Comments by "" (@gunner678) on "Mind Your Step; The de Lackner HZ-1 Aerocycle" video.

  1. 😁 right!
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  2. What a ridiculous idea lol.
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  3. @JZ's BFF no, it's simply a ridiculous idea, designed by someone with no concept of real world military application (or common sense for that matter). Standing on the hub of rapidly slashing blades, whilst one zooms about; no, ridiculous. A ducted fan with protective cover would prove too heavy to be practicable in this application.
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  4. Russian attack helicopters still do that.
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  5. @JZ's BFF not really. Battlefield drones have been around for a very long time, well before this silly idea. Have you seen the 'flying dustbin'? A little later than this. More developed, safer from a purely flight perspective, but still a rather silly idea.
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  6. Yes the Napoleonic French tried but realised the impossibility at the time. Then the British tried it, long before the 'chunnel', but neither of these attempts, suggested that a person rides on the hub of rapidly slashing propellor blades.
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