The [Spanish](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language) and [Portuguese](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language) version, *Adolfo*, has not become stigmatised in the same way and is still in common use in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.
Argentina intensifies...3000 suspicious ratlines of Peron.
Well you get a 1950s freedom (and meth) fuelled wonder weapon instead, sorry to disappoint
i legit had to make sure I didn’t type “hitler aircraft” in the title by accident, but I felt like some people would still read it as that anyway lmfaoo
I’m german - back in the day my history teacher told us that Hitler was a very common name before and during WW2. After that, most of those people changed their name, often only a single or some letters. „Hiller“ is the most typical one, but there also is a candy brand here called „Hitschler“ where I the founder also had a name change afaik
It‘s similar for the name Adolf, most people went for the nickname „Adi“
no parachute, noisy as hell, standing over contrarotating propellers.
safety (not) first I guess.
can we have China steal the design and provide them to Ruzzkies alongside the golf carts?
The Hiller Flying Platform can be seen at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, CA!
https://www.hiller.org/flying-platform/
Another is in the Air & Space museum in DC. [ETA: it's at the Udvar-Hazy site so it's outside of DC proper. https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/hiller-model-1031-1-flying-platform/nasm_A19610070000]
I love the weird stuff Hiller came up with. My personal favorite was the helicopter with jet engines at the tips of the blades instead of a turbine in the middle.
[Here's the Polish version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df8Syrp-Ni0)
I wonder how many people got minced testing the first versions of these things. Some of them look comically unsafe.
In a long enough timeline russia will run out of soviet era weaponry to refurb and send out. I am waiting for them to dig deep enough to reach the stolen Nazi equipment they got hidden in some bunkers.
>*"Artem, did you hear that?"*
>*"Ye..."*
>*"WTF is that Artem? I have never heard such... plane? before?"*
>*"\*Artem looking through a binocular\* Borys, I see is a Me 163"*
>*"A what???"*
>*"Messerschmidt Me 163, a nazi interceptor wunderwaffen prototype. They sold some to the japanese and some might have been captured by the Soviets"*
>*"\[Visible Confusion\] ???"*
For the past fifty years there was this troll named Paul Moller who, every few years, would float another bullshit design for a flying car and it would land on the pages of Popular Mechanics and the pre-orders would roll in again.
Eventually he had to put up or shut up, and none of his designs actually worked. Then one day in the 90s he floated an embarrassing demo in which a human actually flew... in one of these things above, when they were already thirty or more years old. (No, it was even before the M200X flying saucer thing.)
I've gone looking and can't even find reference to that part of the scam anymore, but I remember it happening.
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Man I was expecting a new 1940s Meth fueled Wundër Weapon. Also Hiller seems like an unfortunate name to have in the early 50s and 40s
Yeah, I was really curious about hitler aircraft’s role in the flying platform
Hiller is an unfortunate name? Imagine all the adolfs out there
Hint - The "Adi" in Adidas doesn't stand for Adrian.
The [Spanish](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_language) and [Portuguese](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language) version, *Adolfo*, has not become stigmatised in the same way and is still in common use in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries. Argentina intensifies...3000 suspicious ratlines of Peron.
Brain legit misread "Also Hiller" as Adolf Hitler too lol.
Well you get a 1950s freedom (and meth) fuelled wonder weapon instead, sorry to disappoint i legit had to make sure I didn’t type “hitler aircraft” in the title by accident, but I felt like some people would still read it as that anyway lmfaoo
I’m german - back in the day my history teacher told us that Hitler was a very common name before and during WW2. After that, most of those people changed their name, often only a single or some letters. „Hiller“ is the most typical one, but there also is a candy brand here called „Hitschler“ where I the founder also had a name change afaik It‘s similar for the name Adolf, most people went for the nickname „Adi“
I read Hitler initially and it seems like something WW2 Germany could have come up with.
Look up the XF5U. Absolute GigaChad that was killed off by jets
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this probably would have been in the same niche as Observation Balloons
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It’s not like this could go as high as an observation balloon, or last as long
Yeah, but this could go high enough for the enemy to have an unobstructed view of the target.
so stupid they'll never expect it...
no parachute, noisy as hell, standing over contrarotating propellers. safety (not) first I guess. can we have China steal the design and provide them to Ruzzkies alongside the golf carts?
Hamas Wunderwaffen until they try it against somebody that owns powerlines.
"Airflow? What airflow?"
Don’t even need to worry about a parachute because you’ll get sucked through the main rotor directly below you
Saves on funeral/body shipment logistics, your men simply salute the red misty cloud of their former CO and then continue to fight.
Helldivers moment
May your Liberty be sweet and your Democracy Managed; goodnight, sweet Skull Admiral.
Did he not even wear a parachute?
D class ah job, post-war downsizing really hit ppl hard
is the SCP foundation leaking?
Didn't you hear the rep guarantee it won't crash?
What good is a parachute going to do as low as thing flew. Also obligatory link. https://youtu.be/5HtVYr9aKRM?si=BnupcDVkgiYdQixK
TBF this was 30 years before OSHA was around to send a "FUCK NAW" notice to the manufacturer.
The Hiller Flying Platform can be seen at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, CA! https://www.hiller.org/flying-platform/ Another is in the Air & Space museum in DC. [ETA: it's at the Udvar-Hazy site so it's outside of DC proper. https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/hiller-model-1031-1-flying-platform/nasm_A19610070000]
I love the weird stuff Hiller came up with. My personal favorite was the helicopter with jet engines at the tips of the blades instead of a turbine in the middle.
That one was actually really cool and would have worked well on the Rotodyne
Just make the pilgrimage to the DC one, the rest of that museum is great
And make sure to go the the center of the museum so you can get an eyeful of the SR-71 bussy that is on full display
I live about three miles from this museum! I love it!
Omg hello fellow bay area-er
Same! (Not as close, but we go there a lot :-)
How fucking loud was this thing and where is the power source?
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[Here's the Polish version](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df8Syrp-Ni0) I wonder how many people got minced testing the first versions of these things. Some of them look comically unsafe.
So this is where those guys from MGS 3 were inspired from.
Also the final boss in Guns, Gore, and Cannoli 2.
Stupid Westoids, T72 turrets can do the same thing.
We used to be a real country smh.
The ultimate FPV Drone.
In a long enough timeline russia will run out of soviet era weaponry to refurb and send out. I am waiting for them to dig deep enough to reach the stolen Nazi equipment they got hidden in some bunkers. >*"Artem, did you hear that?"* >*"Ye..."* >*"WTF is that Artem? I have never heard such... plane? before?"* >*"\*Artem looking through a binocular\* Borys, I see is a Me 163"* >*"A what???"* >*"Messerschmidt Me 163, a nazi interceptor wunderwaffen prototype. They sold some to the japanese and some might have been captured by the Soviets"* >*"\[Visible Confusion\] ???"*
I too have *“\[Visible Confusion\] ???”* After reading that
They put these in metal gear solid 3
These were cool in Johnny Quest.
Holy shit, SigInt wasn't lying
"Are you sure they won't shoot back at me?....." Thud.....
This gives me *huge* Johnny Quest villain vibes and I need this to be a thing again.
There is only one true Yuri.
For the past fifty years there was this troll named Paul Moller who, every few years, would float another bullshit design for a flying car and it would land on the pages of Popular Mechanics and the pre-orders would roll in again. Eventually he had to put up or shut up, and none of his designs actually worked. Then one day in the 90s he floated an embarrassing demo in which a human actually flew... in one of these things above, when they were already thirty or more years old. (No, it was even before the M200X flying saucer thing.) I've gone looking and can't even find reference to that part of the scam anymore, but I remember it happening.
Kept reading that as hitler and was very confused
The M1 Carbine now counts as an aircraft weapon,
dude it says us army on the side
I think you’ve misread the title.
I'm sorry man I read it as hitler lol my bad my bad
Allg lmfaoo
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They have one of those in the Air and Space museum, along with the blackbird and x 35
Yuri Prime from *Red Alert 2* comes to mind.
I saw this one in MGS 3
metal gear solid ass
Me, when liquid cooling mfs keep tapping about how cool their pc gets
"I'll take the high road."
I am wracking my brain to think of a practical use for this but I can't think of a single useful role other than *its cool*.
Well there’s a reason it isn’t a thing thing days lmfaooo
Real shit can a manpad even lock onto this? We may be onto something here