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It's a gyrocopter.
Posted by Hates Idiots
30th May 2011
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Posted by ainiqbgcr
28th Jun 2011
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Isn't this just a V-22 Osprey without the rotating wing?
What advantages does the X3 have over the Osprey, which has a max speed of 287 mph and has a max vertical takeoff weight of 52,600 lb?
Posted by keitha73
24th May 2011
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It's simpler
The X-3, and a similar Sikorsky project, don't have rotating engines. Easier to maintain. That's why swing wing jet aircraft - F-111, F-14, Mig 23 - have been replaced with fixed designs.
The high speed, prop driven helo idea goes back to the AH-56 Cheyenne gunship of the '60s.
The high speed, prop driven helo idea goes back to the AH-56 Cheyenne gunship of the '60s.
Posted by hoodedswan
24th May 2011
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It's a gyrocopter.
This is another redesign of the old gyrocopters of the 1920s and 1930s.
In the 1970s NASA worked on a design where the rotor blades stopped spinning and became the fixed wings. They never built it, but later Boeing built the smaller X-50 using the rotor/wing design.
In the 1970s NASA worked on a design where the rotor blades stopped spinning and became the fixed wings. They never built it, but later Boeing built the smaller X-50 using the rotor/wing design.
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30th May 2011
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