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
Looks like 1950s retro futurism version of a jet
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.
and even order a pizza to their door on the telephone.
While living on the moon. (50s futurists aimed high.)
If we hadn’t wasted all our time and resources on wars and luxury yachts we probably would be
I agree. But sadly, a lot of progress is driven buy conflict as well.
Unless a nation is under an existential threat there is little motivation to invest in progress.
If you can order a missile strike a country away, you should bee able to put a pizza in it. Progress
You can’t fool me. That’s an H type Nubian yacht from star wars.
What’s a Nubian?
If they are taking about an “X-59” it’s because the classified tests on the “X-109” went well.
What is the X-109?
It’s classified.
I can’t even find the existence of the name, which would be quite unusual.
It’s G-15 classified.
Just mentioning that a G-15 classified project is classified as such, is a serious crime. I will report to the authorities before they… Someone is already at my door!
Hello.
That woosh definitely made a sonic boom
Looks like something you will see in Ace Combat.
This appears to be designed for taking out zeppelins
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?
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
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.
With that huge honker of a nose, it’s not like you’d see much anyway. Entire cities could hide behind that
Looks like there’s a forward facing camera.
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.
With that speed you aren’t able to react to anything visible in the flightpath anyway 💨
It’s not supersonic during landing or taxing, which I guess is when a direct view would be more useful.
I wasn’t serious.
No instruments, just a microphone to talk to ChatGPT.
You know planes fly at night yeah, when you can’t see things
laughs in P-51 mustang
“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?
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.
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.
Yeah something like that. Welding is absolutely something that requires skill and talent.
I have a electromechanical engineering degree myself, at some point during my education we had some labs where we did basic welding, milling, lathing and whatnot. The intention was not to become experts at it, but to get notions of what it entails. I quickly understood that theoretical understanding and hands-on experience are entirely different things, and require an entirely different skillset.
Individuals that sell billion dollar paintings to the Pentagon.
Lol, people with no sense of humor downvoting you.
Define quiet…
The Sonic Boom will sound more like your neighbours car door closing than an explosion
A sonic thump could still be very disturbing. Maybe not break windows, but induce panic I a lot of people.
Oh gosh a noise the volume of a distant car door closing! Panic!
Maybe we just have different ideas of what quiet is…
Yeah, apparently we do…
The problem with Sonic booms isn’t that you notice them, it’s fine to notice the sound of a vehicle traveling overhead. The problem is that the sound from previous supersonic jets has shattered windows all along the flight path, ruptured eardrums and caused moderate hearing loss.That is a problem…
If this instead sounds like a car door closing, I’d call that significantly quieter.
shattered windows
damn…
I was at work in a bank (big, sturdy, multiple stories) when we experienced a sonic boom. It was heard/felt across several counties. We thought a bomb had gone off somewhere.
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Reminds me of a pterosaur somehow.
Maybe their ability to go to the bathroom without making any noise was the inspiration?
Flying hypodermic needle.
Yep. Yes. Ahuh… According to my notes this is what we needed…
How about survey what the birds think?
“Ooh Yeh”
- Bird commenting on X-59 project
But does the snoot droop
It’s like a blind Pinocchio flying at the speed of sound controlled by a touch screen. 2024, ladies and gents.
You don’t need any aeronautical experience to fly it, but you need a 28” waist.
Imagine dying because you got shish kabobbed by that thing.
My great uncle said he hoped for a quiet death.
