Chinese Quad Tilt-Rotor - a whale of a time :)

[chopper2004]

US Osprey aircraft gets a Chinese cousin in the Blue Whale?Politics?News?WantChinaTimes.com (http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1101&MainCatID=11&id=20150114000152)

http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g209/longranger/lanjingmodel-114229_copy1_zpscc3ff71d.jpg

[onetrack]

If "small" size means only 20 tonnes of load capacity, then I would like to see the Chinese idea of "large"!

Interesting to see that it is unmanned. I would like to see how this works at great distance from base, in IMC, and when under attack.

[Arm out the window]

I think the unmanned bit refers to a recce drone, not the Blue Whale thing itself.

[Ant T]

I thought the same thing. Then read this on Wiki that made it all a bit clearer

AVIC VSTOL UAVs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVIC_VSTOL_UAVs)

The eventual goal is to have an VTOL aircraft with take-off weight of 60 tons, and payload of 20 to 30 tons, speed of 538 km/hr, range of 3106 km, ceiling of 8615 m, and combat radius around 815 km.

Certainly sounds ambitious!

[Arm out the window]

Looks like their R & D people have spent a bit of time watching 'Avatar' ...

[onetrack]

Ahhh, I see their plan now. Build small UAV versions to prove up the concept, then work up to large, manned versions.

I wonder how much of the technology and design will soon appear to have been lifted directly from U.S. design? Secure those computers, guys ... :E

[The Sultan]

Arm,

They also spent time at the hobby shop buying Italeri V-22 models.

The Sultan

[Lonewolf_50]

If "small" size means only 20 tonnes of load capacity, then I would like to see the Chinese idea of "large"!
Two words: Yao Ming (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/YaoMingonoffense2.jpg/220px-YaoMingonoffense2.jpg). :}