PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to [Dormant] moved to [email protected]@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoPhotos of the Williams X-Jet in flight, US, 1982lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up1157arrow-down11
arrow-up1156arrow-down1imagePhotos of the Williams X-Jet in flight, US, 1982lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to [Dormant] moved to [email protected]@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 years agoThis looks immensely dangerous.
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 years agoThe design was shelved shortly after the tests.
minus-squareVictor@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 years agoWhat uh… happened during the tests…?
minus-squareHikingVet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 years agoIIRC they found that it wasn’t viable for the role it was designed for. There wasn’t any catastrophic failures that I remember. The version I remember is that it was meant to be a quiet way to have a moving elevated guard post. It wasn’t quiet.
minus-squareCTDummy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years ago“How’s your pilot… to shred you say?”
minus-squarehihi24522@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years ago“How is his wife holding up?…to shreds you say?”
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoNot at all, the design was actually meant to make ski jumping safer. Unfortunately the ski federation wouldn’t allow it.
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoGreat, now I really want to see someone yeet this thing off a ski jump!
This looks immensely dangerous.
The design was shelved shortly after the tests.
What uh… happened during the tests…?
IIRC they found that it wasn’t viable for the role it was designed for. There wasn’t any catastrophic failures that I remember.
The version I remember is that it was meant to be a quiet way to have a moving elevated guard post. It wasn’t quiet.
I can only imagine. ✈️🙉
“How’s your pilot… to shred you say?”
“How is his wife holding up?…to shreds you say?”
Not at all, the design was actually meant to make ski jumping safer. Unfortunately the ski federation wouldn’t allow it.
Great, now I really want to see someone yeet this thing off a ski jump!