Real-life 'flying saucer' unveiled at airshow

[UM-Bot]

A new and unique type of 'flying saucer'-style rotary aircraft has gone on display at an airshow in China.

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/331189/real-life-flying-saucer-unveiled-at-airshow

[the13bats]

The pic reminds me of one's a person might see in a 1950s popular science mag,

I was gonna spew this china one is just a weird helicopter but it dawned on me, there is no baseline to gauge what a "flying saucer" is so it is open for opinion.

[qxcontinuum]

I'd call it rather hovercraft.

[Alchopwn]

What a lousy looking airfoil.    Until I actually see it fly I am calling it the Super Great White Elephant.

[Jon the frog]

This thing will have an insane fuel consumption ... whatever it fly, soar or stay still trying to do it...

Edited October 11, 2019 by Jon the frog

[AllPossible]

I wouldn't trust flying in that thing. Looks like something you'd end upside down in.

[Timothy]

The basic machining look of the thing makes me think at most it’s basic drone technology alongside a hastily put together chassis.

Aerodynamics look horrible. 

Lol really. 

[Gumball]

This is pretty obviously a ruse. They're probably flying something a lot more agile, aerodynamic, half as ugly and shoots more than some missiles. Stinks of diversion. "Just remember, if you see a flying saucer and it doesn't look like this, it wasn't us".

[mdbuilder]

Looks about as stealthy and nimble as a flying Sherman tank.

[acute]

1 hour ago, mdbuilder said:

Looks about as stealthy and nimble as a flying Sherman tank.

This is exactly the kind of useless contraption you end up with, if you reverse-engineer a crashed UFO from the 1950's.

Basically, the interstellar equivalent of a Model-T Ford! 

 

Edited October 11, 2019 by acute

[Seti42]

This has been tried. And it failed spectacularly. I'd put my money on a regular attack helicopter like the Apache 10 out of 10 times.
Still, though...I like the idea of new aircraft designs, I just don't think any of them will work until we invent new propulsion systems, and/or new power systems/battery tech that's MUCH lighter and more efficient than what we have now.
Only then will we have some practical sci-fi looking aircraft like 'hover cars' and the like.

[Unusual Tournament]

It shoots missiles so it has to be good.

[Alchopwn]

15 hours ago, Captain Risky said:

It shoots missiles so it has to be good.

I also frequently shot missiles when I was seven, often with amazing accuracy, but my teacher never said I was good.  Double standards or what?

Edited October 12, 2019 by Alchopwn

[Unusual Tournament]

3 hours ago, Alchopwn said:

I also frequently shot missiles when I was seven, often with amazing accuracy, but my teacher never said I was good.  Double standards or what?

Spitball types or the intercontinental ones.