The guy with no railings above a rotor is the underdog, at least.
What are those projections underneath?
If I had to guess at a glance, the pipe-looking things are to guard the rotor against striking the ground. If you mean the things hanging off them, I’d guess that they’re inflatated bladders to spread out the time of impact when landing.
EDIT: Rotor guy is apparently flying a de Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle, and yeah, that’s apparently what they’re for:
The aircraft’s landing gear consisted of airbags at the end of each arm of the frame along with a large rubber float in the middle, providing amphibious capability,[5] although this arrangement was later replaced by a pair of conventional helicopter-type skids.[8]
EDIT2: The other one is apparently the Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee.
Hmm. I guess that sounds lighter than springs. Do other aircraft have air-based shock absorbers?
Edit:
Intended to be operated by inexperienced pilots with a minimum of 20 minutes of instruction
Lol, so that guy isn’t even a pilot, either. RIP
Maybe even during a war they weren’t able to find any pilots wanting to use those things.
According the the article linked it didn’t even pass the testing phase, because surprise-surprise guys kept crashing. That was the 50’s in peacetime, and the whole thing probably started because helicopters were the hype of the era and there was a lot of funding.
Depends on the aircraft if it has gas or hydraulic shock absorbers. Some lightweight aircraft just have torsion based shock absorption.
How would hydraulic ones work? The entire concept there is that liquids are almost incompressible.
It is done by allowing fluid to flow through passages between chambers separated with a piston. Your car’s shocks and struts work the same way. There are also ones with external reservoir that may allow for more travel or that can be pressurized to alter resistance.
You’d still need some kind of restoring force. Visibly, some cars use metal springs for at least part of that.
The fluid pushes on a reservoir of nitrogen that keeps the plane from bottoming out. It is a progressive pressure system, so it gets harder to move the more force is applied.
The one on the right looks like it might plausibly be able to fly under extremely optimal conditions. The one on the left is a complete shitpost of an idea.
Lol seriously. The one on the left looks like someone strapped 4 pogo-sticks to the corners of a box-fan and called it a day .
Guy on the right doesn’t look like he has a free hand to shoot, plus he’s on what’s basically a portable version of one of the Mortal Kombat pit levels
I presume he pulls a cobra maneuver and then drops down to swoop the blades at his aerial opponent.
Advanced Jousting
He doesn’t need to shoot, he just glides over to the target and mows them down with his human piloted arial weed whacker.
War. War never changes.
Chad ducted fan vs virgin rotor
I’m on the US Army’s side.
US Army civil war???
loads 30-06 bullpup
Ain’t nothin’ civil about it.
hits Tineye
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/rifles/model-45a/
Although there is no way to know for sure, it is unlikely that Model 45A was actually capable of firing.
I suppose that one could beat someone to death with the butt, which probably indeed isn’t very civil.
RED WUNZ GO FASTA
I need this for my commute to work.
And slash or for participating in amphibious invasions, depending on the mood and geopolitical requirements.
