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[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I mean, what do you want? The rotor on the bottom?

Nobody patent that, it's mine!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Well, you don't know what we can find

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Good luck disembarking with the motor running.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 7 months ago (4 children)

China doing what it does best: imitation! I don't even mean that in a bad way, it's impressive how well they've honed that skill.

[–] [email protected] 50 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I've had several graphic designs stolen and hosted on Chinese sites for screen printing

I know people who have had people get in contact with them after finding their artwork on any one of a dozen sites for sale making bank, while the artist sits in the dark eating ramen for the 6th month in a row.

It's not impressive. It's shitty.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

Copying weapons is a completely different thing from an ethical and technical difficulty standpoint over reselling digital art.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Right, I think they have a little bit of everything going on. But even if this was stolen from whatever data breach, they'd need some competent engineers to make it work. Just as much as they may be stealing art, they are immitating a lot of foods that look just like the real thing, and a lot of times for legitimate purposes like store displays. Screw the people who shamelessly steal but give credit where it's due.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Reverse engineering is a skill. It's not something we should reward, but it's something we should respect.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Privatizing knowledge is what has no place being rewarded.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Copying military designs because you can't come up with your own isn't impressive lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Citation needed on Chinese weapons "working"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's smart to start with a design you know that works first, and then afterwards unique r & d projects can build on good foundations, since getting the first design woking tested their design and engineering pipeline

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It's not imitation, it's theft.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago

"I'm sorry sir, the patent for a flying machine with a large rotor on top and the smaller rotor behind is currently rejected for being too broad"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'll be honest, to me it looks more like a Mi-28 than an AH-64

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The main rotor is definitely looks like a hind's

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Nice find! Didn't even notice that. It's five bladed, and it spins counterclockwise, like Eastern helos. I wonder how it flies compared to an Apache. The five bladed rotor gets a Mi-24 up to a faster top speed than an Apache, despite weighing 50% more.