Militarized Gyrocopters

>>31650924
Gliders

>>31650924
Bye putting a larger engine in them, a full electronics suite including avionics, targeting systems, FLIR, ECM, and a flare/chaff system. As well as better armor, and pylons for additional weapons.

And a mounted gun that moves with the weapons officers helmet. Preferably in a caliber above 20mm

>>31650935
GLIDERS

>>31650966
Oops, now we accidentally built a Cobra.

>>31650924
With a 3 seater like that?

>large saddlebags on each side of the passebeers filled with ammo, explosives, and various grenades
>each passenger has a GPMG or LMG, and a grenade launcher.
>machine gun strafing runs, hand grenade bombing runs, and grenade launcher airstrikes.
>pilot has a flare gun to fire off whenever a SAM missile locks on.

US next gen chopper will be a compound chopper

>>31650924

> Too low altitude, it's taken down by enemy small arms
> Too high altitude, it's taken down by enemy aircraft

Useless in combat. Maybe use it to quickly transport personnel between outposts behind enemy lines in rough terrain, when spinning up a Blackhawk would cost more in fuel than it's worth. Maybe.

>>31653118
>> Too low altitude, it's taken down by enemy small arms
>> Too high altitude, it's taken down by enemy aircraft


Didn't you just describe a helicopter?

>>31650924
>fly over enemy
>drop grenades
>get shot
>deploy suicide vest

Not hard really

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayaba_Ka-1

Japan tried in ww2. Artillery spotting and anti submarine.

>>31652107
That's the joke.

s-97 raider

>>31650924
how does that guy plan to fire that recoilless rifle without toasting the pilot or the dude next to him?

Check out some ultralight designs. Up engine them and give them the titanium tub treatment and install some gats and call it a day

>>31652209
>pilot has a flare gun to fire off whenever a SAM missile locks on.

How does he know the have a lock?

>>31655696
He doesn't. Right seat gunner has accepted his new facial burns.

>>31650935
>>31652049

Not this shit again.