NASA X-59 Rollout

[ORAC]

Now that’s a lawn dart….

You Tube

[VX275]

The result of letting an F1 aerodynamicist loose on an aircraft

[KiloB]

The view in the flare must be ‘interesting’.

[dead_pan]

Taxying it must be a challenge too

[Ninthace]

Originally Posted by VX275

The result of letting an F1 aerodynamicist loose on an aircraft

Or Gerry Anderson

[Lonewolf_50]

Odds of an aircraft carrier variant of this being produced: slim to none.

[Lima Juliet]

Originally Posted by KiloB

The view in the flare must be ‘interesting’.

It has a forward looking very high definition camera replicating the blind spots

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-co...-vision-system

[SLXOwft]

,,. and there is absolutely no chance of system failure or anything hitting and obscuring the camera. (You may call me an Eyeball Mk1 devoted cynic.)

I do wish the project well though.

Originally Posted by Ninthace

Or Gerry Anderson

Indeed it looks like a cut and shut between the front of this (Joe 90):



and the rear of this (Captain Scarlet):

[Thorley1969]

Awesome stuff but just wondering how effective the camera is after a severe bird strike or does it come with wipers...

[Stitchbitch]

Originally Posted by Thorley1969

Awesome stuff but just wondering how effective the camera is after a severe bird strike or does it come with wipers...

..possibly, but if not, it does come with a very nice ejection seat. 👍

[oldmansquipper]

Originally Posted by Stitchbitch

..possibly, but if not, it does come with a very nice ejection seat. 👍

SB. looking at the seat in the prototype, the headbox looks a bit short on substance and technology. Could it be a “BF Badrich” seat variant then?

just sayin….

😉

[tdracer]

Originally Posted by Thorley1969

Awesome stuff but just wondering how effective the camera is after a severe bird strike or does it come with wipers...

I suspect the remote camera would deal with a severe bird strike at least as well as a Mk. 1 eyeball...

[India Four Two]

X-59 Pinocchio anyone?

[ChrisJ800]

I can see where i can store my snooker cue and golf umbrella on trips.

[fdr]

Originally Posted by SLXOwft

,,. and there is absolutely no chance of system failure or anything hitting and obscuring the camera. (You may call me an Eyeball Mk1 devoted cynic.)

I do wish the project well though.



Indeed it looks like a cut and shut between the front of this (Joe 90):



and the rear of this (Captain Scarlet):

Captain Scarlett's ride, what happens if Ed Heinemann was born Swedish and worked for SAAB.

On using a camera to replicate the blind spots, theat would be the same as a blank piece of black painted aluminium panel, a blind spot by any other name, cheaper to fabricate, low current draw, easy to add to the ELA, no load shedding, good place to add no smokin', no shooting' no cussin' decal..

[Buster Hyman]

[Stitchbitch]

Originally Posted by oldmansquipper;[url=tel:[phone]

11474436[/url]]SB. looking at the seat in the prototype, the headbox looks a bit short on substance and technology. Could it be a “BF Badrich” seat variant then?

just sayin….

😉

Lol, it does look a little light on the parachute side. Possibly a ‘placeholder’ at the moment, the real seat will be a MB variant.

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/...aud_111822.pdf

[cavuman1]

The X-59's grandfather?


- Ed

[biscuit74]

Apart from the Captain Scarlett & Joe 90 comparisons, there is some slight similarity to the Douglas (?) X-5 Stiletto in that beast !

[biscuit74]

Ah snap, 'cavuman' ! And X-3 , not X-5. Tsk.