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Colin1 said:
...must bleed energy with that blunt front end
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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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GrauGeist said:
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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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...
 
GrauGeist said:
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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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.
 
>>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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comiso90 said:
Guys.. play along...
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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?
 

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