Monday, April 8, 2013

New DARPA X-Challange: VTOL

BBC notes the new DARPA funded X-challenge, of creating a better design for a VTOL aircraft.  (aka, something that takes off like a helicopter, and then flies like a plane.)  There is also a reference to the "wheel of misfortune" which is a cool diagram cataloging all the different kinds of VTOL aircraft already created. 

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