Operation Transformers: Roll Out

                This is definitely one of the cooler things that I have seen before. As a child, I was gifted a Transformer and was extremely fascinated by them. Of course, like everyone who had actually seen the commercials for them, I was pretty disappointed when I could not actually transform it in two seconds or less like they did on television. The designer for this helicopter truck vehicle had the same idea. Although it is a great idea, unfortunately it has not been tested, so the calculations for the lift should be enough for it to run smoothly, but it has not yet been perfected. This helicopter truck has been designed for retrieving men that have been left in a position, which means even less men will be left behind. It is actually not controlled from within, but rather from a different location, and so it reduces the risk to humans.

                Unlike a transformer it does not transform into a talking robot nor does it transform into something really cool, but that would be just unnecessary for its purpose. All a cool design would do for it is drag it down and make it slower. As you can probably tell from some of the pictures of it, all it really is an outer skeletal design, which makes it lighter, faster and more effective. Although they made it as fast and barely substantiated there, it does have all the necessary parts, such as a couple bulletproof windows. Thus, this invention does not sacrifice much of its mobility compared to the usefulness of it.

                An improvement that I could think of is transforming it into one of the “duck” vehicles, linked here. This way, it could traverse all kinds of terrain, whether it be sky, earth, or water. Since I have not done any of the calculations, nor have I obtained the blueprints to it, so I honestly do not know if this is a viable addition. It might sacrifice too much of its speed and become clunky. It would be already extremely difficult to maneuver it from a distance because of signal speed, and landing it at the perfect speed, otherwise it becomes stranded or broken. The person driving would need an amazing perspective vision, since it is not manned by a human. Think of the difficulty for a moment. In order to pilot this vehicle, it would have to be done very precisely, and in the heat of a mission, a single mistake could cause the incompletion of an objective. All the while driving this, you would have 3-D vision, it would all be flat, and you would have to construct your own picture from cameras. If perfectly pulled off though, it could become an effective use of machinery.