Comments on: Australian company designs new stoprotor aircraft technology https://australianaviation.com.au/2013/04/australian-company-designs-new-stoprotor-aircraft-technology/ Australia's Leading News Source in Aviation Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:49:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: John N https://australianaviation.com.au/2013/04/australian-company-designs-new-stoprotor-aircraft-technology/#comment-6927 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 06:49:40 +0000 http://australianaviation.com.au/?p=27093#comment-6927 Looks like a very clever and interesting concept, hope it gets off the ground, no pun intended!

The concept photo at the top looks remarkably like an Israeli Hermes 450 UAV with its wing (rotor) mounted above its tubular body.

From a military point of view, I could see a larger version, say Hermes and up to Heron UAV size, being a valuable high endurance surveillance asset operating off the Navy’s new LHD’s and even the AWD’s and Frigates too.

There should be enough room on the flight deck of the AWD’s to operate in VTOL mode, and for the LHD’s if it can take off conventionally (use less fuel and more time on station), run down the flight deck and off the ski ramp, landing would be easy, land it like a helicopter.

If the concept has merit, lets hope the Government supports it, otherwise it might end up being funded and developed overseas and we might just end up buying it back!

Cheers,

John

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