USAF Designs, Develops, Builds, and Flys New Stealth Fighter Prototype

MIflyer · Sep 17, 2020

SAF/AQ announced this week that the U.S. Air Force has designed, developed, built, and flew a new prototype Next Generation stealth fighter in the space of only a year. The image below is of a USAF 2018 concept; we do not know what the new prototype actually looks like.

pbehn · Sep 17, 2020

If anyone gets any colour pics, they would be a great help in a model I am building.

MIflyer · Sep 17, 2020

What if the airplane is not colorized?

pbehn · Sep 17, 2020

MIflyer said:
What if the airplane is not colorized?

I will put RAF roundels on it.

GrauGeist · Sep 18, 2020

pbehn said:
I will put RAF roundels on it.

Wouldn't Balkan crosses make It faster, though?

pbehn · Sep 18, 2020

GrauGeist said:
Wouldn't Balkan crosses make It faster, though?

It seems only logical to put targets on a stealth aircraft, even though they slow it down.

MIflyer · Sep 18, 2020

Anyone notice the vertical tail on that concept aircraft? Looks like there ain't narn.

pbehn · Sep 18, 2020

MIflyer said:
Anyone notice the vertical tail on that concept aircraft? Looks like there ain't narn.

I suspect clever design and a lot of computing power can make up for the lack of tail.

MIflyer · Sep 18, 2020

Back in the 80's Bill Gunston had book about future aircraft and showed a hypothetical VTOL design with a blended fuselage/wing and active thrust vectoring instead of a vertical tail. And a number of current flying wing designs have no vertical tail.

Also, word is that the USAF's new B-21 flying wing stealth bomber will be able to operate both manned an unmanned. I suspect the new stealth fighter will be set up the same way. If they choose to operate them unmanned I'd like to suggest an inexpensive ($100) stand in for the human flight crew.

SaparotRob · Sep 18, 2020

MIflyer said:
Back in the 80's Bill Gunston had book about future aircraft and showed a hypothetical VTOL design with a blended fuselage/wing and active thrust vectoring instead of a vertical tail. And a number of current flying wing designs have no vertical tail.

Also, word is that the USAF's new B-21 flying wing stealth bomber will be able to operate both manned an unmanned. I suspect the new stealth fighter will be set up the same way. If they choose to operate them unmanned I'd like to suggest an inexpensive ($100) stand in for the human flight crew.
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Double the order so that the UAV's can fly in the High Occupancy Vehicle lanes.

GrauGeist · Sep 18, 2020

MIflyer said:
Back in the 80's Bill Gunston had book about future aircraft and showed a hypothetical VTOL design with a blended fuselage/wing and active thrust vectoring instead of a vertical tail. And a number of current flying wing designs have no vertical tail.

Also, word is that the USAF's new B-21 flying wing stealth bomber will be able to operate both manned an unmanned. I suspect the new stealth fighter will be set up the same way. If they choose to operate them unmanned I'd like to suggest an inexpensive ($100) stand in for the human flight crew.
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That's a much nicer version of Otto Pilot!

Snautzer01 · Sep 18, 2020

MIflyer said:
Back in the 80's BiAlso, word is that the USAF's new B-21 flying wing stealth bomber will be able to operate both manned an unmanned. I suspect the new stealth fighter will be set up the same way. If they choose to operate them unmanned I'd like to suggest an inexpensive ($100) stand in for the human flight crew.
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Just drop a 100 of them over the lines and there will be no more fighting.

MIflyer · Sep 18, 2020

I think it would be a nice change to have what normally is painted on the outside of a bomber or fighter instead in 3D form riding on the inside.

Now, if they could just make one like that would clean my swimming pool.

Vic Nighthorse · Sep 24, 2020

MIflyer said:
Anyone notice the vertical tail on that concept aircraft? Looks like there ain't narn.

Hey just cause it is really small doesn't mean you don't have one! Does it?

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