Powered Flying Wing

AtlantaFalcons · 02-06-2007, 02:42 PM

So I'm not really into all this military / guns stuff, but I though y'all might like this. I read about this thing in an American football (sort of) column that I read on ESPN.com every week called Tuesday Morning Quarterback.

Here's the passage from TMQ:
Actual Rocket Man In Planning Stages: A German engineering firm called ESG has designed this powered flying wing for paratroopers. In theory a special forces paratrooper using the wing, which has tiny jet motors, could jump from a carrier aircraft and sail more than 100 miles with a combination of gliding and powered flight; smallness and shape make the flying wing invisible to radar. Of course, after a dramatic 100-mile flight abroad the stealth wing, the special forces soldier would arrive at the target – with a pistol and a signal flare, which is about all the device can carry. Don't you just sense generals are right now looking at this picture and saying, "I so don't know what this is for, but I want it."

And here's a pic

A link to the company's website, which is all in German:
http://www.esg.de/presse/downloads

And here's a link to the most recent TMQ, which is an excellent column if you like american football, among other things: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...erbrook/070206

vfn4i83 · 02-06-2007, 02:49 PM

http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools

[R-MOD]Bob_Marley · 02-06-2007, 05:01 PM

These are in .6, right?

ryan d ale · 02-06-2007, 05:20 PM

This article has been posted here before I believe ..or somewhere I've been

RikiRude · 02-06-2007, 05:25 PM

That's actually what the new pilot kit is, instead of a signal flare and pistol he carries a nuclear bomb.

Fishw0rk · 02-06-2007, 05:53 PM

Dude I swear the Cobra forces had something like that in the old episodes of G.I. Joe

Wraith · 02-06-2007, 06:18 PM

yes they did fishwork....

I liked the glider suite idea much better. There were some awsome vids floating around that I can't find now of guys base jumping with them.

~~ArmedDrunk&Angry~~ · 02-06-2007, 06:49 PM

I think Scarface posted one about a French guy and he had a similiar rig.
It makes for some great planning sessions with that 100mile range.

El_Vikingo · 02-06-2007, 08:29 PM

3 spanish guys jummped from a plane over Gibraltar and made it across to AfRiKKKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKA! (that song; it began in africa, you might have heard it)

But they used the wings under the arms!

I also saw another dude who put rockets on his shoes with a same type of suit. Ill try to find a video!

EDIT: Here it is, now I remember, it was finish!!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=l9DWAuqP-CQ

Wraith · 02-07-2007, 10:03 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4XuyrZNchA&NR

that's what I was talking about. the wing suites are 1337.

02-06-2007, 02:42 PM	#1
AtlantaFalcons Retired PR Developer Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 326	Powered Flying Wing So I'm not really into all this military / guns stuff, but I though y'all might like this. I read about this thing in an American football (sort of) column that I read on ESPN.com every week called Tuesday Morning Quarterback. Here's the passage from TMQ: Actual Rocket Man In Planning Stages: A German engineering firm called ESG has designed this powered flying wing for paratroopers. In theory a special forces paratrooper using the wing, which has tiny jet motors, could jump from a carrier aircraft and sail more than 100 miles with a combination of gliding and powered flight; smallness and shape make the flying wing invisible to radar. Of course, after a dramatic 100-mile flight abroad the stealth wing, the special forces soldier would arrive at the target – with a pistol and a signal flare, which is about all the device can carry. Don't you just sense generals are right now looking at this picture and saying, "I so don't know what this is for, but I want it." And here's a pic A link to the company's website, which is all in German: http://www.esg.de/presse/downloads And here's a link to the most recent TMQ, which is an excellent column if you like american football, among other things: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...erbrook/070206

02-06-2007, 02:49 PM	#2
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02-06-2007, 05:01 PM	#3
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02-06-2007, 05:20 PM	#4
ryan d ale Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: The Cock Rock Capital Of Britain: Nottingham Posts: 558	This article has been posted here before I believe ..or somewhere I've been
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02-06-2007, 08:29 PM	#9
El_Vikingo Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Inside the "Search Function". Posts: 4,934	3 spanish guys jummped from a plane over Gibraltar and made it across to AfRiKKKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKAKA! (that song; it began in africa, you might have heard it) But they used the wings under the arms! I also saw another dude who put rockets on his shoes with a same type of suit. Ill try to find a video! EDIT: Here it is, now I remember, it was finish!! http://youtube.com/watch?v=l9DWAuqP-CQ

	Last edited by El_Vikingo; 02-06-2007 at 08:42 PM..

02-06-2007, 05:53 PM	#6
Fishw0rk Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 566	Dude I swear the Cobra forces had something like that in the old episodes of G.I. Joe

02-06-2007, 06:18 PM	#7
Wraith Retired PR Developer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Eugene, OR Posts: 1,739	yes they did fishwork.... I liked the glider suite idea much better. There were some awsome vids floating around that I can't find now of guys base jumping with them.

02-06-2007, 06:49 PM	#8
~~ArmedDrunk&Angry~~ Banned Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Long Island Posts: 6,971	I think Scarface posted one about a French guy and he had a similiar rig. It makes for some great planning sessions with that 100mile range.

02-07-2007, 10:03 AM	#10
Wraith Retired PR Developer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Eugene, OR Posts: 1,739	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4XuyrZNchA&NR that's what I was talking about. the wing suites are 1337.

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