X-47A
Posted by hippitybobbityty@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 9 comments
Little brother of X-47B. Also this design was so unstable that it had only one test flight.
Posted by hippitybobbityty@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 9 comments
Little brother of X-47B. Also this design was so unstable that it had only one test flight.
Adventurous_Eagle438@reddit
It's had a lot more than one flight, and there are more than 1 of them flying.
SloCalLocal@reddit
It flew a few sorties because that's all that was intended. It was a technology demonstrator & feasibility test (to build confidence in the idea of an autonomous flying wing UCAV built by Northrop), nothing more. Once they showed it could be done then they moved on.
FortunexSophie@reddit
It looks cool but its unfortunate that its unstable
werewulf35@reddit
Umm, it definitely had more than one flight.
EvidenceEuphoric6794@reddit
They need to hire someone who knows how to draw
ChemistRemote7182@reddit
I believe that the program for this aircraft went black not dormant, and once you go black you don't go back until a certain period of time has passed and freedom of information requests are submitted.
KokoTheTalkingApe@reddit
They didn't know how it would fly before they built a full-scale version? The Wikipedia article doesn't mention any issues with flight performance, just that the program was terminated in the Quadrennial Defense Review of 2006.
ShakyBrainSurgeon@reddit
Loved this design.
AreWeThereYetNo@reddit
It’s like a throwing star. Lovely machinery.