroups: alt.global-warming,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Re: So Much Written... So Little Said
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2025 18:40:32 -0700
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On 2025-08-14 18:21, AlleyCat wrote:
>
> On Thu, 14 Aug 2025 10:35:22 -0700, Alan says...
>
>>> Not cool to lose battery power in a VTOL, which can't glide.
>>
>> It can glide.
>
> LOL... I bet it's glide path is akin to Dorothy's house.
You'd bet wrong.
>
> Like to see it land at the speed it HAS to build up before those
> stub-wings can develop enough lift.
It flies at 200mph, doofus.
>
> PLONK!
Run away!
Didn't want to face up to this, did you?
>>> out of energy in an emergency, ensuring that every flight has a
>>> significant safety margin built in.
>> Except the regulatory framework is based on the notion that the
>> aircraft must land on a RUNWAY.
>>
>> You think that there can't be different rules for an aircraft that
>> in an emergency can land in any open space big enough for it?
Well?
Did you do a little checking?
Because I did, Loser.
:-)