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		murbard2 on Feb 9, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: This drone ambulance concept has the potential to ... It depends on your design. You can build it with separate engines and manage to land safely on two diagonally opposite engines.

kenrikm on Feb 9, 2015 [–]

I'm not sure that's feasible. I've been flying multi-rotors for quit some time and if you lose a motor on a quad it's nearly instantaneously on a collision course with the ground. Y-6 or Hexacopter would be more feasible from a redundancy standpoint.

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