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Old 12-15-2017, 03:49 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Heh.

Eventually, they will have [to have] an airframe that when it fails, will split in half and spiral down like a Maple seed pod:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple

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The distinctive fruits are called samaras, "maple keys", "helicopters", "whirlybirds" or "polynoses". These seeds occur in distinctive pairs each containing one seed enclosed in a "nutlet" attached to a flattened wing of fibrous, papery tissue. They are shaped to spin as they fall and to carry the seeds a considerable distance on the wind. People often call them "helicopters" due to the way that they spin as they fall. During World War II, the US Army developed a special air drop supply carrier that could carry up to 65 pounds of supplies and was based on the Maple seed.
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