Mysterious X-Plane from NASA

TsrJoe said:
The main undercarriage (post 14) points to it being a bad take on an SR.71
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It would make sense to use existing, proven systems on such a machine and when it comes to high-speed aircraft, you need to be able to stop. So re-use of the SR-71's undercarriage, or components of it would be understandable.

Bob225 - I agree with your sentiment on these multi-post threads (TL;DR) but I think I mentioned on another thread that we had our stab at all this speculation in the 1990s (I assume you were around then), so why not let the new 6th generation black aircraft chasers have their AI/not AI fun?

I use the 'Ignore' function.

Chris
 
CJGibson said:
It would make sense to use existing, proven systems on such a machine and when it comes to high-speed aircraft, you need to be able to stop. So re-use of the SR-71's undercarriage, or components of it would be understandable.

Bob225 - I agree with your sentiment on these multi-post threads (TL;DR) but I think I mentioned on another thread that we had our stab at all this speculation in the 1990s (I assume you were around then), so why not let the new 6th generation black aircraft chasers have their AI/not AI fun?

I use the 'Ignore' function.

Chris
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Hi Chris,

Good point, yep i was around in the 80's & 90's getting excited by the EAP, B2, F117 etc.

Lived not far from Mildenhall & Lakenheath at time, so saw the SR-71 fairly often, and saw the F-117's arrive at Lakenheath for the first time.

Ignore is fast becoming my good friend, perhaps it's just my age? certainly turning into a grumpy (er) middle aged man.
 

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