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Old 7th Oct 2009, 19:25
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grizzled, I assure you that at age 54, and having studied rotorcraft all my life, I'm well aware of the CL-84.

While the design of the -84 is neat...how is it relevant? Four were built, two crashed, and two ended up in museums. The ship remains just a footnote, another one of many interesting designs that never caught on. Proponents blame this or that. I'm sure if the design had serious merit, Canadair could have interested a U.S. partner. That Howie Hughes fellow was always looking at unconventional solutions to stealing money from Bell.

Ultimately, the '84 would've had to grow to V-22-size proportions. Even in the prototype stage, it was already a 14,500 pound MAUW airframe powered by two 1500 hp engines (limited to 12,600 if you actually wanted to hover). With armor, self-sealing fuel tanks and all the other crap that the military requires, one can easily imagine...well...a V-22 with a tilting wing.

CL-84: Interesting design, yes. Viable? Not so much.
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