If a multirotor drone experiences a total failure of one motor (on a standard 4-motor quadcopter), what is the inevitable result? - EASA Drone A2 License - 165

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Question 165 - Flight performance and planning - EASA Drone License A2

The UAS will hover perfectly on three motors

The UAS will glide smoothly to the ground like a fixed-wing aircraft

The UAS will increase altitude to compensate

The UAS will lose aerodynamic balance, likely flipping and crashing, as a quadcopter lacks the redundancy to fly on three motors

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