X-59 is definitely the weirdest wings currently flying. | TheaterFire

X-59 is definitely the weirdest wings currently flying.

Posted by 221missile@reddit | WeirdWings | View on Reddit | 47 comments

X-59 is definitely the weirdest wings currently flying.

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Old_Wallaby_7461@reddit

Very aladeen aircraft

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FleetWorksOfficial@reddit

Its pointy

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Biggity_Bonard@reddit

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Hideo_Anaconda@reddit

I can say without fear of contradiction, that that right there is one pointy aeroplane.

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BuisnessAsUsual123@reddit

Source?

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UncleWainey@reddit

Paper airplane science was right all along.

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Ivebeenfurthereven@reddit

"The day after Thanksgiving is, in my opinion, one of the busiest shopping days of the year" - Peggy Hill

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Pillowsmeller18@reddit

How much pointier can we get?

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SapphosLemonBarEnvoy@reddit

The dartiest lawn dart ever

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Orange-V-Apple@reddit

Bold stance

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aka_Handbag@reddit

Big if truw

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Archididelphis@reddit

For people who thought the Stiletto was too sane...

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FletcherCommaIrwin@reddit

One of the weirdest, indeed. Currently, my vote is for Solar Impulse 2, caught it yesterday and again just now.

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LazaroFilm@reddit

https://assets.paramountbusinessjets.com/media/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Solar_Impulse_2_Best_Photos_11.jpeg reference photo

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FletcherCommaIrwin@reddit

🫡

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Abandondero@reddit

I'm assuming it's fast.

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Hoovooloo42@reddit

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Vethraxx@reddit

Didn't it crash in The Planet of the Apes?! 🤣

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ShakyBrainSurgeon@reddit

*that we know of.

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atxbikenbus@reddit

P-NOCI0

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flyingmightyena@reddit

Supersonic silent snoot. Very sharp, yet boopable.

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Ivebeenfurthereven@reddit

As I understand it the sonic boom won't be silent - more drawn out into a gentle thump rather than a sudden crack

Can't wait to hear it

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Annual-Advisor-7916@reddit

Is it even possible to reduce the area under the curve for a given aircraft surface?

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Inspi@reddit

First plane with a "crumple zone"?

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abcdodd@reddit

They remind me of most swept deltas of the 50s.

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yoweigh@reddit

Yeah, it's like a Delta Dagger with a long nose that sneezed and farted out canards.

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Foreign_Implement897@reddit

You don’t know anything about the weirdest wings, as you did not know about F-117 40 years ago!

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Ivebeenfurthereven@reddit

TIL

Even in the years after it entered service, the F-117 was a black project. Its existence was denied by USAF officials until 10 November 1988, when the aircraft was first publicly acknowledged

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404-skill_not_found@reddit

I dunno. It is exemplary. Weird? Maybe not so much.

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HeftyElk7592@reddit

There are fish shaped like this, and they are weird compared to other fish. It weird.

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Rooilia@reddit

...beacuse they are fish, this is plane, it would be weird if it was fish shaped.

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HeftyElk7592@reddit

That's fair. It was a weird analogy anyways.

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Potted_Cactus_is_me@reddit

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Rooilia@reddit

Not the fish i thought of, but yeah that counts.

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404-skill_not_found@reddit

Well, technically you are correct. I hear that’s the best kind of correct.

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randylush@reddit

It is exemplary of weird

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Zcube73@reddit

Reminds me of the time when the X-3 Stiletto was being tested

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KnifeKnut@reddit

Spiritual successor.

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numahu@reddit

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Feeeeeshh@reddit

Looks like a missile with wings strapped to it

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Spiritual_Tip_500@reddit

Tall drink

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Otaraka@reddit

It looks like a modern SHADO interceptor.

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Trekintosh@reddit

But does the snoot droop?

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WarthogOsl@reddit

It does not need to droop to look down its nose at you. That's how snooty it is.

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Kapitan_eXtreme@reddit

You can't fool me, that's a lawn dart

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writewithparagraphs4@reddit

adfx-01 falken here we are

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HypersonicWyvern@reddit

Literally anything Scales Composites makes?