ScreamingLighting
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*XB-70 sobs in the corner, stopping only to take shots and cry about being cancelled*
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Draken with canards?
I read that some big wig in the US would never consider an A/C with canards....dont know why though.
Draken with canards?
I read that some big wig in the US would never consider an A/C with canards....dont know why though.
I would imagine the UAV has the same amount of shielding as a manned aircraft to resist EFI/EMP...otherwise the meatbag would be a stain in that afore-mentioned hole...People have been predicting the end of manned jets since the late 1940s. Problem with unmanned aircraft what happens if someone manages to get into the data link with the office or manages to take out the sat nav system with a dirty airburst nuke. Your expensive unmanned aircraft turns into a hole in the ground. The plane with a bag of meat at the controls keeps on flying.
I would imagine the UAV has the same amount of shielding as a manned aircraft to resist EFI/EMP...otherwise the meatbag would be a stain in that afore-mentioned hole...
Yep, the L4 proposal was to have canards ahead of the intakes to enhance maneuverabilityDraken with canards?
Yep, the L4 proposal was to have canards ahead of the intakes to enhance maneuverability
Touche FBJ but arnt they purely to sort out the airflow?
from wiki
The length of the aircraft presented a flexing problem due to air turbulence at low altitude. To alleviate this, Rockwell included small triangular fin control surfaces or vanes near the nose on the B-1. The B-1's Structural Mode Control System rotates the vanes automatically to counteract turbulence and smooth out the ride.[70]
I believe the Tu 144 had moustache canards to make up for deficiencies in low speed handling (maybe that was pro concord propaganda though)
Meanwhile in 2050, we're still trying to save the A-10
If you want to be extremely literal, there was one U.S. canard warplane which entered service (other than the mustache canards)
The F-21 aggressor:
Touche FBJ but arnt they purely to sort out the airflow?
from wiki
The length of the aircraft presented a flexing problem due to air turbulence at low altitude. To alleviate this, Rockwell included small triangular fin control surfaces or vanes near the nose on the B-1. The B-1's Structural Mode Control System rotates the vanes automatically to counteract turbulence and smooth out the ride.[70]
I believe the Tu 144 had moustache canards to make up for deficiencies in low speed handling (maybe that was pro concord propaganda though)
The F-21 was not a U.S. design, it is the Israeli IAI Kfir that was on loan to the USN.If you want to be extremely literal, there was one U.S. canard warplane which entered service (other than the mustache canards)
The F-21 aggressor:
I believe that is the exception that proves the rule. Apart from the Wright Flier is there a US designed AC with canards from the start not to solve some problem?
The F-21 was not a U.S. design, it is the Israeli IAI Kfir that was on loan to the USN.
U.S. designs (modern - as canards were a standard of pioneering aircraft) that incorporated canards would be the XP-55, L-133, XB-70, A-12 (SR-71) original design replaced by chines, F-14 (canards to extend at mainwing full sweep), YF4E, F-15B ACTIVE, F/A-22N (proposed to extend at landing speeds when gear deployed)...
So canards are not unknown or ignored by the U.S. especially since the Wright flyers used canards.
They're still Canards "a small forewing or foreplane is placed ahead of the main wing of a fixed-wing aircraft."
That is literal: it is not a U.S. design, the Israelis drew the basis of the Kfir from the Mirage 5, powered by a license-built J79...