DARPA-testing landing model planes without wings 15 years ago, wonder how far this tech has come today.
Posted by NY_State-a-Mind@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 12 comments
Cool-Acanthaceae8968@reddit
Models aren’t really representative because of their different Reynolds Numbers.
This is why early inventors had great success with models but failed at full scale. Also part of why the bumblebee flies anyway.
Narrow-Science-9000@reddit
They were testing adaptive flight controls, if the aircraft suffers damage; each surface steps up to keep the aircraft controllable. I think this might have been already implemented.
jared_number_two@reddit
There’s always been resistance to nondeterministic flight control systems. Ever since one crashed an X-15. But maybe times are changing.
nomeansofsupport@reddit
The Israeli air force tried this but not deliberately.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Negev_mid-air_collision
NY_State-a-Mind@reddit (OP)
Thats interesting, the F16 seems like the greatest aircraft ever made
OriginalGoat1@reddit
The plane involved in the Israeli incident was an F-15
frix86@reddit
Yeah but OP just wanted you to know they really like F-16s
NoInformation4488@reddit
Interesting story. I like F-4’s
drlongfinger@reddit
Truly astonishing how versatile the C-130 is. Damn.
frix86@reddit
After watching the video, I think the F-14 is the coolest plane ever.
jared_number_two@reddit
I agree that the SR-71 is rather good.
Blindeye03@reddit
Lmao