Re:Why did the half-plane, half-helicopter not work?
by sandworm101 on Saturday February 13, 2016 @10:17PM
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Too big and too complex. Just like the Osprey.
But Canadair has it all figured out. The CL-84 was a tilt-rotor, tilt-wing aircraft that was landing troops on US carriers 40 years ahead of the Osprey. It probably had 1/100th the part count.
But Canadair has it all figured out. The CL-84 was a tilt-rotor, tilt-wing aircraft that was landing troops on US carriers 40 years ahead of the Osprey. It probably had 1/100th the part count.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_CL-84