"The Pentagon Wants To Develop A Hovering Plane " Topic
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| Tango01 | 03 Sep 2014 11:01 p.m. PST |
(The Phantom Swift X-Plane) "The Pentagon wants a plane that can attain incredibly fast speeds while also possessing the ability to hover. The experimental Phantom Swift X-Plane will fulfill that role, and now Boeing has secured a $9 USD million to continue work it started roughly one year ago. The idea for the aircraft, which resulted from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) VTOL X-Plane competition in 2013, will eventually be powered by an all-electric drive and measure 13 meters nose to tail and 15 meters from wingtip to wingtip, the military blog Defense Tech reported Aug. 28. The finished product is also expected to weight between 10,000 to 12,000 pounds…"
Full article here
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Armand |
| GeoffQRF | 04 Sep 2014 2:01 a.m. PST |
Hmm…
Looks rather close to:
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 Legion 4  | 04 Sep 2014 6:01 a.m. PST |
Don't know where they are going to get the $$$. "No Bucks … No Buck Rogers … " |
| GeoffQRF | 04 Sep 2014 7:01 a.m. PST |
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| witteridderludo | 04 Sep 2014 7:43 a.m. PST |
hmmm, not a lot of room left in the fuselage with those two gaping holes through it… |
| Zargon | 04 Sep 2014 11:53 a.m. PST |
Ulp! Who is in charge at the Big P. Certainly no real humans.
The F35 program is sucking big $ and they can't seem to get it working properly (am thinking mainly about the VTOL version here)
So maybe machines are doing it for them selves ;)
Ah its just money though, tax money, hah,
And for a games prospectiv we just have to re watch Term 2 ;)
Cheers |
| Mako11 | 04 Sep 2014 3:12 p.m. PST |
While an interesting design, I still prefer the old, Johnny Quest VTOL jet, myself. It is a bit more elegant in design. |
| Tango01 | 04 Sep 2014 3:26 p.m. PST |
Agree! (smile) Amicalement
Armand |
The G Dog  | 05 Sep 2014 7:05 a.m. PST |
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