h a l f b a k e r yIt's as much a hovercraft as a pancake is a waffle.
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If you have control you put it down where it's safest for the recipient. Terrain, weather, and encirclement can preclude vehicle use. If they can get the delivery they can also retrieve the unit. |
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The link misses several critical capabilities that the SD has: 1) Greater precision through finer control of the many airfoils. Not just opening and shutting off vents. 2) Capability to 'pilot' the drop unit remotely, from the drop ship or anywhere. The drop ship does all its calculations and lets their payload go without further control. 3) Fine control of true airfoils, not 'decelerators' which they use. Glide bodies can be used if you have greater control. |
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I’m curious where you found the illustration of the Smart Drop to make the comparison with your links. |
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Your link has many of the features of the Smart Drop but lacks compactness, simplicity, and the ability to control true airfoils, where the final drop speed can be controlled after much faster, far more evasive flight. The fine and gross control in the Smart Drop allows landings like the human parafoil experts do, standing up and virtually stationary. I propose control on the order of drone precision. The Smart Drop should be able to achieve a CPE of 5m after fast evasive flight, a feat the huge and complicated JPADS cannot do. Just look at that thing. What a target. |
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And the faster it can fly evasively. |
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