And hold the fuck up. CNN says that the company says that it tested a skeletonized version of a full sized prototype, while their own stupid video says they have only made "tiny" models fly. Bullshit that they have a full scale working prototype. To make a car drive 200 miles let alone fly 100 you need batteries that weigh thousands of pounds, and ain't no way they have fit a ton of batteries in that tiny little cockpit.
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. ________________________________ 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: