NASA and Lockheed Martin formally debuted the agency’s X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft Friday. Using this one-of-a-kind experimental airplane, NASA aims to
You can’t fool me. That’s an H type Nubian yacht from star wars.
What’s a Nubian?
If they are taking about an “X-59” it’s because the classified tests on the “X-109” went well.
What is the X-109?
It’s classified.
I can’t even find the existence of the name, which would be quite unusual.
It’s G-15 classified.
Just mentioning that a G-15 classified project is classified as such, is a serious crime. I will report to the authorities before they… Someone is already at my door!
Hello.
That woosh definitely made a sonic boom
This appears to be designed for taking out zeppelins
Looks like something you will see in Ace Combat.
“NASA aims to gather data that could revolutionize air travel, paving the way for a new generation of commercial aircraft that can travel faster than the speed of sound.”
I think that is definitely just a cover because they don’t want to admit they’re actually developing supersonic stealth planes for the military.
I think that is definitely just a cover because they don’t want to admit
they’rethey’ve actuallydevelopingdeveloped supersonic stealth planes for the military.Ftfy
What they reveal openly is usually from years ago. A couple aerospace friends are always like "yea, we heard scuttlebut about that about 5 years ago, so that means it was already a thing 10 years ago*, haha.
Guys, check out the cockpit.
I know technology is wildly advanced and he probably has a 360 view now, but other than test pilots, who are you going to get to fly a plane that lacks a forward view?
One of the material issues with supersonic is friction heat buildup. Probably can’t have a front windshield at that speed.
Cameras and instrumentation will do just fine tho
The heat is from compression, not friction. And besides that, this thing is only flying at mach 1.5, there are TONS of aircraft that fly at those speeds (and much faster) with windshields.
The reason it doesn’t have a front windshield is because the change in shape of the aircraft at the windshield, to be more vertical, was disrupting their method of reducing the sonic boom. The aircraft needs the shape it has, so a windshield would have to be like 20 feet long to offer any forward visibility.
With that huge honker of a nose, it’s not like you’d see much anyway. Entire cities could hide behind that
Looks like there’s a forward facing camera.
but other than test pilots, who are you going to get to fly a plane that lacks a forward view?
This plane will only be flown by test pilots. Its a technology demonstrator. Researchers build one of these to test concepts in physics in the real world.
With that speed you aren’t able to react to anything visible in the flightpath anyway 💨
It’s not supersonic during landing or taxing, which I guess is when a direct view would be more useful.
I wasn’t serious.
You know planes fly at night yeah, when you can’t see things
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No instruments, just a microphone to talk to ChatGPT.
Define quiet…
The Sonic Boom will sound more like your neighbours car door closing than an explosion
A sonic thump could still be very disturbing. Maybe not break windows, but induce panic I a lot of people.
Oh gosh a noise the volume of a distant car door closing! Panic!
Jesus fucking Christ, we need a word for cunts in the comments who’ll find any fuckin reason to suggest a really specific reason to be against/offended about something on behalf of someone else 😂
Is there a word for that?
Can we make one?
May I suggest a blott?
And what is so bad about not wanting sonic booms of any sort happening over my head?
I was making a point about the 0.00000001% of people that could be distressed by that but you didn’t understand my comment
Sorry, I missed the part were it was such a small number. I also doubt that number is true.
Maybe we just have different ideas of what quiet is…
Yeah, apparently we do…
The problem with Sonic booms isn’t that you notice them, it’s fine to notice the sound of a vehicle traveling overhead. The problem is that the sound from previous supersonic jets has shattered windows all along the flight path, ruptured eardrums and caused moderate hearing loss.That is a problem…
If this instead sounds like a car door closing, I’d call that significantly quieter.
shattered windows
damn…
I was at work in a bank (big, sturdy, multiple stories) when we experienced a sonic boom. It was heard/felt across several counties. We thought a bomb had gone off somewhere.
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Reminds me of a pterosaur somehow.
Considering that splitting supersonic shockwaves in the air is kind of analogous to splitting the water when plunge-diving for fish (which at least some pterosaurids are hypothesized to have done), that makes sense.
Maybe their ability to go to the bathroom without making any noise was the inspiration?
Yep. Yes. Ahuh… According to my notes this is what we needed…
How about survey what the birds think?
“Ooh Yeh”
- Bird commenting on X-59 project
But does the snoot droop
It’s like a blind Pinocchio flying at the speed of sound controlled by a touch screen. 2024, ladies and gents.
You don’t need any aeronautical experience to fly it, but you need a 28” waist.
Imagine dying because you got shish kabobbed by that thing.
There is zero need to revive SSTs. We need to focus on slow transport using renewable energy.
NASA isn’t here to build trains, they exist to push the boundaries of aerospace which is what this is
You can use sailboats if you want, no one is stopping you
Using SAF especially e fuels it could actually turn out to be a very environmentally sustainable mode of transport for long flights.
Plus if people flew to a sustainable resorts rather than take a cruse for example it’d be far better.
