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RE: Knockoff By SigmundEXactos on 11/27/2012 10:17:35 AM ,
Rating: 1 Oh yes, they have "never" paper, gunpowder, the
compass, and the printing press.   And Boeing just copies
Airbus! And the US "copied" several parts of the Mig25 design
for the F15!  Or how about there are only so many ways to make
aerodynamic bodies with long hovering times? This one does have
a stronger resemblance, but just copying the rough external
shape doesn't buy you much. You still have to run the same set
of complex simulations to determine the *exact* shape to both
allow and optimize flight, which is basically almost as much
work as working from scratch. The only thing copying helps you
do (unless you have an intact copy to play with) is to seed your
start point.  Personally I'm comforted that the Chinese are
still copying US designs -- it means the