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chopper2004
7th Jan 2024, 21:10
https://newatlas.com/aircraft/darpa-construction-x-65-plane/?fbclid=IwAR2PWnKUPFc2sNf4WXA2oum5Xn4zC1zF06km4P1mjtb5rbHjU3 L6Pkx1P8U
https://assets.newatlas.com/dims4/default/3d2b513/2147483647/strip/true/crop/946x631+144+0/resize/1200x800!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnewatlas-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F61%2Fb7%2F4f27d9444db887769035 b873793b%2Fscreenshot-2024-01-03-133537.jpg
cheers
Ninthace
7th Jan 2024, 22:49
Does Gerry Anderson know?
Cool.... Until the blower stops working.
X-65 using blasts of air for control, how very modern.
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/550x407/5c60c0942020623b4bd8f5a51c468d14_81a26086db1a86e07dcc51b4e43 de790c4345fae.jpg
Mil-26Man
8th Jan 2024, 13:32
Cool.... Until the blower stops working.
Why would the blower stop working?
hoodie
8th Jan 2024, 13:53
X-65 using blasts of air for control, how very modern.
Not the same thing at all, though. Clever as it was for the time, that used air to reenergise flow over otherwise conventional secondary flight control surfaces.and reaction jets.
This tech does away with mechanical primary control surfaces altogether and achieves that with aerodynamic flows that promise to be significantly more efficient than reaction effectors.
Why would the blower stop working?
It’s called an engine Brian!
Mog