Vertical Aircraft
@puddleglum (1380)
United States
March 7, 2016 10:15pm CST
The United States military has revealed plans to build an aircraft capable of taking off vertically. "Isn't that called a helicopter?" you might ask. (That was my initial query.) But this craft will be unmanned, faster than a helicopter and fuel efficient, thanks to a hybrid engine.
You can learn about the "Lightning Strike" here:
This aircraft will obviously use a lot less space for takeoff, what are some other advantages?
The Pentagon has awarded a contract to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation to build a vertical takeoff concept aircraft called LightningStrike.
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@surfstar95 (35)
• Philippines
3 Dec 16
Its kinda convenient in the part of the Airline industry to avoid traffics and congestions.
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
30 Jul 16
That's true, it does take a lot of power. I wonder how long it took to engineer this.
@antonbunot (11091)
• Calgary, Alberta
5 May 16
I thought there was already an aircraft similar to that in the 80s!
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@puddleglum (1380)
• United States
5 May 16
There might have been. I'll have to research that. Maybe this one will be faster.
