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New test plane flies without control surfaces
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Re: New test plane flies without control surfaces
Interesting. 
Thanks for the link Nigel. 
Brian
Thanks for the link Nigel. Brian
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Re: New test plane flies without control surfaces
Hi Folks
'twer locul
and heard, but not seen
Cranford Uni/BAE Systems - Showcase UAV Demonstrates Flapless Flight
As usual,
local rag took a couple of weeks to catch on.
NW Evening Mail - Flapless first takes flight in the skies over Walney
ATB
Paul
'twer locul
and heard, but not seen
Cranford Uni/BAE Systems - Showcase UAV Demonstrates Flapless Flight
As usual,
local rag took a couple of weeks to catch on.
NW Evening Mail - Flapless first takes flight in the skies over Walney
ATB
Paul
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Re: New test plane flies without control surfaces
"Will those on the left please blow through the drop down tube on my command" 
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Re: New test plane flies without control surfaces
Presumably they would have some sort of emergency backup, that maybe even uses some sort of hypergolic fuel to power the jets until you can land/pick a spot to crash.
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Re: New test plane flies without control surfaces
Maybe an APU
I dous seem risky putting all the eggs in one basket but redundancy will be built in and it's no more risky than fly by wire which also has a potential to lose everything at once.
Seem though this would be more for unmanned craft initially.
I dous seem risky putting all the eggs in one basket
but redundancy will be built in and it's no more risky than fly by wire which also has a potential to lose everything at once.Seem though this would be more for unmanned craft initially.
Garry
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Re: New test plane flies without control surfaces
Garry Russell wrote:"Will those on the left please blow through the drop down tube on my command"
Ryanair? 'n how much per blow?
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