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US Navy's UCAS completes first flight
Posted: 28 Feb 2011, 18:02
by MIKE JG
I keep forgetting to post this here in case some of you haven't heard yet:
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/ ... calreports
The real milestone will be when they can get it to land autonomously onboard a carrier.
Might be fun to model this little guy, pretty simple shape and the best part, no loadouts to do!
Re: US Navy's UCAS completes first flight
Posted: 28 Feb 2011, 23:55
by MIKE JG
And the video from the flight..... This thing reminds me of something out of a movie, except it really is real!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDnvxNdez84
Re: US Navy's UCAS completes first flight
Posted: 01 Mar 2011, 00:20
by LEBTowerGuy
wasn't there a movie with that dude from Ray and Jessica Alba in it, where one of those tried to blow up the world?
Re: US Navy's UCAS completes first flight
Posted: 01 Mar 2011, 05:02
by HorusJ
LEBTowerGuy wrote:wasn't there a movie with that dude from Ray and Jessica Alba in it, where one of those tried to blow up the world?
"UCAV E.D.I has the ball"
Re: US Navy's UCAS completes first flight
Posted: 04 Mar 2011, 02:42
by Kurosaki
Landing in the video looked a tad fast (rate of decent)...but I guess its not that heavy of a craft anyways.
Re: US Navy's UCAS completes first flight
Posted: 04 Mar 2011, 03:39
by MIKE JG
Probably programmed to use the same rate of decent that will be needed to land on the carrier.