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The secret is out - what the Sentry's rotordome is really for...

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Old 1st Sep 2013, 17:39
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The secret is out - what the Sentry's rotordome is really for...

All right, the thread title is tongue in cheek, but the video is genuine DARPA.
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Leon ... Now that's an interesting engineering challenge to overcome I'll bet
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Interesting concept, but the blades appear to be longer than the diameter of the disc.
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MG,

It's called the Tardis concept
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I love the way that DARPA always portrays its concepts as being helpful to people.
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Wouldn't it be helpful to some?
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Based upon the home yard Weed Eater!
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