Are you associating youself with Northrop Grumman or Air Force? Sorry then.sublight is back said:Hey buddy, I look to you as the example around here. Maybe its time to put that keyboard down for the day and take a walk to clear the air????
Are you associating youself with Northrop Grumman or Air Force? Sorry then.sublight is back said:Hey buddy, I look to you as the example around here. Maybe its time to put that keyboard down for the day and take a walk to clear the air????
Triton said:What are those two bumps on the rear fuselage of the E-10 MC2A model? Are those antenna pods? This model seems to differ from the previous artist's impressions we've seen of the E-10 MC2A.
Mark S. said:If you would research the F-15 you will find that the initial rendering of it included ventral fins and shorter vertical tails yet it sailed thru Congress.
Mark S. said:The rendering is ambiguous with respect to what most people consider key elements of aircraft design like: engine inlets, engine exhausts, Cockpit windshield framing, control surfaces, etc.. It was probably drawn that way purposely so as not to reveal key design points. N-G has said in the past that the B-2 was a compromise of stealth and aerodynamics and that the advent of better technology in design and fabrication would result in a different airframe. Because of this the conjecture of many that it would be different is far from baseless. To me it looks like a typical "Concept Car" rendering early in the design cycle of a new automobile. If you would research the F-15 you will find that the initial rendering of it included ventral fins and shorter vertical tails yet it sailed thru Congress. From personal experience most elected officials have a hard time distinguishing between fighters and bombers let alone the subtle fine points of flying wings.
mrmalaya said:I suppose in a way, even with the addition of the patent information, all this thread tells us is that NG really, really like the cranked-kite.
To my mind (he said being brave) the model and the patent look more like the shadow scudding across the clouds in the advert than the X47B/C or the released B21 image.
flateric said:It matches Hernandez cabinet model planform pretty well.
flateric said:B-21 rendering and official logo has no more differences from what you'll see at rollout than first B-2 artist's impression dated April'88 from B-2
flateric said:Well, I even wrote about it