It's a truck! It's a helicopter!

[copeab]

No, it's the AT Black Knight Transformer, a 4-wheeled truck with eight rotors on outriggers.

https://www.advancedtacticsinc.com/technology/black-knight/

That's one odd critter.

[Schone23666]

No, it's the AT Black Knight Transformer, a 4-wheeled truck with eight rotors on outriggers.

https://www.advancedtacticsinc.com/technology/black-knight/

That's one odd critter.

What the...??? lol

It kind of reminds me of the "flying tank" experiments the Soviets tried to play with, though it seems with this project they might actually succeed.

[pmulcahy11b]

What the...??? lol.

I agree!

It looks like somebody put rotors on an old Waco glider from World War 2...I have got to stat this one out!

[Tegyrius]

I was hoping this thread was going to be about a reboot of The Highwayman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highwayman_%28TV_series%29)!

- C.

[Sith]

I was hoping this thread was going to be about a reboot of The Highwayman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Highwayman_%28TV_series%29)!

Wow... I thought I was the only one that remembered that series.

[Schone23666]

Wow... I thought I was the only one that remembered that series.

Not the only one. Is it sad that I remember that series too? Gawd, getting old sucks balls.

But for what it's worth:

Hey Paul, if we threw some weapons on this truck and the helo that came out of it, any way we could stat it? :p


Oh, and as an added bonus, the show did have Jane Badler.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Never heard of "The Highwayman" until today and so did a little look on the net.
Some of you might be interested to learn that the truck with the Gazelle helo front survived and is operated by a tattoo parlour... well, it IS the tattoo parlour
http://thehighwaymanink.com/
And they have photos,
http://thehighwaymanink.com/?page_id=141

[pmulcahy11b]

The only Highwaymen I remember was an old series on HBO, which I had to stop watching when I left for the Army...same one? Doesn't seem like...

[Schone23666]

Never heard of "The Highwayman" until today and so did a little look on the net.
Some of you might be interested to learn that the truck with the Gazelle helo front survived and is operated by a tattoo parlour... well, it IS the tattoo parlour
http://thehighwaymanink.com/
And they have photos,
http://thehighwaymanink.com/?page_id=141

Do any of our Aussie friends know Mark "Jacko" Jackson? He started getting his fame here in the U.S. doing Energizer battery commercials and then became a regular on this show too. It's because of him a lot of Americans think most Australians like to say "Oy!" :p

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Yeah, Jacko was an Aussie Rules football player who broke into acting. He was a rough-head but not too obnoxious, more a larrikin than a troublemaker.
What might be of interest to some here is that although born in Victoria, he started playing football for South Fremantle (a suburb of the Perth satellite city of Fremantle). He was a good footie player and used his fame to get into acting and singing.
Yes, singing. So to experience the full "Jacko" experience, you have to watch the following: -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0Q5JFHrGNk


If we had to suffer it, so does the rest of the world... :p

[Targan]

Yeah, Jacko was an Aussie Rules football player who broke into acting. He was a rough-head but not too obnoxious, more a larrikin than a troublemaker.

And he had literally no teeth.

[Schone23666]

Yes, singing. So to experience the full "Jacko" experience, you have to watch the following: -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0Q5JFHrGNk


If we had to suffer it, so does the rest of the world... :p

I might need brain bleach after that...well, that plus wipe down my pc screen after almost spewing my drink all over it, due to howling from laughter.:p

[Schone23666]

And he had literally no teeth.

CRIKEY! :eek:

[StainlessSteelCynic]

I might need brain bleach after that...well, that plus wipe down my pc screen after almost spewing my drink all over it, due to howling from laughter.:p

The 80s was the time of my late teens/early 20s so I remember the decade with some fondness but there are a few things from that time that now make me cringe or laugh - the video for that song is one of the few that does both!

[pmulcahy11b]

The 80's was interesting -- I graduated from high school in 1980, college in 86, and by 89 I had been in the Army for a couple of years. Lot of living in a short time.