Perfect Lifting body
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Colin1
Senior Master Sergeant
...must bleed energy with that blunt front end 
Stunning pic in all seriousness
Stunning pic in all seriousness
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...must bleed energy with that blunt front end
Well, there were some sacrifices... The contractor was directed to make Binocular Target Acquisition and Systems Guidance top priority and that made the leading edge a bit large. It excels at night operations!
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BikerBabe
Senior Master Sergeant
...I used to be a Trekkie...
N4521U
Colonel
Ohhhhhhhhhh, once a Trekkie, always a Trekkie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
If I remember right, it also has a high degree of stealth properties that allows it to approach and intercept targets without being detected by thier early warning gear, too.
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Absolutely! Good call..
Special wing modifications make for a nearly silent flight.
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Colin1
Senior Master Sergeant
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Is that unit (not the cargo) attached to MAC?Transport version with passenger:
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Definately looks like a heavy lift from the size of the wingspan and fuselage.
RabidAlien
1st Lieutenant
I think all of y'all's perspective is wrong. That's a high-tech model ON TOP, with super-advanced breakthroughs in flap and wing design, streamlining, structural enhancements, and grappling systems. The matte-black night-fighter is bringing back the test drone...
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
You're all wrong!!!
It's a Mistel combination!!!!
It's a Mistel combination!!!!
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Damn you... I was going to say that!
I think the bird on the bottom is a vulture... it's expendable
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Some how I don't think the vulture would agree.
Matt308
Glock Perfection
Actually I think there is a lot of truth to the stealth claims. If I recall correctly, the small feathers in the face of the owl are specifically to reduce air turbulence/sound. Thus the owl absolutely has stealth qualities.
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
The feathers are also designed to reduce noise, unlike normal bird feathers.
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>>Actually I think there is a lot of truth to the stealth claims. If I recall correctly, the small feathers in the face of the owl are specifically to reduce air turbulence/sound. Thus the owl absolutely has stealth qualities.
>>The feathers are also designed to reduce noise, unlike normal bird feathers.
Guys.. play along...! Thats what i meant by:
Special wing modifications make for a nearly silent flight.
I've long thought that owls had the most amazing adaptations...
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>>The feathers are also designed to reduce noise, unlike normal bird feathers.
Guys.. play along...! Thats what i meant by:
Special wing modifications make for a nearly silent flight.
I've long thought that owls had the most amazing adaptations...
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Colin1
Senior Master Sergeant
I was playing along
but while we're in wildlife documentary mode: the wing feathers of normal birds are stiffened for the job of flight, the rustling/air beating noise is easily picked up with a reasonably large bird winging past overhead. The owl's flight feathers have a downy coating which does indeed reduce noise.
We need HoHun back for this one, he was a bit of an ornithologist, wasn't he?
