Comments on: Pics of the Day: X-47B From Above http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/pics-of-the-day-x-47b-from-above/ The Future of the Military, Law Enforcement and National Security Sat, 26 May 2012 06:12:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: rubens marchiori http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/pics-of-the-day-x-47b-from-above/#comment-260568 rubens marchiori Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:23:33 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16152#comment-260568 muito bonito, mas que pra isso, se nós preocupamos bem menos com a nossa vida, devemos nos preocupar mais: com a qualidade da vida e do planeta muito bonito, mas que pra isso, se nós preocupamos bem menos com a nossa vida, devemos nos preocupar mais: com a qualidade da vida e do planeta

]]> By: kblvos http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/pics-of-the-day-x-47b-from-above/#comment-258329 kblvos Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:33:08 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16152#comment-258329 LKoNaR <a href="http://xixmvzzcgtnp.com/" rel="nofollow">xixmvzzcgtnp</a> LKoNaR xixmvzzcgtnp

]]> By: Jay http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/pics-of-the-day-x-47b-from-above/#comment-257048 Jay Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:54:38 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16152#comment-257048 The manuevering on this aircraft is anything but impressive. 1. It's stealth. If the bank is at a high enough degree it will pop up on radar due to its RCS being flashed like a strobe light. 2. The wing design by itself is very unstable, that is why a computer controls the B-2 more than the pilot does. Remember the B-2 crash? That was due to computer error not pilot error. Due to these factors and them wanting it to stay in the air unlike the RQ-170 they would limit it to very stable parameters. The manuevering on this aircraft is anything but impressive.

1. It’s stealth. If the bank is at a high enough degree it will pop up on radar due to its RCS being flashed like a strobe light.

2. The wing design by itself is very unstable, that is why a computer controls the
B-2 more than the pilot does. Remember the B-2 crash? That was due to computer error not pilot error.

Due to these factors and them wanting it to stay in the air unlike the RQ-170 they would limit it to very stable parameters.

]]> By: Jay http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/pics-of-the-day-x-47b-from-above/#comment-257041 Jay Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:30:40 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16152#comment-257041 What we are looking at is Autonomous communication between the UAV and Refueler. With the UAV flying autonomous already all that is to let the UAV access the information from the refueler so that it can mate with it. What we are looking at is Autonomous communication between the UAV and Refueler. With the UAV flying autonomous already all that is to let the UAV access the information from the refueler so that it can mate with it.

]]> By: Davyd http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/pics-of-the-day-x-47b-from-above/#comment-256550 Davyd Sat, 28 Jan 2012 15:56:51 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16152#comment-256550 The radar is probably a unit very similar to the B-2s. Therefore an array can be hidden anywhere along the leading edge (perhaps where the wing-walk lines on the port wing are serrated) and be potent indeed. The boom receptacle on a Navy jet is confusing. Purposeful deception? Or just for this test article most likely. The radar is probably a unit very similar to the B-2s. Therefore an array can be hidden anywhere along the leading edge (perhaps where the wing-walk lines on the port wing are serrated) and be potent indeed. The boom receptacle on a Navy jet is confusing. Purposeful deception? Or just for this test article most likely.

]]> By: Miauw Miauw http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/pics-of-the-day-x-47b-from-above/#comment-256535 Miauw Miauw Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:12:04 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16152#comment-256535 It's a You F Ooh It’s a You F Ooh

]]> By: Bob http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/pics-of-the-day-x-47b-from-above/#comment-256509 Bob Sat, 28 Jan 2012 03:44:40 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16152#comment-256509 GOOD BYE TO REAL HUMAN PILOTS IN THEIR PLANES! GOOD BYE TO REAL HUMAN PILOTS IN THEIR PLANES!

]]> By: SasCube http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/pics-of-the-day-x-47b-from-above/#comment-256480 SasCube Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:53:33 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16152#comment-256480 I wouldn't say it's a "concept jet" as much as a "demonstrator." Its purpose is to demonstrate unmanned carrier launches and recoveries with a stealthy design. There will be a "follow up" drone regardless, which may or may not look similar. <a href="http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/06/27/navy-orders-study-on-uclass-concepts/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/06/27/navy-orders-stu...</a> I wouldn’t say it’s a “concept jet” as much as a “demonstrator.” Its purpose is to demonstrate unmanned carrier launches and recoveries with a stealthy design. There will be a “follow up” drone regardless, which may or may not look similar.
http://www.dodbuzz.com/2011/06/27/navy-orders-stu…

]]> By: Yellow Devil http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/pics-of-the-day-x-47b-from-above/#comment-256455 Yellow Devil Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:37:45 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16152#comment-256455 So is this the new design we are going to "send" to the Iranians? Why wrap it up with a little bow while we are at it? So is this the new design we are going to “send” to the Iranians? Why wrap it up with a little bow while we are at it?

]]> By: @Dipsys_pal http://defensetech.org/2012/01/25/pics-of-the-day-x-47b-from-above/#comment-256447 @Dipsys_pal Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:30:04 +0000 http://defensetech.org/?p=16152#comment-256447 The hatch outline on the port wing looks like the cover for a refueling probe. The Navy does not use AF style refueling booms, it uses a probe and drogue system. The drogue, which looks like a giant badminton birdie, is streamed behind the tanker at the end of the refueling hose. The receiver aircraft maneuvers to insert the probe in a receptacle in the drogue. The Navy system can't achieve the flow rates of a KC-135 or KC10, but it's more suitable for carrier operations, such as use of "buddy store" refueling pods for fuel transfer between similar aircraft or tanker versions of carrier A/C, such as the now retired KA-6D. The hatch outline on the port wing looks like the cover for a refueling probe. The Navy does not use AF style refueling booms, it uses a probe and drogue system. The drogue, which looks like a giant badminton birdie, is streamed behind the tanker at the end of the refueling hose. The receiver aircraft maneuvers to insert the probe in a receptacle in the drogue.

The Navy system can’t achieve the flow rates of a KC-135 or KC10, but it’s more suitable for carrier operations, such as use of “buddy store” refueling pods for fuel transfer between similar aircraft or tanker versions of carrier A/C, such as the now retired KA-6D.

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