Remotely controlled VTOL...

It kinda looks like a 24-fan Canard Biplane to me...

http://www.engadget.com/2016/03/03/d...craft-concept/

Get those tax returns in, boys...

Who's going to be the first to build a model of it?

(Lessee now, how to control those 24 brushless motors... ? )

what happens when there is a glitch the code auditors didn't find? can it glide? autorotate?

Originally Posted by ZAGNUT

what happens when there is a glitch the code auditors didn't find? can it glide? autorotate?

They just buy a new one. What the heck, it's just OPM.

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It's not driven by batteries, maybe fb guy should have checked that...4,000hp engine to generate 3mw of power. Not 500 hobbyking lipos. LOL

Looks awfully heavy.

Also, when all that is provided is CG, you know it's still a ways off.

And that is generally the standard for DARPA. If it is done at all, the general rule is;

Hand drawn sketches, 6 years out

Good quality static 3D model, 4 years

Good quality dynamic 3D model, 2-4 years

Photos of construction, 1-2 years

Originally Posted by srt8madness

It's not driven by batteries, maybe fb guy should have checked that...4,000hp engine to generate 3mw of power. Not 500 hobbyking lipos. LOL

Hasn't looked at the wing tilt either

has to have anhedral because all the cool looking aircraft in sci-fi flicks do.

Originally Posted by ZAGNUT

has to have anhedral because all the cool looking aircraft in sci-fi flicks do.

F-22, F16, F-35, F104, AN124, C5 off the top of my head...