Aircraft-Carrier-Based Robot Aircraft: Northrup X-47B

erco

Pretty cool stuff. Test flights this year, supposedly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbbMMAThTiY

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_X-47B

http://robotcentral.com/2009/01/01/robot-fighter-thoroughbred-set-to-fly-this-fall/

Word on the street is that the prototype's flight control system is·six TF2-5V relays and a BS2E.

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·"If you build it, they will come."

Robert T

Then they should make a nice profit! [noparse]:)[/noparse]

Mikerocontroller

I like the part where the LSO (Landing Signal Officer) is calling the approach.· What can he say to a UAV?

Franklin

Since it's only CGI nothing. But in real life he could yell at the "pilot"

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- Stephen

Mikerocontroller

I just hope it knows what "WAVEOFF!" means........

allanlane5

Eeesh, I wouldn't want to be on that flight-deck when they first land. I used to be on a carrier -- landings are the hardest part.