Future of Surveillance/Attack Helicopters

DumDum wrote in message
No special chopper will be developed.

Maybe yes, maybe no. There must be an effective way to spot small terrorist
groups and a fast way to respond to them. IMHO, this can best be done by
craft that have vertical takeoff and landing capability; VTOL craft that are
extremely small, cheap and can be produced by the thousands.

They would be automatically flown to and 'parked' at hundreds of
pre-selected sites. There they would act as re-locatable surveillance
devices. They can park and observe for extended periods, due to the very
small power demand in this mode. When called upon, they can quickly move to
and self-destruct on an aggressor.

'Small tools for small projects'


Badwater Bill wrote in message
I sort of disagree with you about the parts and the components
being sound for private use however.

Agreed. It was an afterthought and was sort of a dream for the rebirth of
recreational rotorcraft. [Safe rotorcraft of course ]