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Combined Hovercraft and Helicopter

Posted by samzenpus on from the m.a.s.k. dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Has British engineer Geoff Hatton brought us the best of two worlds with his UFO-looking machine? The US military thinks so and are investing in it. The design is sturdy (as opposed to a helicopter) and can fly high (as opposed to a hovercraft). It is based on the Coanda Effect."

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  1. Penguin on a treadmill by electrofreak · · Score: 4, Funny

    I like the story about penguins on a treadmill more.

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  2. Excellent! by Vexor · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we have our own device to abduct aliens from their homeworlds.

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  3. Hmmm... by ProteusQ · · Score: 4, Funny

    It just won't seem real to me until it fires laserbeams from its undercarriage at passing motorists and pedestrians while the words "De-stroy! De-stroy!" are chanted from its external loudspeaker system. If its targets all looked 50's retro, that would help too.

  4. Amazing opportunity... by cno3 · · Score: 4, Funny

    For a new breed of modern warfare. Simply fill the device with eels...

    1. Re:Amazing opportunity... by LouisZepher · · Score: 3, Funny

      I will not buy this record, it is scratched...

  5. Re:Sturdy vs surveilance helicopters, perhaps by djdavetrouble · · Score: 3, Funny

    So what you are saying is that we need to build a new super shotgun that shoots wet wads of toilet paper ? ;)

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