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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What uh... happened during the tests..?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

IIRC they found that it wasn't viable for the role it was designed for. There wasn't any catastrophic failures that I remember.

The version I remember is that it was meant to be a quiet way to have a moving elevated guard post. It wasn't quiet.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

I can only imagine. ✈️🙉

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

“How’s your pilot… to shred you say?”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

“How is his wife holding up?…to shreds you say?”