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09-07-2012, 08:10 PM
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NASA shells out award for 'ninja star' supersonic plane design
NASA has awarded a $100,000 grant for the development of a ‘ninja star-shaped’ plane capable of supersonic travel. The groundbreaking aircraft is capable of turning at 90 degree-angles mid-flight, transforming it into a supersonic jet. The creators of the new plane have designed it to fly like a normal aircraft, but upon reaching supersonic atmosphere levels the craft rotates, and then flies at twice the speed of sound. "We are inventing the ways in which next-generation aircraft and spacecraft...
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09-07-2012, 09:05 PM
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Location: Pueblo - Colorado's Second City
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That is cool!
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09-08-2012, 09:49 AM
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Status:
"Let's Get Biden To Quit Immediately, America. Amen."
(set 6 days ago)
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Location: North of Canada, but not the Arctic
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I guess the folding-wing design wasn't expensive and complicated enough?
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09-10-2012, 05:27 PM
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"The planned plane design is still a work in progress, and is not expected to see a working model for at least a few decades"
I probably won't be here or wont be cognizant enough to care.
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09-10-2012, 06:57 PM
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Location: Texas
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I'm gonna be around forever... Plus I expect new developments with the new plane that won't be thought of by then.  |
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09-11-2012, 07:10 PM
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Another possibly maybe plane....
Lippisch P.13b
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09-11-2012, 07:11 PM
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Whatever happened to the BWB?
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09-11-2012, 08:47 PM
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Location: Texas
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I came across something by somebody who sounded like he knew what he was talking about:
The dimpled golf ball or spoilers on cars, results in lower drag. OK, suppose they put dimples in the skin of a plane? How about that?
BTW, I saw a couple of BMBs in the Wikipedia, and I got the impression from other sites that looked like they were working on new designs.
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09-11-2012, 11:48 PM
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09-11-2012, 11:50 PM
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