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Monster Machines: This Flying Wing Was 3D-Printed From Plastic Dust In A Day
Embraced by industry titans like Boeing and amateur R/C enthusiasts alike, 3D printing never been adopted more aggressively than in the aerospace industry. And when taken to the limits of its capabilities, 3D printing can produce more than just lightweight composite fan blades. We’re talking full-blown flying wings.
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Monster Machines: Bell’s Newest Tiltrotor Could Finally Improve On The Osprey’s Feathers
The V-22 Osprey’s mechanical and aeronautical shortcomings have been well-documented. That’s why, for its third-generation tiltrotor, Bell has taken a good hard look at the ill-fated aircraft (one it helped design) and built the plane-copter hybrid it should have back in 1983.
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Monster Machines: The World’s Most Badass Combine Harvester Just Set A World Record
A bushel’s as good as a peck to most folks outside the agricultural industry but that doesn’t make the New Holland CR10.90’s wheat-picking feat any less impressive. It was able to harvest nearly 800 tonnes of the grain from 198 acres of English farmland in a single workday — all while setting a Guinness world…
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The US Army’s Next-Gen Combat Vehicles Are Half-Sized Warthogs
Until our soldiers ride into battle atop mechanical war wolves (looking at you Big Dog, assuming Google lets you play), they will just have to settle for packing an entire nine-man squad into the nearly unstoppable DAGOR from Polaris.