The following month, a drone’s motor shut off as it switched from an upward flight path to flying straight ahead. Two safety features — one that’s supposed to land the drone in this type of situation and another that stabilizes the drone — both failed. As a result, the drone flipped upside down and dropped from 160 feet in the air, leading to a brush fire that stretched across 25 acres. It was later put out by the local fire department.
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Apparently once they ironed the bugs out the Osprey has about the same accident rate as any other rotor wing aircraft. I haven't checked the stats though maybe they did average out to being death traps.