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18 days agoBoeing has put a bunch of flight hours on the experiential version, how well that translates to a production version who knows. If LM doesn’t challenge then it’s pretty clear Boeing’s prototype was significantly better.
Boeing has put a bunch of flight hours on the experiential version, how well that translates to a production version who knows. If LM doesn’t challenge then it’s pretty clear Boeing’s prototype was significantly better.
A human can’t handle negative Gs, a computer can. That alone gives uavs a huge maneuver advantage.
Yes, if you imagine the vehicle as covered in a mirror, areas where you could see yourself will have the highest return. Shape is the most important thing with stealth.
The canards are probably visible for 270 degrees by a ground radar, the tail probably around 90.
Breaks in continuity of the skin will cause issues. Canards are huge breaks, you go from air to a conductive surface back to air.
The power decreases by the radius squared. A 100mhz pulse transmitted with 1 peta watt of power over 320 km with 30 dbi of antenna gain will have 5.5 mega watts of received power. I’m pretty sure plasma generation will happen at those power levels which will stop transmission all together. Physics gets weird at high power levels.