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tamimioyesterday at 8:39 PM2 repliesview on HN

I think the blades are added there for deception, most likely it won’t have blades.


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EAyesterday at 9:05 PM

It will need blades to VTOL.

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bigyabaiyesterday at 9:07 PM

Running exclusively off jet power would require an extremely (impossibly?) strong compressor stage coupled a powerful APU to generate lift. It's definitely not light enough to take off without tiltrotors.

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