Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
I'll give Airbus top marks for thinking outside the box, and higher marks for being pure fantasy.
American stuff has to be deployable. That is due to US strategic situation and a thing called geography.
Now look at the profile of that thing, and tell me how you fit it into a C-5 or a C-17, as compared to an Apache.
You've got some significant structural bits spread out that hold the engines/props on.
Is that detachable, or not? If not, don't even bother to show up.
One MAJOR strike against the US Army buying this particular kit, regardless of how neat of a flying machine that it is, unless those two assemblies that end in the propellers are detachable.
Whatever that picture is meant to represent, it is clearly not what is going to be offered:
“You’re on the right track,” Tumpak said, when asked if the Airbus offering is based on X3 technology. Tumpak spoke to reporters Feb. 19 during a visit to the Airbus plant in Donauworth, Germany