NASA Skyray X-48B RC 8.5% Scale Model

[manoftheworld11]

epic



[angelite143]

this could be great or the best

[jewlzorjay]

I can actually imagine similar designs in space.

[flekt]

Its proven single winged aircraft are way more aerodynamic then there counter parts.

[NelielTuOderswank]

@flekt Not quite. Tandem wing aircraft like the Proteus are among the most efficient aircraft ever made. Where poly winged aircraft get into trouble is where the wings are laid parallel to each other, like on a biplane. And this doesn't really classify as a single winged aircraft. Its a blended wing body, It has no wings or distinct fuselage. The entire structure contributes to lift.

[1Bengalor]

THE NEW ERA IN AVIATION STARTED in ISRAEL with FIRST-EVER flight of Stealth, Tailless 3D Vectoring [STV]. (5/18/1987 Av. Week). Facebook video ["Benjamin Gal-Or"] explains Super-Kill-Ratio, Extra TO/L-safety (Civil & military) gained by BWB STV. This ended stall/spin dangerous aero-control dominance. F-35 & F-22 exploit only part of STV potential [e.g., tailless= better stealth, reduced drag/structure/weight/fuel). Cf. X31, X44 MANTA, X47b, RQ170, SU-MKI30, T50, B2, NGB, FB22, X-48B, X-727.

[mercosur99]

y pensar que toda la plata para fabricar esto la sacan explotando gente en africa

[MrHelidude]

I wish I had a job to fly a UAV like this one.  Nice machine.........

[joebelten]

The Miles M.30 "X Minor" of the early 1940s was an experimental aircraft for research blended wing fuselage designs for an envisaged large airliner

Many universities around the globe are instrumental in research to aid the development of flight. NOT just Cranfield....

[gasturbinefreak]

I like the fact that nobody knows Cranfield university is involved in this project. NASA gets all the credit for the design..... FANTASTIC!!!

[dookiekong007]

@gasturbinefreak there is nothing original about this design buddy

[NelielTuOderswank]

@gasturbinefreak Blended wing bodies were used as early as the 1930's on the G-38. Ideas belong to no one, as all ideas were stolen from somewhere.

[sakoshooter48]

@dimmer007 Not entirely true, Jack Northrop was way ahead of everyone when it came to flying wing design!

[soulcalibur22]

@dimmer007 yes it is. think so.

[gilian630]

wow!!!

[Mironislav]

The Revolution is to try it again.

[aerobatic500]

Wow,, when they actually make a full scale,, it is gonna look beast..

Nice videos.

[kataphuket]

beauty

[upinsmoke656]

im agreeing with jasong19711

[dilan4me]

gay as shyt

[MSJDesign]

this audio has nothing to do with the video, just fyi

[jasong19711]

funny how many people who have no dreams or never achieve anything wanna sit in front of a computer, take zero risks in life yet insult the efforts of people who do.

[upinsmoke656]

i totally agree!!!!!!!

[amtraksouthwestchief]

@jasong19711 sir, you are completely right. if only people could respect. if onne didnt take chances, we wouldn't have what we have today

[1henkok1]

С такой политикой какую ведут у нас в стране политики у других все удасться

[dfotyrj]

О Российский самолет "ЭКИП" переродился, ну что ж что не удалось СССР может удастся США

[clarkkw3]

i think this was shot in Montana or Maine

[RoboTekno]

so sexy :D flying wings all the way!

[stymye]

8.5 % scale model ?

bullshit, than the full size version would be gigantic!!!! the largest aircraft ever built !!

[zgolden707]

its suppose to be the largest plane ever built. i read an article about this plane in "Popular Science". it's suppose to fit up to twice if not three times as many passengers as a 747 jumbo jet

[Helge129]

Not bullshit, serousness. They planned this to be the bigest friggn jet ever.

[MMX3SE]

if you compare it to the truck next to it, the wing span is about the same length as the truck(without the trailer) isnt that about how long boeing 747 is?

[RoboTekno]

yes! yes! YES! *cynical laughter*

[MSJDesign]

it will be. its the air to space civil craft.

[troubleonfire]

i , for myself , think this design is the future of commercial airliners. fuel efficent as hell.

[pereduranofcourse]

@troubleonfire hell is not fuel efficient ;) trust me... i asked justing bieber

[mureyaka]

I think they shot this video in area 51

[sakoshooter48]

@mureyaka Actually the model was built at Stanford University in California as a concept demonstrator. This flight took place at the Edwards Flight Test Center in California. The blended wing design will probably never see service as a passenger liner as you have the problem of getting people off of the aircraft. It might someday see service as a super cargo loader though!

[gasturbinefreak]

@sakoshooter48 there wouldn't be a problem of people getting off. it is the passengers seated furthest from the centre line that would experience high g's during manoeuvres......

[sakoshooter48]

@gasturbinefreak YOU ARE KILLIN' ME!

[mureyaka]

@sakoshooter48 Thx for reply

[RustiSwordz]

With a spyplane like that i can spy on the horny 20 something babe that lives a mile away. Just have this plane do a race track above her house with cameras...

[RustiSwordz]

Or just bomb the noisy neighbours car...

[liuwenjie6678]

hahahahaaaa!

[ale91613]

it is a model plane i just saw it in my yahoo front page, it says something bout the furute and shit, but watever it is a model plane and it is run by control remot i just read it like 2 mintues ago.

[airsoftman12345]

no...there is apilot in there and its a really aircraft,very big...i saw it upclose before...about 20ft. away

[juan1189]

you might be referring to the x47 model

[Nathiestx]

lol its just a gay as model airplane

[stencilwashington]

i want one!

[gopussycat]

is this the next B797-200?

[Marc4Reg]

I dont know why with the actual technology in these days the quality of the communications on planes are so fucking bad. I hear my friends in teamspeak 2 thouthans times better than the communications in this video. It's something i cant understand.

[LondonAudio]

Your connection on TeamSpeak uses your computer, a piece of technology which is capable of sending and receiving audio in a higher format than radio waves..

Radio waves basically use pulsating frequencies.. usually for long-distance radio waves, they have to send/receieve less data which can reduce the quality.. and because they're long distance, they may pickup interference.

I'm guessing on wide-open areas like in this video, they'd use long distance radio communication. :P

[Marc4Reg]

Is not possible to use digital communications using radio waves for long distances?

[LondonAudio]

Not entirely..

"The Line of Sight" plays an important role in radio communication.. if you search for it, it'll explain more than I can here.

It is possible to 'fix' this by using satellites or something.

[ultrabango]

antigravitics. there must be more advanced stuff than this around..doesnt the b2 use some sort of electron emission to reduce its mass or something..doesnt having the landing gear down all the time create rubbish aerodynamics?? whats it meant to be anyway in real scale- a drone or something? talking rubbish-where's the door?

[AmoElLiam]

Just to let you know the mass of something cannot change. It can have more mass added when someing is aded to the object though.

Just to let you know.

[funnyhour]

if this was was the first test flight, they are required to keep the gear down. that is uniform throughout all aircraft testing.

[neoartifact]

They should design a high velocity lifting body rather than use a plane to lift the fuselage into the air. The lifting body would be vtol as well. You could store more lifting body's in a hangar than conventional aircraft and they would fly at incredible speeds and hence arrive at destinations extremely quickly.

[masonrodgers]

What, are they having trouble getting humans to bomb innocent women and children?? RON PAUL FOR PEACE

[o2wow]

It for automated transportation get back to things you might know like manual labor.

[xbird22]

What the heck are you talking about? This NASA, you know, the people that fly the space shuttle and participate in peaceful international programs?

This is just a car-sized model, made for research towards producing immense efficiency improvements in air transport. Don't care about the environment?

This is not even a UAV, that plane is controlled by a human; RC = remote-control. If that wasn't too difficult for you to grasp, the real plane is supposed to be 12X larger and, gasp, carry humans!

[xbirb]

how big is the full scale prodotype going to be

[thalesdotnet]

bore

[MrLeroni]

hmmm