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Edited by Noah Shachtman | Contact

Rapid Fire 11/13/06

* Osprey 2.0?

* Badass target drone

* Boat-borne IED hits Brits (background here)

* Hypersonic team-up

* China spy worked for Israel, too

* Astronauts chuck junk

* Czechs foiled Nork nuke plot?

* Carter: don't call me a hero

* Rummy's weapons

* Will his reforms last?

* Army builds mock Mid-East village - in Mid-East

* UXO treaty kicks in

* Sweet Super Hornet gallery

* Warthog upgrade

* Just in time for Thanksgiving: flavored ammo

(Big ups: RC, JH, NM, Axe)

Comments

First British servicewoman killed on active duty in Iraq.

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/WarrantOfficerClass2LeeHopkinsStaffSergeantSharronElliottCorporalBenNowakAndMarineJasonHyltonKilledI.htm

Posted by: JQP at November 14, 2006 2:43 PM


Heh. The CAP is non-partisan. Hehe.

I'm not sure that I care for the Quad. They blew 20 years getting the V-22 into service as it is.

Why couldn't you take a C-130 shaped fuselage, strap a pair of high-bypass turbofans next to the cockpit like something from Antonov, and duct the majority of the thrust into a rotor hub and out a pair of rotors with large, hollow blades?

You lose the transmission and tail rotor, and can put more thrust out the back and less into the rotors while in cruise, improving range and speed. The coaxial rotors (advancing blade concept) allow you to go fast without flipping over at the wrong moment.

Seems a bit more reliable to me.

Posted by: Big D at November 14, 2006 1:20 PM


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