Baldwin Armed Mono Tiltrotor Concept

[highrapture]

i love this concept ._.

i want. with a cockpit xD

[MGazT]

its gonna have to hover before it can fire. 

[tattat44]

So the bottom structure is a fuel pod right?

[BeondaPale]

@tattat44

It's a heavy cargo pod

[thewolfster84]

You know the more I see these new robots the more i see the robot taking over. Be ready people the robot ass raping is near

[tiltrotorcoaxialheli]

dont shoot the missles in airplane mode!

[RektalFlottenAdmiral]

oki doki, but plz just don't let this thing tap into a wifi called skynet allright??

[AtheistChaplain]

does anyone see the problem with having to transition to hover mode before it can fire off its missiles, too bad if a fast jet is targeting it because it will just become an expensive shower of parts before it can even return fire.

[username0u812ic]

@AtheistChaplain drones are meant to be used after air superiority is achieved

[AtheistChaplain]

@username0u812ic

True about Air Superiority, but what about a shoulder launched anti air missile or even a dumb unguided RPG,.

A Barrett .50 cal could drop one easily if it were hovering or with a good marksman while it was moving slowly during transition.

None the less it is a nice idea, it just has to get off the ground and out of the 3D CAD stage :-)

[assoonas1]

@username0u812ic not anymore. The U.S. has drones that will be able to achieve air superiority.

[w0rrLord]

@meankookoo Yeah.. Because the Osprey doesn't? The Osprey is a great idea, and aircraft.. But the slightest thing goes wrong with them and it's a deadly accident.

[jasanpahaf]

i like terminator's concepts better!

[adrastea99]

Oh wow! Lets put more moving parts on it!

Retards

[tiburon69]

nice dream cus thats all is going to be shit plane

[benandsherri]

Remind anyone else of the flying drone in "Terminator?"

[tommyzDad]

@benandsherri

Fecking Military Industrial Complex, rather than see the warnings James Cameron made, they use his ideas as inspiration! ;)

[FormerlyFlightsuit]

Well they'd better hope those twin coaxial rotors work better on real aircraft than they do on RC helis; Coaxial rotors give you plenty of stability, but tepid performance, especially in bad weather.

[fab006]

Coaxial rotos are already used on some aircraft, so they shouldn't be much of a problem, should they?

Not an expert in any way, though

[FormerlyFlightsuit]

Which aircraft? I'm enough of a non-expert myself that I don't know which aircraft. I do know that when it comes to RC model helicopters, the physics of coaxial rotors lend the kind of stability that beginners need, but at the cost of the type of high-performance and bad weather usability that more experienced RC pilots crave. I don't fully understand all the principles at work, though.

[salleens7]

Ka-50 Black Shark and Helix helicopters, and the Bear bomber. All Russian

[FormerlyFlightsuit]

Ah, thanks! I shall Google them!

[qpwnsall]

that thing looks rediculously inefficient

[thoughtwaretv]

@qpwnsall

"rediculously"? Please, either learn to spell or start using firefox to comment.

[qpwnsall]

I have one letter out of place and you felt the need to bring that to my attention?

go fuck yourself grammar nazi

[roidroid]

hmm, isn't this the same design they used for transporting shipping containers?

i recall seeing diagrams of a plane of this type carrying SHIPPING CONTAINERS in a similar configuration