Brief descriptive of a V.T.O.L. combat aircraft capable of hover over the battlefield to shoot accurately to ground targets with assorted weapons in turrets.
An autopilot takes control of the hovering flight while the single crew aim the weapons to the selected targets.
The pilot, obviously, is not human but mechanical one. This is not, thus, strange that it can manage various tasks at the same moment, and is also capable of defend the craft using the tail turret or even the underwing turrets not in direct view.
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And why do you need complicated contra-rotating props when you have two of them?
The contrarrotating propellers have been designed to absorb a lot of shaft power without having to have too-large single popeller diameter and to avoid torque if only one engine is working (as in the case of an engine failure).
This is too cool!!
Regards,
Scott
How sad the history of Vought XF-5U Flying Pancake. The vertical flight was at hand, but after spending a lot in post-war expensive aircraft carriers, the Admirals would not look ridiculous owning a plane that did not need such floating runways!
Regards,
Scott
I see this as one of those retro-designs from a secret US Army base in England during WWII. I see it with two human pilots, one for flight and hover, one for weapons. I also see it painted all black, like the Northrop Blackwidow for night ops! I think it could also have quad landing gear, that deploys from the engine nacelles, one front, one rear, to keep the central fan clear.. What do ya think?
More views of this design, Please!!?