Forward swept wings
I had read about airplanes like this, but on my trip to the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum I got to see one for the very first time.
It's amazing, like something out of a science fiction novel. Jets like this require computer control for stability, because they are inherantly unstable. They can however change directions faster than traditional wing designs.
It looks like a weapon should, it might as well be a flying sword.
posted by JonnyRo @ 5:44 AM
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xb70. had one on the cover of air and space magazine, back around 87 or 88.
i made my mom take me to the air and space museum every weekend for the first...9...or so, years of my life... :)
that looks like... almost like... a pyro... maybe i'm seeing things...
Is it the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_X-29 ? I did a wikipedia search for XB70 and it came up with a supersonic bomber.
The plane is badass. It has triple redundant digital computers backed up by triple redundant analog computers to provide around 40 corrections per second to control surfaces on the plane.
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