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AT Black Knight Transformer Hits the Road and Takes a Hop

Posted by timothy on from the best-toys-are-always-someone-else's dept.

Zothecula (1870348) writes "Following on from driving tests that wound up in December last year, the Black Knight Transformer prototype demonstrator has taken to the air for the first time. California-based Advanced Tactics, Inc., announced its vehicle, which combines the capabilities of a helicopter and an off-road vehicle, completed its first flight tests last month, being remotely piloted at an undisclosed location in Southern California."

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  1. Combo vehicles will never be more than curiosities by Nutria · · Score: 2

    Air, land and water are just too different.

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  2. Re:Fragile by rmdingler · · Score: 2
    It can be designed with the ability to spontaneously lose its flying capability, and then right itself for continued travel on the ground.

    There are a handful of marginal uses that come to mind, but in most, there's little incentive to combine the two vehicles. A remote all-terrain vehicle could be designed to carry a container delivered by (or to) a UAV.

    Ronco tarnished a generation with the Do-It-All gadget mindset, but there are seemingly inevitable compromises in exchange for multiple functions.

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  3. Re:lame by Raistlin77 · · Score: 2

    It has axles, they are just hard to see from a distance. You can seen them in the unveiling photos on AT's website.