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By: - 13th July 2009 at 14:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Antonov Design Bureau also had a go at this:eek:
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By: - 13th July 2009 at 14:33 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Antonov Design Bureau also had a go at this:eek:
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By: Matej - 13th July 2009 at 12:48
The most radical of all of the proposals under the first
OTAC program was the one man armored reconnaisance
aircraft. A vertical take off and landing vehicle with the
flying characteristics of a helicopter, it was designed to
be carried by and launched from a tracked carrier based
on the Rex tank. The aircraft portion of this combination
was called Falcon and the tracked vehicle was appropriately
named Aerie.
Powered by an aircraft radial engine, the 113 inch
diameter flying vehicle was protected by one inch thick
titanium armor. Armed with ten 4.5 inch free flight rockets
and a .30 caliber machine gun, the estimated weight of
the Falcon was 3000 pounds. Its speed range was calculated
to vary from 0 (hover) to 100 miles per hour with
an endurance of about one hour. An emergency parachute
installed at the top center of the aircraft was expected to
be capable of providing a safe landing from an altitude as
low as 100 feet.
The Aerie carrier alone was estimated to weigh 20 tons
with space in the front hull for a two man crew. It was
fitted with a hydraulically retractable take off platform for
the Falcon.