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.
NASA, Lockheed Martin Reveal X-59 Quiet Supersonic Aircraft
Submitted 10 months ago by Hypx@kbin.social to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-lockheed-martin-reveal-x-59-quiet-supersonic-aircraft/
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Assman@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Xtallll@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
If they are taking about an “X-59” it’s because the classified tests on the “X-109” went well.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
This appears to be designed for taking out zeppelins
JTskulk@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“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.”
HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Which is definitely just a cover because for some reason they don’t want to admit they’re actually developing supersonic stealth planes for the military. Probably because they’re using people’s tax money to do it and tons of Americans are already sick of how much funding their military gets.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 10 months ago
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.
RagingRobot@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well hiding the giant boom is probably a good stepping stone to that so yeah
grayman@lemmy.world 10 months ago
From the eyewitness accounts of whistle blowers, traditional propulsion and modern propulsion are old tech compared to what they have today. Silent and extremely fast already exists.
hal_5700X@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Looks like something you will see in Ace Combat.
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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?
TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
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
Ducky@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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.
AA5B@lemmy.world 10 months ago
With that huge honker of a nose, it’s not like you’d see much anyway. Entire cities could hide behind that
Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Looks like there’s a forward facing camera.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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.
dasJot@feddit.de 10 months ago
No instruments, just a microphone to talk to ChatGPT.
rckclmbr@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Basically Stealth IRL.
BTW, fucking coolest, most underrated movie ever IMO
Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
With that speed you aren’t able to react to anything visible in the flightpath anyway 💨
AstroTechie@lemdro.id 10 months ago
It’s not supersonic during landing or taxing, which I guess is when a direct view would be more useful.
z00s@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You know planes fly at night yeah, when you can’t see things
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh of course. Landing might not be fun though.
Agent641@lemmy.world 10 months ago
laughs in P-51 mustang
sighofannoyance@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Define quiet…
vind@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The Sonic Boom will sound more like your neighbours car door closing than an explosion
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
A sonic thump could still be very disturbing. Maybe not break windows, but induce panic I a lot of people.
sighofannoyance@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Maybe we just have different ideas of what quiet is…
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Even regular planes have negative effects on the neighborhoods they take off and land over. This is definitely going to be worse.
I’ll only believe the “low noise” PR if it flies supersonic directly over Malibu or the Hamptons and Nantucket.
AstroTechie@lemdro.id 10 months ago
june@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
rickdg@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s like a blind Pinocchio flying at the speed of sound controlled by a touch screen. 2024, ladies and gents.
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 10 months ago
What an ignorant statement…
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It was a joke.
But no, I don’t believe it’s controlled with a touch screen. Though it is “daring” shall we say… to make a plane with no cockpit windows.
doublejay1999@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You don’t need any aeronautical experience to fly it, but you need a 28” waist.
crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“Across both teams, talented, dedicated, and passionate scientists, engineers, and production artisans have collaborated to develop and produce this aircraft,” said John Clark, vice president and general manager at Lockheed Martin Skunk Works.
What the hell is a production artisan?
SpaceCadet@feddit.nl 10 months ago
Someone with the skills and knowledge to “manually” produce some of the many one-off parts that went into this prototype.
The scientists and engineers may know what kind of part is needed, but it takes a different skillset to produce it.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 10 months ago
So like the welders for the Russian rocket engines that were produced 50 years ago? Seems those welds are something we aren’t sure how they did it.
detalferous@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Individuals that sell billion dollar paintings to the Pentagon.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Lol, people with no sense of humor downvoting you.
RememberTheApollo@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Flying hypodermic needle.
BigBrainBrett2517@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yep. Yes. Ahuh… According to my notes this is what we needed…
markr@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There is zero need to revive SSTs. We need to focus on slow transport using renewable energy.
eluvatar@programming.dev 10 months ago
You can use sailboats if you want, no one is stopping you
Meowoem@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
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.
bloopernova@programming.dev 10 months ago
Reminds me of a pterosaur somehow.
grue@lemmy.world 10 months ago
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.
Overzeetop@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Maybe their ability to go to the bathroom without making any noise was the inspiration?
Daxtron2@startrek.website 10 months ago
But does the snoot droop
AncientEther@lemmy.world 10 months ago
How about survey what the birds think?
MataVatnik@lemmy.world 10 months ago
"Ooh Yeh"
- Bird commenting on X-59 project
Ejh3k@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Imagine dying because you got shish kabobbed by that thing.
prime_number_314159@lemmy.world 10 months ago
My great uncle said he hoped for a quiet death.
CptEnder@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Looks like 1950s retro futurism version of a jet
comrade19@lemmy.world 10 months ago
In the future people will even be able to play chess with someone across the world, and even order a pizza to their door on the telephone.
Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 10 months ago
While living on the moon. (50s futurists aimed high.)