[bob1029]

Some Hollywood points in this direction. E.g. the Behind Enemy Lines ejection scene.

Seems like a pretty good idea to self-destruct the most sensitive hardware (computers/chips/storage modules/etc) if recovery of the aircraft is no longer feasible.

[HeyLaughingBoy]

> self-destruct

Ooh, yeah. Let's add even more failure modes!

[actionfromafar]

For drones it makes sense. Drones could boot up with all config in RAM so as to be completely devoid of mission parameters once power is cut.

[HeyLaughingBoy]

Sure. There's no way that in combat you could experience a temporary power loss. Nope, that could never happen.

[actionfromafar]

If your drone has power loss during flight, I think you have other problems.

[HeyLaughingBoy]

Pay close attention to the word "temporary." In normal flight, it's not that unusual for flight instruments to have to be rebooted because of unexpected glitches.