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This looks immensely dangerous.
The design was shelved shortly after the tests.
What uh... happened during the tests..?
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.
I can only imagine. ✈️🙉
“How’s your pilot… to shred you say?”
“How is his wife holding up?…to shreds you say?”
Not at all, the design was actually meant to make ski jumping safer. Unfortunately the ski federation wouldn't allow it.
Great, now I really want to see someone yeet this thing off a ski jump!
Wow, that looks insane. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_X-Jet
Reminds me of the flying vehicles from Nausicaa:
whispering Snake Eater
Now THAT is truly one of the things that ever existed!
You're right, it did sort of exist
Kind of look like hover Segway
Darth Potty
I don't like that weird cross-shaped letter anymore. :(
US Baba Yaga