X31A Experimental Aircraft

USA-Germany experimental aircraft to test high angle of attack and thrust vectoring. Very short turn radius.

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• jet

[LuxorVan]

Apparently you didn't notice or read the fact I gave the British credit for helping with the creation of the American and Soviet plus even German jet engines? Obviously I was pointing out the fact that the true genius behind German technology was British blue prints they had copied! I'm not going to argue about the war or American genius's! Aircraft? Hmm F-35?? Who is assembling what and where? And what about the Wright brothers? And where do people go to get a "NEW" life? UH...America aka USA

[Spadadiforza]

The best part of this is the insults begin to fly when you know your arguements are meaningless.

[midgetman2142]

@BackBlocks09 the eurofighter uses the same aerodynamic configuration, which was prototyped in the BAe EAP. The X-31 pushed this capabilities further into the post-stall region. If you can read german, type " Aerodynamik des Eurofighter Typhoon " to google and hit the  "i feel lucky" button

[midgetman2142]

@BackBlocks09 it was ended successfully. But there's still no financing plan to incoorporate the gained knowledge into the eurofighter. The exchange ratio of the typhoon vs estimated and foreseen enemies seems high enough (so is the public debt xD) so they suspend the TVC upgrade for Tranche 3A, but will retrofit it sometime

[joebayron]

UFO at 1:21

[DrMotorDude]

MegaBrits, Percy Pilcher did "build" a design used for a very long time but he got the design from Glen Curtis.

[LuxorVan]

And I should have also cleared up what I meant when I said missile way above. I meant inter-continental ballistic not cruise missile! A cruise missile is designed to deliver it's internal payload (warhead) from a low altitude and is basically a mini turbofan powered plane some even have rocket assemblies for launching from sea! The ballistic follows a trajectory and releases it's vehicles which can realign themselves and follow that trajectory to their individual targets! It uses rocket motors!

[LuxorVan]

No actually the v1 is a pilot-less plane (robot bomb) and the v2 is a long range rocket that followed a natural ballistic trajectory (It couldn't be aimed or steered like a missile!) and only had a 50% success rate. The v1 had been given a radio control and been carried under bombers and steered to it's targets! The v2 however is the father to the ballistic missile! Both Russia and USA had began to develop and manufacture them during the cold war. We were lucky and even had Von Braun to help us!

[Spadadiforza]

*yawn*

[MegaBrits]

Like I said - a fool...

[MegaBrits]

Your such a fool and don't even know it - So funny.