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I'm not so sure that F-104 concept would've worked out. It wasn't called the Widowmaker for nothing and the added weight for the rotating wing assembly would've
by multiplegeorges 5y ago
I'm not so sure that F-104 concept would've worked out. It wasn't called the Widowmaker for nothing and the added weight for the rotating wing assembly would've been quite substantial.
As for bolting a helicopter to a fixed wing aircraft, they bolted two rotors to the V-22 and it's working out pretty well, despite early, deadly failures.
Also, both the SB-1 Defiant helicopter and the S-97 Raider are in development for fast helicopters.
But, the X-wing concept looks like the coolest one of them all. I would've loved to see it fly. It could have enabled city to city fast transport without the need for local, urban runways.
- trhway 5y ago>they bolted two rotors to the V-22 and it's working out pretty well, despite early, deadly failures. my favorite which seems to have worked much better (and one can say was a preview of the minimum what one can expect from the current Cambrian explosion of modern multicopters) yet didn't make it into production https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_X-22 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_X-22
- multiplegeorges 5y agoYeah, that's a beautiful aircraft. The ducted fans look more modern and sleek despite being decades older than the V-22.