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Real Life Transformer - The Navy's Folding VTOL Jet
« on: January 04, 2025, 06:51:19 am »
Real Life Transformer - The Navy's Folding VTOL Jet

It’s the 70s, and we need a solution for the problem mentioned before. So if we can make an aircraft land and take off from like a VERY small flat surface, that could make any ship an aircraft carrier. And that would be super cool, yes? Grumman said, fine we’ll do it and started working on a new project. The base for the design would be OV-1 Mohawk, THIS weird looking thing. But of course, turboprops would never be able to create enough power for this design to take off vertically, so first things first, let’s switch those engines for jet ones shall

https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/aviation/real-life-transformer-the-navy-s-folding-vtol-jet/vi-AA1vJhgd?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=aabc04d749274f34b6a095640e4a34ae&ei=94
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Re: Real Life Transformer - The Navy's Folding VTOL Jet
« Reply #1 on: January 04, 2025, 06:52:40 am »
As I watch it operate, one scary word for pilots jumps into my mind:

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