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Found!! Real life Fang?!
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Author:  ThMick [ Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Found!! Real life Fang?!
A while back, we had a discussion on whether or not the Fang was feasible in the real world. This thing is pretty close, I have to admit, and I don't think you'd be able to arm it very well, but it's certainly the smallest fully functional, one-man helicopter I've ever seen, and it's still 20 feet long.

Anyhoo,

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Author:  Darko [ Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:17 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Found!! Real life Fang?!
I think the main issue with the Fang is lack of head covering, which this one has.
Author:  ThMick [ Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:23 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Found!! Real life Fang?!
After I posted the link here, I showed the video to my wife and said "you know I'm getting one of these, right?"

She replied" Good luck with that. You realize you weigh about 90% what that thing does, right? Would it even get off the ground?" :verymad: :lol:
Author:  nova [ Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:36 am ]
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Problem is that what you've "found" is a Helicopter.

The F.A.N.G. ( Fully Armed Negator Gyrocopter ) is a Gyrocopter..aka an Autogyro

Obviously the F.A.N.G must be powered by a jet engine...but the flight principles should still be the same.
Author:  ThMick [ Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Found!! Real life Fang?!
nova wrote:
Problem is that what you've "found" is a Helicopter.

The F.A.N.G. ( Fully Armed Negator Gyrocopter ) is a Gyrocopter..aka an Autogyro

Obviously the F.A.N.G must be powered by a jet engine...but the flight principles should still be the same.


Problem with that is, what the fang is is a helicopter, the words they used in it's name to make a snake related acronym notwithstanding, because it has a tail rotor. That was the sticking point before.
Author:  Tsunami [ Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:09 am ]
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how long would a Cobra FANG be then at 1:1 scale?
Author:  PoetFlint [ Mon Jan 19, 2009 11:29 am ]
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I always thought the FANG's body was based on the Rotorway Javelin:
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Author:  GITrekker [ Mon Jan 19, 2009 2:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Found!! Real life Fang?!
Several years before the G.I.Joe line even started and the FANG came out, I stopped at a yard sale locally that had so much weird stuff it even made the newspapers. One of these -- and I wish I had taken a picture of it -- was a one-man, open cockpit helicopter -- maybe it was a gyrocopter -- that was being sold for $10,000. But my memory does tell me that it bore a fair resemblance to the FANG in a number of respects. The major difference I recall is that it was yellow.

For what all that's worth... :-/
Author:  Mysterious Stranger [ Mon Jan 19, 2009 3:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Found!! Real life Fang?!
That would be about the size of a 1:1 scale F.A.N.G. if it were to be made for practical use. Just bulk up the lower cockpit a bit, lose the canopy, add a laser cannon on the front, a few rockets on the skids, paint it black and away we go.
Author:  stad [ Mon Jan 19, 2009 5:54 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Found!! Real life Fang?!
Darko wrote:
I think the main issue with the Fang is lack of head covering, which this one has.


Well, I wouldn't think the FANG would be fast enough to require a windshield, and rotor wash isn't really a problem in the air. The main requirement for an enclosed cockpit would probably be FAA/air safety regulations, something that terrorists are not really bound by.
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