And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Interviewed with them for their bid on a Navy contract back in '97. They were using wooden (spruce) blades because damaging other blades (the were experiencing a lot of "hangar rash) was insanely expensive. It weighs 3 tons and can lift 3 tons. Scandis use it for logging but don't like how slow it is coming down the mountain. They used unmanned versions in Afghanistan. The other end of their manufacturing facility was making guitars out of carbon fiber.
Concept of "intermeshing" rotors was invented by a german engineer named Anton Flettner during WW2. Needed no tail rotor, but was dangerous for all people to the left and right side of the helicopter because of the tilted angle of each rotor.
Proof that helicopters are kept aloft by a small device known as a "Jesus Nut" and withcraft, but mostly witchcraft.
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flying scissors!
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Heavy Lift.
DeleteInterviewed with them for their bid on a Navy contract back in '97. They were using wooden (spruce) blades because damaging other blades (the were experiencing a lot of "hangar rash) was insanely expensive. It weighs 3 tons and can lift 3 tons. Scandis use it for logging but don't like how slow it is coming down the mountain. They used unmanned versions in Afghanistan. The other end of their manufacturing facility was making guitars out of carbon fiber.
ReplyDeleteGears baby! Like a Lewis gun that allowed the gunner to shoot bullets through his spinning prop. Imagine making that sell to a pilot!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the 'Nam era HH-43 Huskie
ReplyDeleteAnother Kaman product. The Husky was pretty amazing.
Deleteis that all it does ?
ReplyDeleteUsed for fighting forest fires in the NW. See them regularly.
ReplyDeleteConcept of "intermeshing" rotors was invented by a german engineer named Anton Flettner during WW2. Needed no tail rotor, but was dangerous for all people to the left and right side of the helicopter because of the tilted angle of each rotor.
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Just because you can, doesn't mean...
ReplyDeleteSaw one working here a couple years ago, putting air conditioning units on the the roof of an Amazon facility.
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