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kleinbl00  ·  491 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: (no)Spinlaunch

Oh it's a marvelous contraption.

- Take a quadcopter.

- Make it big enough to haul 200lbs of cargo.

- No, not that big. Make it car-sized.

- Now cover the top surface with venetian blinds.

- Now put a bubble in the middle of it.

- Now turn the bubble.

- Now turn the bubble again.

- Now go through the air perpendicular to the ground.

- No, you don't get control surfaces.

- You get tires for some reason.

- The ones on the right of your craft steer, by the way.

- Enjoy.

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The ukraine war shitposters dug up something marvelous last week. It reminded me very much of this. May I present the combat debut of the legendary T14 Armata: