Intuition pump for falling bomb manuverability: they fly like a thrust-to-weight ratio 1 fighter jet as long as their descent angle is within ~45? degrees of vertical: their whole mass is thrust and their power expenditure is proportional to their speed (rocket/jet like, not rotorlike). Results: they are capable of sustaining high G turns and move at transonic or supersonic speeds. If you are low to the ground and want to dodge an actively guided falling bomb this will involve accelerating at 3-10 Gs and sustaining that acceleration until you reach several hundred miles an hour. A thrust to weight ratio ~ .1 cesna will lose, a thrust to weight ratio 5 quadcopter can’t run away because its power output is constant instead of scaling with speed but might be able to do an intercept, a thrust to weight ratio 5 missile will win soundly.
Intuition pump for falling bomb manuverability: they fly like a thrust-to-weight ratio 1 fighter jet as long as their descent angle is within ~45? degrees of vertical: their whole mass is thrust and their power expenditure is proportional to their speed (rocket/jet like, not rotorlike). Results: they are capable of sustaining high G turns and move at transonic or supersonic speeds. If you are low to the ground and want to dodge an actively guided falling bomb this will involve accelerating at 3-10 Gs and sustaining that acceleration until you reach several hundred miles an hour. A thrust to weight ratio ~ .1 cesna will lose, a thrust to weight ratio 5 quadcopter can’t run away because its power output is constant instead of scaling with speed but might be able to do an intercept, a thrust to weight ratio 5 missile will win soundly.