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SAS~Gerax

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X-47B Drone first Carrier lauch + touch'n'go tests
« on: May 15, 2013, 10:44:49 AM »
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Re: X-47B Drone first Carrier lauch
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2013, 11:44:04 AM »
Why does this remind me of that movie of a familiar looking drone that went rouge and then became good in the end? Ps. It had like a computer ball thingy that controlled it.
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Re: X-47B Drone first Carrier lauch
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2013, 12:12:16 PM »
Stealth (2005)?
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Re: X-47B Drone first Carrier lauch
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2013, 12:32:19 PM »
Yep ! makes me think ybout it (Furtif, in French) !
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Re: X-47B Drone first Carrier lauch
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2013, 04:36:59 PM »
Welcome to the future of naval aviation
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Re: X-47B Drone first Carrier lauch
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2013, 06:40:02 PM »
Yes. What was the drone's name again?

Tin Man I believe  ;)

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Re: X-47B Drone first Carrier lauch
« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2013, 12:59:32 AM »
At the same time germany looses millions of euro for an abandoned drone project:
http://www.dw.de/german-government-culls-costly-euro-hawk-drone-project/a-16812690

Best regards - Mike
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Un Maned Stealth, Touch N Go "On a Carrier"
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2013, 12:14:53 AM »
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Re: X-47B Drone first Carrier lauch
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2013, 04:52:07 AM »
Mothballing F-18, Growler, Rafale, Su-35 and the rest of the bunch now.
crazy.
Killing toys... O.o
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Re: X-47B Drone first Carrier lauch
« Reply #9 on: May 21, 2013, 05:33:52 AM »
What made me laugh was the aircraft handler going through the motions to bring it onto the cat.... as if there was a pilot inside .... the "pilots" were the two guys with a "playstation" strapped to their arms ........ standing behind him .....  :D  :D  :D  :D

Obviously the finer points of "drone" deck handling still needs to be refined  :P

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Re: X-47B Drone first Carrier lauch
« Reply #10 on: May 21, 2013, 06:07:05 AM »
Quote from: SAS~GJE52 on May 21, 2013, 05:33:52 AM
.... the "pilots" were the two guys with a "playstation" strapped to their arms ........ standing behind him .....  :D  :D  :D  :D
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That made my day! A real life video game.  ;)    I watched a documentary criticizing drone pilots and how they could drive to work, kill some people halfway across the world and come back for dinner.     


That X-47 looks straight out of Sci-fi!  :o
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Re: X-47B Drone first Carrier lauch + touch'n'go tests
« Reply #11 on: May 21, 2013, 01:34:34 PM »
You are seeing the beginning of the end for human piloted aircraft. With 4th and 5th generation aircraft being limited in their performance by their human pilots, it's a foregone conclusion that remotely piloted or totally computer piloted drone type fighters will be the future. Kind of sad really.
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