I would have killed to have done research like this in college. Just curious... what are you doing now, 24 years later? Flipping burgers at the fast food joint? Or director of engineering at Boeing?
lol, once you put a tail on it,.. ?? well , a tail w/rudder is a tail ? am I missing something here???? would have been cool to see it fly w/ no tail,.. Ohhhh Well, still good experiments.
The aircraft is highly unstable in pitch and has no horizontal tail, that is why it is called "tailless". If an aircraft lacks either a horizontal or vertical tail surface it is commonly referred to as tailless. If there is no tail at all it is usually called a flying wing.
@smorrismlbco , your tailless wing has a vertical stab on the tail, the video even says so.4:00 "the airplane is modified to include a vertical tail" ? I'm starting to get confused.
Wow, I like like the size of the computer in there. Nowa days we can just whack in a few gyros and it will do the same. Technology in the making and from peoples back yards, I love this stuff.
This was unfunded independent research. At the time this work was done I knew nothing of the B-2. I did meet the B-2 test pilot when he visited Stanford after this project was finished, but before the B-2 had flown.
No Horizontal Stabilizer, But Not "Tailess" - As Flown in These Test Flights.
poppopscarvinshop 4 months ago
I would have killed to have done research like this in college. Just curious... what are you doing now, 24 years later? Flipping burgers at the fast food joint? Or director of engineering at Boeing?
verminosity 8 months ago
4:37 - Face plant - aka Sand Sandwich
5:00 - 'Now go get it and bring it back'. 'No... YOU go get it, it's your plane'.
verminosity 8 months ago
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verminosity 8 months ago
wow now we got these things called gyros. hmm. sucked to be them in the 80's
snhp9 10 months ago
Its not 'tailess' itS ' ELAVATORLESS'!!
paulkazjack 1 year ago
lol, once you put a tail on it,.. ?? well , a tail w/rudder is a tail ? am I missing something here???? would have been cool to see it fly w/ no tail,.. Ohhhh Well, still good experiments.
SPAGHETTIMONSTER1 1 year ago
The aircraft is highly unstable in pitch and has no horizontal tail, that is why it is called "tailless". If an aircraft lacks either a horizontal or vertical tail surface it is commonly referred to as tailless. If there is no tail at all it is usually called a flying wing.
smorrismlbco 1 year ago
@smorrismlbco , your tailless wing has a vertical stab on the tail, the video even says so.4:00 "the airplane is modified to include a vertical tail" ? I'm starting to get confused.
SPAGHETTIMONSTER1 1 year ago
4:38 she fell over! she fell over!
mark675 1 year ago
Wow, I like like the size of the computer in there. Nowa days we can just whack in a few gyros and it will do the same. Technology in the making and from peoples back yards, I love this stuff.
superjezz 1 year ago
LOL at 4:38
mikitymike 1 year ago
It isn't tailless!
Scorpion85629 1 year ago
Wow! Was this research used in part for the B2 Spirit?
I notice the B2 was built just 2 years later.
iplop 2 years ago
This was unfunded independent research. At the time this work was done I knew nothing of the B-2. I did meet the B-2 test pilot when he visited Stanford after this project was finished, but before the B-2 had flown.
smorrismlbco 2 years ago
Go Stanford!
LinuxRex2 3 years ago
It is pretty sweet considering the vintage
mjok2004 3 years ago
Fantastic!
alvaromelo 3 years ago
Similar theory to f117 system, which was already in the air by 1987. Cool.
toadelevator 3 years ago
Very interesting, and impressive -- given that it was done in the 1980s.
xjet 4 years ago