The trouble with writing futurist stuff is just as often being too conservative as being too imaginative. This one I think is about right. Similar gear exists today, but is only slowly getting into service, and will take a while to become commonplace.
But I may have been too conservative after all. PopSci.com.au published this article before mine was published - though after I'd provided an outline to the editor.
Yes, that's exactly what I was thinking of, based on some research here at the ANU. And a bit bigger, 30" diameter rather than 18", and rather better performance.
What prevents it from getting shot down?
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http://www.lewrockwell.com/gregory/gregory172.html
I'll be interested to see what comes out of it. I was under the impression that there were already much smaller (and more importantly to troops lighter) ornithopter-based designs in the works though.
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