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  • Chris June 16, 2010 at 3:48pm
    Cool movie clip! I want one now!! :-)
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    Sgt Ric June 16, 2010 at 11:34am
    Since these are testflights, they may not have begun transition to full rotation.

    The fullsized test flights progressed very slowly before they began to transition... very cautious, and still there were many mishaps.
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    Sgt Ric June 16, 2010 at 11:31am
    They cannot land or rollout with the blades at 90 dgrees since the blades are longer than the engine height... ouch!

    Taxiing is done at 45 degrees or much less.
  • Taylor Cox June 16, 2010 at 10:39am
    I noticed when the props are tilted forward to go into airplane mode, that they don't tilt down very far and the vehicle accelerates very quickly. Do they ever fly this aircraft with the engines tilted all the way down parallel to the ground? Seems like there would be some major speed involved.
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