POV: You’re the pilot coming in to land on an aircraft carrier. 🛬
There’s no long runway ahead of you just a moving deck surrounded by ocean. One moment you’re airborne, the next the aircraft slams onto the deck and the arresting gear brings you to a stop.
Then it’s straight into taxiing on a runway that’s literally moving beneath you. Incredible ✈️
Pilotu bayılan F-16, yaklaşık olarak ses hızıyla yere çakılmak üzereyken Auto-GCAS sistemi devreye giriyor.
Uçağın limiti olan 9G’yi aşan bir manevra ile pilotun hayatını kurtarıyor.
What was the radar cross-section for an SR 71?
The SR-71 had a radar cross-section (RCS) around 110 sq ft (10 m2).
What does this mean? 
When our friends and foes saw an SR 71 on radar how big did it look?
The purpose of a small radar cross-section was to deceive our enemies into knowing what they were looking at. The Skunk Works also added black paint with tiny iron balls to further confused the radar.
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VTOL operation and hover control with jet thrusters of the General Dynamics E-7A concept:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/…
A 15% scale model was tested in a wind tunnel too. It all contributed to the F-35's eventual design.
The GCAP engine will generate 1 MW of power at peak times; with two engines, it will generate 2 MW. Now imagine how powerful the sensor suite will be; the GCAP will not have an adaptive cycle engine. Let's discuss how the engine will generate 1 MW of power.
That giant opening under the F-16 isn't there to look intimidating.
It's there to keep the engine supplied with clean, uninterrupted airflow while the jet pulls high-G aggressive maneuvers and tears through the sky at supersonic speeds.
A simple idea that became one of the smartest fighter jet designs ever put into service.
What's your favorite piece of engineering on the F-16?
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