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You're in an unspecified future, and you need an aircraft capable of short or vertical takeoffs. Helicopters are ''so'' 20th century: they can't do all that fancy supercruising and barrel rolls that jets can do and they (probably) can't survive being dropped from orbit because well, hey, you might just need to be dropped from orbit. |
You're in an unspecified future, and you need an aircraft capable of short or vertical takeoffs. Helicopters are ''so'' 20th century: they can't do all that fancy supercruising and barrel rolls that jets can do and they (probably) can't survive being dropped from orbit because well, hey, you might just need to be dropped from orbit. |
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* ''[[Big Bad Beetleborgs]]'''s [http://images.google.com/images?q=Red%20Striker%20AV&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=xx-pirate&tab=wi ladybug aircraft] also fit the trope. |
* ''[[Big Bad Beetleborgs]]'''s [http://images.google.com/images?q=Red%20Striker%20AV&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=xx-pirate&tab=wi ladybug aircraft] also fit the trope. |
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* ''[[Super Sentai]]'' has had a few, starting with ''[[Rescue Sentai Go Go Five]]'''s Green Hover, as well as the Pat-Gyrer from ''[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]]'' (whose cowlings form a set of [[Humongous Mecha]]-scale handcuffs [[Combining Mecha|when it combines into Dekaranger Robo]]) and the GouGou Gyro in ''[[Gou Gou Sentai Boukenger]]''. |
* ''[[Super Sentai]]'' has had a few, starting with ''[[Rescue Sentai Go Go Five]]'''s Green Hover, as well as the Pat-Gyrer from ''[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]]'' (whose cowlings form a set of [[Humongous Mecha]]-scale handcuffs [[Combining Mecha|when it combines into Dekaranger Robo]]) and the GouGou Gyro in ''[[Gou Gou Sentai Boukenger]]''. |
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* The ornithopters in the 2000s miniseries adaptation of ''[[Dune]]'' and its sequel appear to be this. While their wings may move up and down a little to adjust pitch, they don't flap like the 'thopters in the book and are more bug-like than bird-like in appearance. The miniseries' carryalls are of the |
* The ornithopters in the 2000s miniseries adaptation of ''[[Dune]]'' and its sequel appear to be this. While their wings may move up and down a little to adjust pitch, they don't flap like the 'thopters in the book and are more bug-like than bird-like in appearance. The miniseries' carryalls are of the Future Copter variety as well, complete with prominent ducted fans mounted on four extrusions from the hull of the craft. |
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