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Ÿnsect, a French insect farming startup, has been ...
Drone like flying vehicles are much safer and cheaper than helicopters. Or will be at least.
AngryData
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I don't really agree with that. Helicopters can auto-rotate, drones can't. If something goes wrong with a drone system, it is going to crash hard guaranteed and likely doesn't have any meaningful control on the way down.
ErroneousBosh
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How will they be?
Literally any failure of the aircraft means you die.
rapsey
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No they have multiple engines and can survive failures.
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