Bell High Speed VTOL (HSVTOL)

[RavenOne]

and trials at Holloman AFB, on high speed VTOL sled

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htBDBH6p5RA


cheers

 

[yasotay]

Assuming Bell can make this technology translate to useable functionality, I would not be surprised to see not only new platforms proposals but potentially a retrofit to existing platforms.

 

[martinbayer]

and trials at Holloman AFB, on high speed VTOL sled

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htBDBH6p5RA


cheers

Reminds me of a lot this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schienenzeppelin
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose...
And yes, the objectives are different, but they result in similar solutions.