Post amazingly cool pictures of aircraft (Volume 2)

[FourWheelDrift]

Would they have developed a VSTOL version of the X-32 like the winning X-35 (F-35) that our carriers are going to have, at some point as yet undisclosed /irony

[Eric Mc]

One of the ugliest aeroplanes ever built.

[andymadmak]

FourWheelDrift said:

Would they have developed a VSTOL version of the X-32 like the winning X-35 (F-35) that our carriers are going to have, at some point as yet undisclosed /irony

Actually it was designed as VSTOL. It was intended to have Harrier-like jet nozzles instead of the bloody lift fan that the F35 has ended up with.

Edited to add:

And here it is hovering!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwyVuFNec-Y

Edited by andymadmak on Thursday 5th November 13:24

[MartG]

andymadmak said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Would they have developed a VSTOL version of the X-32 like the winning X-35 (F-35) that our carriers are going to have, at some point as yet undisclosed /irony

Actually it was designed as VSTOL. It was intended to have Harrier-like jet nozzles instead of the bloody lift fan that the F35 has ended up with.

Edited to add:

And here it is hovering!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwyVuFNec-Y

Edited by andymadmak on Thursday 5th November 13:24

IIRC Boeing had to remove a lot of onboard equipment for it to hover, as the engine lacked sufficient thrust to hover with the aircraft at its normal weight

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MartG said:

andymadmak said:

FourWheelDrift said:

Would they have developed a VSTOL version of the X-32 like the winning X-35 (F-35) that our carriers are going to have, at some point as yet undisclosed /irony

Actually it was designed as VSTOL. It was intended to have Harrier-like jet nozzles instead of the bloody lift fan that the F35 has ended up with.

Edited to add:

And here it is hovering!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwyVuFNec-Y

Edited by andymadmak on Thursday 5th November 13:24

IIRC Boeing had to remove a lot of onboard equipment for it to hover, as the engine lacked sufficient thrust to hover with the aircraft at its normal weight

as above I was watching a program about the competition and there was alot the boeing couldnt do without work being done to it first.

[irocfan]

hammo19 said:

Eric Mc said:

The XB-70 counts as one of the most outrageous aeroplanes ever built. I love it.

Me too - stunning design

just to make you smile....

http://gizmodo.com/the-new-home-of-the-most-exotic...


and drool...

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/086/XB-70A%...

[NM62]

irocfan said:

hammo19 said:

Eric Mc said:

The XB-70 counts as one of the most outrageous aeroplanes ever built. I love it.

Me too - stunning design

just to make you smile....

http://gizmodo.com/the-new-home-of-the-most-exotic...


and drool...

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/086/XB-70A%...

Thank you!

Love the cockpit tour!

[FourWheelDrift]

And other 360 cockpit views of the museum aircraft - http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/VirtualTour...

I'm going in, I may be some time.

[james_tigerwoods]

NM62 said:

irocfan said:

hammo19 said:

Eric Mc said:

The XB-70 counts as one of the most outrageous aeroplanes ever built. I love it.

Me too - stunning design

just to make you smile....

http://gizmodo.com/the-new-home-of-the-most-exotic...


and drool...

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/086/XB-70A%...

Thank you!

Love the cockpit tour!

It looks like it's doing Mach 2 just sat on the ground - And I love how analogue the cockpit is. "Press that button there. Which one where?"

[Eric Mc]

"The eject button, you fool".

The XB-70 actually had two separate ejection capsules for the pilot and co-pilot. In the panoramic cockpit shots you can see the recess into which each ejection seat was placed. When an ejection occurred, two shutter doors swung across in front of the pilots and they were ejected in a "cocoon". It didn't actually work very well when it was needed for real.

[Dr Jekyll]

They collided, then landed.

[perdu]

"Ansonother fine mess you've gotten me into Stanley!"

[irocfan]

An(d)son don't do that again ;-)

[blueg33]

irocfan said:

hammo19 said:

Eric Mc said:

The XB-70 counts as one of the most outrageous aeroplanes ever built. I love it.

Me too - stunning design

just to make you smile....

http://gizmodo.com/the-new-home-of-the-most-exotic...


and drool...

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/media/086/XB-70A%...

Think the artificial horizon thingy is broken

Reminds me of the TU144 a bit

[MartG]

Why do Navy Planes Have Tailhooks?
Unbelievably, people don't realise that after a tough day of flying on and off of an aircraft carrier the planes are
always washed, and they use the hooks to hang the planes over the side to drip dry.....

[Dave46]

Antonov AN225 leaving Doncaster today,followed by an E3 doing touch & go
DSC_1541 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr#
DSC_1550 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr
DSC_1567 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr
DSC_1627 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr
DSC_1656 by Dave Goodhand, on Flickr

[NDA]

FourWheelDrift said:

And other 360 cockpit views of the museum aircraft - http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/VirtualTour...

I'm going in, I may be some time.

Yikes - pretty amazing.

Had a long look around the space shuttle.

[irocfan]

not amazingly cool - but funny


story behind it
http://www.yellowbullet.com/forum/showthread.php?t...

[mybrainhurts]

MartG said:

Why do Navy Planes Have Tailhooks?
Unbelievably, people don't realise that after a tough day of flying on and off of an aircraft carrier the planes are
always washed, and they use the hooks to hang the planes over the side to drip dry.....

Utter bks. Everybody knows that's basic dive bomber training...

[MartG]