History Main / FutureCopter

* ''Film/{{Dune|2021}}'' and ''Film/DuneParTwo'': Ornithopters are utilized on Arakkis by both off-world factions. They use vertical flapping wings to levitate and move.

* ''Film/Dune2021'': Ornithopters are utilized on Arakkis by both off-world factions. They use vertical flapping wings to levitate and move.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' features some VTOL aircraft known as Vipers, flown by the {{mook}}s guarding the SupervillainLair.

* The Hunter-Killer craft from ''Film/TheTerminator'' and ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' are of the ducted-fan VTOL type. ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' features small, autonomous prototypes which pursue the heroes.

*** They have standard single-rotor helicopters as well. Section 9 has to steal one from the Japan Ground Self Defense Force in order to resolve a conflict in the 2nd season. the JSDF also employs ''Jigabachi''-class attack helicopters, which are designed after hornets. When getting ready to attack, the helicopter rears back and aims the minigun on its abdomen towards its target. The wasp-fashioned attack helicopters make for an interesting {{animal motif|s}}, considering that the tanks in this setting are all of the SpiderTank variety, fitting in with one standard mission of attack choppers: Tank busting.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'': Giovanni uses one to pick Mewtwo up from the future New Island.

* Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger plays a future helicopter pilot in ''Film/The6thDay''. Naturally, the copters he flies are Futurecopters, with the ability to switch to a high speed jet mode and be flown remotely using a Power Glove-like arrangement. They must be some kind of AwesomeButImpractical (or at least CoolButInefficient) novelty design in-universe however, because the ''much'' wealthier BigBad's helicopter is a much more pedestrian design that wouldn't stand out much in the present day.

* In ''Film/JustImagine'', everyone has a personal airplane with vertical rotor ducts in the wings enabling them to hover while they talk to other drivers or [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment burst into song]]. Interestingly, it predates the Trope Maker (or indeed, most other examples of the trope) by a good three decades.

* The ''Literature/FormicWars'' novels feature a mix between this and a HoverTank. The new vehicles developed by [[MegaCorp Jukes, Ltd.]], use ArtificialGravity as their primary means of propulsion (by projecting a "gravity lens" above the craft, thus keeping it aloft). However, as backup, they include deployable rotors. Two of these are developed for and purchased by the New Zealand SAS. A certain Lieutenant [[FutureBadass Mazer Rackham]] pilots one of them. He mentions that the rotors are useless for the craft's primary purpose -- extraction under fire. The craft is supposed to fly in low, almost grazing treetops, in order to minimize its radar signature, extend an arm, grab the ground vehicle in need of extraction, fly away, and transfer the crew and/or passengers aboard, all without getting shot down. However, given how low the craft is flying, the rotors would simply not have enough time to deploy in case of "gravity lens" failure. [[spoiler:This is proven true during the [[InsectoidAliens Formic]] invasion, resulting in Mazer being the only survivor of the crew]]. When China expresses an interest in purchasing these from Jukes, Mazer points out to his commanding officer that the company has an exclusive agreement with New Zealand for the craft. The CO explains that China can afford to buy many more such vehicles than just 2, so Jukes would rather pay New Zealand a fine than bother keeping to the terms of the contract. Instead, Mazer will be sent to China to teach Chinese pilots how to fly these things.
* ''Literature/KnownSpace'' stories frequently mention similar craft as "cars", but their descriptions tend to be sketchy. ''Literature/AGiftFromEarth'' mentions that Plateau cars have four fans and only the upper caste is allowed to drive cars. To add some confusion, stories set later (e.g ''Literature/{{Ringworld}}'') use the word "car" for anti-gravity craft.
* ''Albatross'' in ''Literature/RoburTheConqueror''. Future for 1880s, that is. Strictly speaking, it has separate rotors for lift and thrust, making it a gyrodyne.
* Several different versions (from supersonic gunships to massive transports) are seen in ''Literature/TheWarAgainstTheChtorr'' series, often piloted by the protagonist's LoveInterest, ColonelBadass 'Lizard' Tirelli.

* The ornithopters in the 2000s miniseries adaptation of ''Series/{{Dune}}'' and [[Series/ChildrenOfDune its sequel]] appear to be this. While their wings may move up and down a little to adjust pitch, they don't flap like the 'thopters in the book and are more bug-like than bird-like in appearance. The miniseries' carryalls are of the "Future Copter" variety as well, complete with prominent ducted fans mounted on four extrusions from the hull of the craft.

* Of the TwentyMinutesInTheFuture variety, there's the massive V-44 Heavy Transport VTOL Rotorcraft from ''VideoGame/ActOfWar''. The V-44 looks like an Osprey but has 4 rotors instead of 2, as a transport it can hold up to 2 vehicles (3 if they're small) or 8 soldiers and protect itself with a twin-barrelled 7.62mm Gatling gun. If upgraded the Osprey gets a stealth mode that makes it invisible until it attacks or is detected by enemy recon units.

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: Black Ops 2'' has two very different futurecopters. The impressive-sounding MQ-27 Dragonfire is actually a small RC quadrotor with a light machine gun on board. The more boringly-named VTOL Warship, by contrast, is a huge, manned, heavily armed vehicle of comparable size to the real-world V-22 Osprey.
* The GDI Orca and its variants from the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries'' are ducted-rotor/jet-engine [=VTOLs=]. Some variants go as far as being a DropShip.
** Nod counterparts eventually surfaced in the second half of the entire series, such as the Venom strike craft, which, unlike GDI's Orca gunship, is capable of air-to-air combat, although falls significantly short in this role to GDI's own Firehawk.

* ''VideoGame/GPolice'' and its sequel feature [=VTOLs=] that eschew the idea of rotors altogether - they are powered by two jets on the sides. Why they still have the classic helicopter shape - lopsided tail included - is never explained.

** The Pelican {{dropship}} is a pretty close cousin of the dropship from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', and is similarly orbital-drop capable.
** ''{{VideoGame/Halo 3}}'' introduced a one-man aircraft called [[http://halo.bungie.org/bwu/images/hornet.jpg Hornets]], which have external handles allowing other players to hitch a ride.

* Appropriately enough, the Fawfulcopters in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory''. They are small unmanned drones equipped with an arm to hold things, such as keys, and a speaker of which Fawful can use to talk to other people from a distance.
* ''[[Videogame/MechWarrior MechWarrior Living Legends]]'' has two gunship [=VTOLS=], the [[https://wiki.mechlivinglegends.net/images/d/d4/Hawkmoth.jpg Hawkmoth]] and [[https://wiki.mechlivinglegends.net/images/4/49/Donar.jpg Donar,]] whose jet engines take the place of the rotor blades in their [[http://cfw.sarna.net/wiki/images/7/71/Hawkmothvtol.jpg?timestamp=20101224135638 canon]] [[http://cfw.sarna.net/wiki/images/0/0a/Donar.gif?timestamp=20101224150159 art.]] Additionally, two DummiedOut transport [=VTOLs=] were planned, the Karnov and Anhur, both of which are massive tiltrotor craft that were originally planned to carry battlearmor and small vehicles - problems with the vehicles bouncing around in the back, [[TeleFrag crushing all the other riders then exploding the craft]], along with a aircraft physics change caused both to be put on the development backburner.

* Almost all aircraft in ''Videogame/PlanetSide 2'' operate using gimballed jet engines, which function like the tiltrotors on an Osprey. The Galaxy transport, for example, gets a pair of huge engines on its front wings and a smaller pair on its rear wings, all of which can rotate to allow the enormous aircraft to hover in place or fly. The only ones that don't use external rotating engines are the Reaver (in-line vectored engines) and the Scythe (flies using reverse-engineered [[PreCursors Vanu technology]]).

* ''VideoGame/StarcraftII''

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has a twin ducted-fan helicopiter... [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121203 A pedal-powered one.]]

*** They have standard single-rotor helicopters as well. Section 9 has to steal one from the Japan Ground Self Defense Force in order to resolve a conflict in the 2nd season. the JSDF also employs ''Jigabachi''-class attack helicopters, which are designed after hornets. When getting ready to attack, the helicopter rears back and aims the minigun on its abdomen towards its target. The wasp-fashioned attack helicopters make for an interesting [[AnimalMotifs animal motif]], considering that the tanks in this setting are all of the SpiderTank variety, fitting in with one standard mission of attack choppers: Tank busting.

* ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'': Giovanni]] used one to pick [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie Mewtwo]] up from the future New Island.

* ''Film/AIArtificialIntelligence'': the amphibicopter notable not only for IfItSwimsItFlies but for lacking rotors while still serving as a helicopter.

* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', the Batman is equipped with a Futurecopter known as... The Bat. [[CallBack It's available in black.]]
* the 2021 Film/{{Dune|2021}}'s ornithopters on Arakkis utilized by both off-world factions. They used vertical flapping wings to levitate and move.

* The 1930's sci-fi musical ''Film/JustImagine'', everyone has a personal airplane with vertical rotor ducts in the wings enabling them to hover while they talk to other drivers or [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment burst into song]]. Interestingly, it predates the Trope Maker (or indeed, most other examples of the trope) by a good three decades.
* ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}'' : The V/TOL craft that Jack flies around, the [[http://radicalpublishing.com/2013/04/oblivion-and-tom-cruise-a-closer-look-at-the-bubble-ship-design/ "Bubble Ship."]] With guns (which can fire in any direction, even straight backwards), autopilot (and remote piloting), ejecting cockpit, voice-recognition lock, remotely-accessible surveillance cameras, storage space for a CoolBike, [[spoiler: and the capacity to fly up to space]].
* ''Film/{{Sleeper}}'' - in 2173 we'll have helicopter backpacks...but they won't work very well.

* ''Film/ThingsToCome'' (1936). A gyrocopter is used to ferry the {{Bold Explorer}}s to the [[TechnologyMarchesOn giant gun]] that will shoot them into outer space, avoiding the EvilLuddite mob that has gathered to stop them.

* ''Series/BigBadBeetleborgs''[='s=] [[http://images.google.com/images?q=Red%20Striker%20AV&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:fr:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=xx-pirate&tab=wi ladybug aircraft]] also fit the trope.

* The ''Literature/FormicWars'' novels feature a mix between this and a HoverTank. The new vehicles developed by [[MegaCorp Jukes, Ltd.]], use ArtificialGravity as their primary means of propulsion (by projecting a "gravity lens" above the craft, thus keeping it aloft). However, as backup, they include deployable rotors. Two of these are developed for and purchased by the New Zealand SAS. A certain Lieutenant [[FutureBadass Mazer Rackham]] pilots one of them. He mentions that the rotors are useless for the craft's primary purpose -- extraction under fire. The craft is supposed to fly in low, almost grazing treetops, in order to minimize its radar signature, extend an arm, grab the ground vehicle in need of extraction, fly away, and transfer the crew and/or passengers aboard, all without getting shot down. However, given how low the craft is flying, the rotors would simply not have enough time to deploy in case of "gravity lens" failure. [[spoiler:This is proven true during the [[InsectoidAliens Formic]] invasion, resulting in Mazer being the only survivor of the crew]].

* In ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' there exists helicopter propellers a person can attach to the top of their head to allow unlimited mind-guided flight. All of the main characters have one, which they use for long-distance group travel where they know they won't be spotted or if a more standard vehicle won't work.

* the 2021 Film/{{Dune|2021}}'s ornithopters on Arakkis utilized by both off-world factions.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' episode "Bronto Bear", the Black hole gang use a futuristic copter to rile up the title RentAZilla.

* Although it looked more like a regular airplane than most examples of this trope, the [[TheGreatPoliticsMessUp West German]] VJ-101 probably also counts, since it had the same tilting-jet VTOL as many of the above fictional examples. Unlike the X-22 and the Bell Model 65, the VJ-101 was intended to actually enter service as a fighter, but it turned out to be AwesomeButImpractical.

* ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' has Tiltrotors, a dual-engine plane whose wings rotate upward 90 degrees in order to take off in standard [=VTOL=] style.

** ''[[Anime/GhostInTheShell Innocence]]'' throws in a bird theme by featuring a tiltrotor whose wings extend outward upon takeoff, and the wings themselves are made up of numerous individual lift flaps. One scene shows the raven-like tiltrotor landing on top of a rooftop, and the individual flaps of the wings look like feathers.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' features one flown by the {{mook}}s guarding the SupervillainLair.

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* Though ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' normally focuses on the [[HumongousMecha Mobile Suits]], there are a few examples here and there. Notably the [[https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Fanfan Fanfan]] from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and the [[https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/VTOL_Fighter VTOL Fighter]] from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''.
* [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Giovanni]] used one to pick [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie Mewtwo]] up from the future New Island.
* The JSSDF [=VTOLs=] from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' have tilting jet engines.

[[folder:Film]]
* The 1930's sci-fi musical ''Film/JustImagine'', everyone has a personal airplane with vertical rotor ducts in the wings enabling them to hover while they talk to other drivers or [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment burst into song]]. Interestingly, it predates the Trope Maker (or indeed, most other examples of the trope) by a good three decades.
* ''Film/ThingsToCome'' (1936). A gyrocopter is used to ferry the {{Bold Explorer}}s to the [[TechnologyMarchesOn giant gun]] that will shoot them into outer space, avoiding the EvilLuddite mob that has gathered to stop them.
* The RDA in ''Film/{{Avatar}}'' makes use of several ducted-fan aircraft: the Scorpion, a classic assault helicopter, the Samson, used for personnel transport and heavy lifting, and the truly ''massive'', four-rotored Dragon Gunship.
* The Hunter-Killer craft from ''Film/TheTerminator'' and ''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay'' are of the ducted-fan VTOL type. ''Film/Terminator3RiseOfTheMachines'' features small, autonomous prototypes which pursue the heroes.
* In ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', the Colonial Marines' dropship is a fully spaceworthy version of the design.

* ''Film/TeamAmericaWorldPolice'' have their own Futurecopter that deploys from the mouth of Abraham Lincoln on Mt. Rushmore.
* The federal police copters in ''Film/TotalRecall2012''.
* ''Film/{{Oblivion 2013}}'' : The V/TOL craft that Jack flies around, the [[http://radicalpublishing.com/2013/04/oblivion-and-tom-cruise-a-closer-look-at-the-bubble-ship-design/ "Bubble Ship."]] With guns (which can fire in any direction, even straight backwards), autopilot (and remote piloting), ejecting cockpit, voice-recognition lock, remotely-accessible surveillance cameras, storage space for a CoolBike, [[spoiler: and the capacity to fly up to space]].
* ''Film/{{Sleeper}}'' - in 2173 we'll have helicopter backpacks...but they won't work very well.

* Several different versions (from supersonic gunships to massive transports) are seen in ''Literature/TheWarAgainstTheChtorr'' series, often piloted by the protagonist's LoveInterest, ColonelBadass 'Lizard' Tirelli.

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* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' has had a few, starting with ''Series/RescueSentaiGoGoFive'''s Green Hover, as well as the Pat-Gyrer from ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' (whose cowlings form a set of HumongousMecha-scale handcuffs [[CombiningMecha when it combines into Dekaranger Robo]]) and the [=GouGou=] Gyro in ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger''.

* Generic RPG supplement ''Booty and the Beasts''. The Whirly Chair is exactly what it says: a chair with overhead helicopter rotors. It has a maximum speed of 30 m.p.h. and a range of 300 miles on a tank of alcohol. It seats one person and has a small cargo area, enough for a small overnight bag or suitcase.
* ''Tabletopgame/BattleTech'' features several futuristic VTOL vehicles, such as the [[http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Aeron Aeron]] and [[http://www.sarna.net/wiki/Yasha Yasha]]. The massive Anhur and Karnov transport [=VTOLs=] both use tiltrotor engines like those on the V-22 Osprey.

* Many newer (post-1990) LEGO sets with a futuristic theme.

* ''Franchise/GIJoe'' featured small, one-person VTOL craft as early as 1984, with the Joes' [[http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/84/skyhawk/ Skyhawk]] and Cobra [[http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/85/flightpod/ Flight Pod]], even as most of the vehicles at the time were at least strongly influenced by real-life versions. The Skyhawk itself looks like a sawed-off helicopter cockpit strapped to some turbines and landing skids. As the toyline began using more experimental or futuristic designs, we got vehicles such as the G.I. Joe [[http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/88/skystorm/ Skystorm]] (a jet helicopter whose X-rotors can convert to a fixed-wing mode) and Iron Grenadiers [[http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/88/agp/ A.G.P.]] ("anti-gravity pod", though operating on the same principles as the Skyhawk). Note that the [[http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/86/havoc/ H.A.V.O.C.'s recon sled]] and Battleforce 2000's [[http://www.yojoe.com/vehicles/87/vindicator/ Vindicator]] also use ducted fans to generate lift, but both are designated as hovercraft, even if the Vindicator has a helicopter-style tailfin.

* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
** The Pelican {{dropship}} is a pretty close cousin of the dropship from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'', and is similarly orbital-drop capable.
** ''{{VideoGame/Halo 3}}'' introduced a one-man aircraft called [[http://halo.bungie.org/bwu/images/hornet.jpg Hornets]], which have external handles allowing other players to hitch a ride.
** ''VideoGame/HaloWars'' introduces the Sparrowhawk, which is armed with two autocannons and a Spartan Laser, and the Vulture, a heavy gunship suspended by ducted fans that's armed with four autocannons and an insane amount of missiles. ''VideoGame/HaloWars2'' introduces the Condor Gunship, an improvised variant of the Condor transport equipped with a mini-Magnetic Accelerator Cannon and multiple pulse laser turrets.
** In ''VideoGame/HaloReach'', the Hornet is replaced by the Falcon, extremely similar to the V-22 Osprey but smaller, with [=LMGs=] on the open sides and jet engines.
** ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'' multiplayer has the Wasp, a light gunship with twin autocannons and missile launchers, plus recharging energy shields.
* The GDI Orca and its variants from the ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberianSeries'' are ducted-rotor/jet-engine [=VTOLs=]. Some variants go as far as being a DropShip.
** Nod counterparts eventually surfaced in the second half of the entire series, such as the Venom strike craft, which, unlike GDI's Orca gunship, is capable of air-to-air combat, although falls significantly short in this role to GDI's own Firehawk.

* ''VideoGame/StarcraftII''
** Banshee tactical strike aircraft use ducted fans and, for some reason, a tail rotor. They're also able to cloak themselves and move in space... somehow.
** Medivac and Dropship use twin jet engines that visibly swing back and forth when moving or hovering.

* The Chrysalis Pod in VideoGame/MetalGearSolidPeaceWalker is an automated drone example of this.
* Combine gunships from ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' have a single ducted fan.

* The ducted fan "hovercopter" in ''VideoGame/PerfectDark'', and Killian's VTOL tilt-jet troop transport/gunship in ''Perfect Dark Zero''.
* ''VideoGame/RedFaction II'' has ducted fan gunships.
* ''VideoGame/SoldierOfFortune II'' has two boss fights with an Osprey {{expy}} gunship, although it is considerably smaller and the rotors can tilt independently unlike the real Osprey. A legitimate helicopter makes an appearance in a couple earlier missions.

* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty: Black Ops 2'' has two very different futurecopters. The impressive-sounding MQ-27 Dragonfire is actually a small RC quadrotor with a light machine gun on board. The more boringly-named VTOL Warship, by contrast, is a huge, manned, heavily armed vehicle of comparable size to the real-world V-22 Osprey.

* Almost all aircraft in ''Videogame/PlanetSide 2'' operate using gimballed jet engines, which function like the tiltrotors on an Osprey. The Galaxy transport, for example, gets a pair of huge engines on its front wings and a smaller pair on its rear wings, all of which can rotate to allow the enormous aircraft to hover in place or fly. The only ones that don't use external rotating engines are the Reaver (in-line vectored engines) and the Scythe (flies using reverse-engineered [[PreCursors Vanu technology]])
* About halfway through ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'', Serpentine pilots a large, vaguely military-looking helicopter as a boss battle. The chopper can deploy an unlimited number of [[EliteMooks Shade Troopers]], though only two can be present on the ground at a time, and its wings are packed with guns and missiles.
* Appropriately enough, the Fawfulcopters in ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory''. They are small unmanned drones equipped with an arm to hold things, such as keys, and a speaker of which Fawful can use to talk to other people from a distance.
* Of the TwentyMinutesInTheFuture variety, there's the massive V-44 Heavy Transport VTOL Rotorcraft from ''VideoGame/ActOfWar''. The V-44 looks like an Osprey but has 4 rotors instead of 2, as a transport it can hold up to 2 vehicles (3 if they're small) or 8 soldiers and protect itself with a twin-barrelled 7.62mm Gatling gun. If upgraded the Osprey gets a stealth mode that makes it invisible until it attacks or is detected by enemy recon units.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' episode "Bronto Bear", the Black hole gang use a futuristic copter to rile up the title RentAZilla.
* They show up quite a bit in ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'', usually being used by Providence.

** Nod counterparts eventually surfaced in the second half of the entire series, and somehow turned the tables on GDI in air superiority.

** Banshee tactical strike aircraft uses ducted fans and, for some reason, a tail rotor. They're also able to move in space... somehow.

* ''Plan 7 of 9 from Outer Space''. [[Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton Captain Proton]] requisitions a jet-assisted helicopter that can lock its rotor blades to fly at supersonic speed in order to chase after a FlyingSaucer.

* Though ''Franchise{{Gundam}}'' normally focuses on the [[HumongousMecha Mobile Suits]], there are a few examples here and there. Notably the [[https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/Fanfan Fanfan]] from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and the [[https://gundam.fandom.com/wiki/VTOL_Fighter VTOL Fighter]] from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''.

* Vehicles like this are seen in the first episode of ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis''

* The Lockheed-Martin F-35C (Marine variation) resembles other contemporary fighter planes, but is capable of switching to a VTOL mode by vectoring its engine ninety degrees downward, opening wing-mounted thrust nozzles, and opening flaps behind its cockpit to expose a ducted turbofan (powered by drive train from the engine) as a counter-balancing force, giving it a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#/media/File:F-35B_Joint_Strike_Fighter_(thrust_vectoring_nozzle_and_lift_fan).PNG not entirely dissimilar effect]] to a [[Anime/{{Robotech}} Veritech]] in [[TransformingVehicle Guardian mode]].

* The Lockheed-Martin F-35C (Marine variation) resembles other contemporary fighter planes, but is capable of switching to a VTOL mode by vectoring its engine ninety degrees downward, opening wing-mounted thrust nozzles, and opening flaps behind it's cockpit to expose a ducted turbofan (powered by drive train from the engine) as a counter-balancing force, giving it a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#/media/File:F-35B_Joint_Strike_Fighter_(thrust_vectoring_nozzle_and_lift_fan).PNG not entirely dissimilar effect]] to a [[Anime/{{Robotech}} Veritech]] in [[TransformingVehicle Guardian mode]].

* The Lockheed-Martin F-35C (Marine variation) resembles other contemporary fighter planes, but is capable of switching to a VTOL mode by vectoring it's engine ninety degrees downward, opening wing-mounted thrust nozzles, and opening flaps behind it's cockpit to expose a ducted turbofan (powered by drive train from the engine) as a counter-balancing force, giving it a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II#/media/File:F-35B_Joint_Strike_Fighter_(thrust_vectoring_nozzle_and_lift_fan).PNG not entirely dissimilar effect]] to a [[Anime/{{Robotech}} Veritech]] in [[TransformingVehicle Guardian mode]].