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China claims breakthrough with world’s first ducted eVTOL that can lift nearly half a ton (interestingengineering.com)
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[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes I do know that, but I am not aware of any aircraft that is "a VTOL" but only does vertical take off and landing

[–] ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

It does have some surfaces that look like they could produce lift.

Traveling fast enough it could probably lose thrust and "land" horizontally... Until the legs grab and it tumbles.