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0 pointswefarrell5y ago0 comments

Black hawks are quiet enough for specops teams to use them in urban raids like the Bin Laden one.

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The rotorcraft used for the Bin Laden raid weren't standard Black hawks.

The modifications probably required huge trade-offs in cost/performance and might still not be quiet enough for daily use in urban/residential areas.

wefarrellOP5y ago

Still not exactly anti-gravity.

Lilium boasts: "As well as a customized electric motor, it contains innovative liner technology which means the aircraft will be inaudible from the ground when flying above 400m and will only be as loud as a passing truck while taking off." https://lilium.com/the-jet

missedthecue5y ago

It wasn't that quiet, it was fast and below radar

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