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Airlander 10 Comes Unmoored and the Safety Features Work as Planned

posted by janrinok on Monday November 20 2017, @12:09AM   
from the destruction-is-a-safety-feature dept.

realDonaldTrump writes:

"The world's longest aircraft dubbed the 'Flying Bum' was seriously damaged on Saturday after it slipped its moorings and crashed into a field....
'The aircraft has a safety system which operates automatically in circumstances of the aircraft breaking free of its mast, and is designed to rip open the hull and deflate the aircraft.'"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5095481/

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• no silly, a rope already attached no silly, a rope already attached (Score: 0, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 20 2017, @08:39AM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 20 2017, @08:39AM (#599192)

  The rope goes around the aircraft. There could be an attachment point every 10 feet. The rope runs from the top of the aircraft down to the cockpit.

  Remote control is fine too. It definitely beats automatic deflation.

  Of course the real answer is to not fuck up like this. They designed in an automatic deflation system because they knew they were cutting corners on the restraint system.

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• Re:no silly, a rope already attached (Score: 1) by khallow on Monday November 20 2017, @06:10PM

  by khallow (3766) on Monday November 20 2017, @06:10PM (#599318) Journal

  Or they could just drop it on the ground when the restraint system breaks. Just because something works in the movies, doesn't mean it works in real life.

  They designed in an automatic deflation system because they knew they were cutting corners on the restraint system.

  Building the system that never fails is immensely expensive. And when it fails, you still need a plan B.

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