Just when you thought you've seen it all....

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Pretty stupid thumbnail analysis. Lightly or unarmoured? do they mean just like every other light helicopter in the world?

fuel in self-sealing wing tanks is a problem? I guess that makes every other combat aircraft in the world useless too?

And the idea that any ol' grunt will be able to fly them is equally silly.

I doubt there's going to be any need for them so they'll never get built in numbers, but as "blue sky" research into technologies it seems like quite a reasonable idea - right up there with the thousand other aircraft only built as prototypes, research designs or small production runs ever since time began.

I dont see the point of it if any old grunt cant fly it.

cos your really just got a heavy but light lift helicopter that drives around with a overtrained expensive specialist driver?

if it isn't a ubiquitous capability then there is no operational advantage. yeah its cool for the patrol that has one

a multi tasking Bradley MICV is not cool in mobile warfare because there are only a few of them?

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I thought that I had seen something like this before, and it turns out it was at the Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop. Although they only have a replica, if you can believe wikipedia, the Hafner Rotabuggy actually flew.

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Well, if the artist's impression is anything to go by, we'll have developed a means of transfering power without the use of gearboxes or drive shafts. Fantastic stuff.

Maybe it's an autogyro concept with no power to the rotor...

[Stalins Organ]

Like New Zealand = Australia designed by 1920s Scottish Presbyterians on a budget.

So quite advanced by Aussie standards then?

Still...beats having your reserve bank counterfeiting Nigerian bank notes - I mean come on guys.....Aus has to counterfeit NIGERIAN bank notes? :eek:

Been taking lessons, or is this your idea of payback??