"The "Pogo" VTOL " Topic
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| Tango01 | 15 Feb 2019 12:54 p.m. PST |
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| khanscom | 15 Feb 2019 7:30 p.m. PST |
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| Thresher01 | 15 Feb 2019 8:11 p.m. PST |
That was a neat design. Today, it could probably be a safe and reliable, operational reality. Seems to me it might make a great anti-helo, and anti-drone killer, so might still have some decent utility for smaller vessels. Could also double as a faster alternative to helicopters for over the horizon missile targeting too. |
 Legion 4  | 16 Feb 2019 8:50 a.m. PST |
Thinking out of the box so to speak. Nice model though ! IIRC is was based a bit on a WWII German design… the "Wasserfal" ? |
| Tango01 | 16 Feb 2019 11:35 a.m. PST |
Nice model!….
Amicalement
Armand
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| Lion in the Stars | 16 Feb 2019 12:35 p.m. PST |
Today, we have autopilots that could land that beast on it's tail, no problems. Not so sure about the 1950s! |
| Uparmored | 14 Apr 2019 1:34 a.m. PST |
I thought this was about the Cobra Pogo, or at least the Terrordrome and its VTOL jet. Cobraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! |
| Lion in the Stars | 14 Apr 2019 2:19 p.m. PST |
The idea was to have fixed-wing speed that didn't need an aircraft carrier-sized deck to fly from. Today we'd probably use a baby Osprey or maybe a compound helicopter. |
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