 | | Re: "Sparrow" Scout VTOL [DAT]
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| In lugnet.cad.dat.models, Jeremiah VanderMark screwed up. (...) He should have had an attached .dat file, but didn't. He's trying again. 0 Untitled 0 Name: Sparrow Plane.dat 0 Author: MLCad 0 Unofficial Model 1 1 0 -8 -10 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4855.DAT (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
| | | | | Re: "Sparrow" Scout VTOL
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| To me this looks like an Autogyro where the forward thrust is generated by the propellor and the upward lift comes from the free-running rotor which is driven by airflow only. So it would be an STOL (Short Take Of and Landing), I think. Nice model (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
| | | | | Re: "Sparrow" Scout VTOL
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| (...) Actually, I based this model on a new craft being tested by the US Military from last month's Popular Science/Mechanics (I can't remember which). They classified it as a VTOL, so I went with it. It actually takes off like a chopper, but (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jun-00, to lugnet.cad.dat.models)
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