Happy you’re feeling better Alex. Another excellent video…and we all can’t seem to get enough NGAD intel.

@jerryshield1582

2 жыл бұрын

How about the next time you talk about something talk about this, a stealth aircraft carrier a stealth Destroyer and a, stealth Cruiser.

@andreassjosten8532

Жыл бұрын

@@jerryshield1582 perhaps something I've missed but it feels a bit redundant to have stealthy assets of that size and slow speed. Seems like trying to hide an elephant with a blanket: you're still gonna notice all the poop piles and that strange fabric formation.

in addition to fly along drones for carrying addition weapons, how about forward visual drone(s) for even further out way beyond visual range and use them as decoys or defensive/offensive weapon?

@flyingplatypus7272

2 жыл бұрын

Or even as a sort of AWACS, linking to the aircraft and giving the pilot an even better picture of the battlefield

@keirfarnum6811

2 жыл бұрын

Poobah’s Party! That was incredibly effective.

@keirfarnum6811

2 жыл бұрын

@@flyingplatypus7272 That’s a good idea! Good flying platypus! Good platypus! 😁

@jonathanpfeffer3716

2 жыл бұрын

The decoy form of that exists already. Depending on what you mean by offensive/defensive weapons that would just be a fighter or a missile. Loitering munitions don’t really make sense for air to air combat.

@protorhinocerator142

2 жыл бұрын

Or what you do is send out some drones ahead of the aircraft. As soon as it gets there is links up with the drones and they become part of the family temporarily.

The most comprehensive and well researched NGAD video on the net.. B21 next ? I hope you can also cover all the classes of Drones that US/ Allies / Adversaries plan to fly.. (followed by a series on Submarines)

@cheveuxjaunes2782

2 жыл бұрын

he make a video about the FCAS ?

@teddy.d174

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent suggestions, Manish.

@Yuki_Ika7

2 жыл бұрын

and perhaps one on the Future Vertical Lift program

Good to hear you are feeling better. Your audio is sounding really good! Looking forward to Part 2!

Man. Enjoying and loving this channel brother. Keep up the awesome work. Great edits and intro music.

Has any nation other than the US developed a fighter with a RCS of 0.05? Doubtful. Every step in the manufacturing process is difficult, given the insanely small tolerances required.

@bluemarlin8138

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. That’s a major reason why the Russian and Chinese so-called 5th gen fighters aren’t nearly as stealthy as the US aircraft (although the J-20 is a lot closer than the Su-57). Even if they can make aircraft with the right shape, and even approximate the RAM coating, they don’t possess the machining technology to produce aircraft with the tight tolerances to reduce radar signatures nearly as much as the West does (and we won’t sell it to them). Any seam or uneven surface will greatly magnify radar returns.

@jingyangzhang1234

2 жыл бұрын

@@bluemarlin8138 The application scenario of J-20 is different from F-22 and F-35. The J-20 focuses more on performance during supersonic cruise, and the US military places more emphasis on stealth. Chinese commercial satellites recently spotted the U.S. F-22, and Chinese and Russian meter-wave radars can also capture U.S. fifth-generation aircraft.

@jingyangzhang1234

2 жыл бұрын

​@@bluemarlin8138 There is also no clear RCS value of J-20. The aspect of its stealth performance that has been questioned is primarily the duck layout, not the stealth coating. The NGAD is currently only available as a prototype, and it will take a long time for the US to actually build it. An article (Radar cross-section effect of canard by GUO Zhanzhi, CHEN Yingwen, MA Lianfeng) compares the RCS of the F-35 and J-20 by a more accurate method, which can be used for your reference.

@rizzzzzza4643

Жыл бұрын

@@jingyangzhang1234 Capturing something on radar is child’s play. Stealth doesn’t mean it’s invisible to radar.

@Jermo7899

10 ай бұрын

Nobody has come even close

I think the combination of active flow control and TVC would indeed produce not only the stealthiest fighter jet ever, but the most agile. I don't know if you recall a F-15 that NASA used as a technology demonstrator. That Eagle started out as the F-15 S/MTD, and wound up as the F-15 A.C.T.I.V.E. In this variant, the Eagle had 3D TVC, Canards, and a flow control system. I saw a video of this thing flying that I suspect someone leaked, because it disappeared after about a week and I cannot find it anywhere. Just take my word for this- that Eagle was the most insanely agile jet I ever saw. Way more so than the Raptor OR the TVC Flankers. At one point they had it flying along a straight course at about 320 knots, when it just started tumbling about all 3 axes of flight! This was deliberate and the jet was under full control at all times. The pilot could make it tumble right, or left, the jet could _climb_ in a complete, tumbling departure! It was insane what this thing could do. Radar guided missiles just might have a hard time maintaining lock on a jet that could tumble like that and still exhibit directional control. If the jet in question happened to be a 6gen design with full stealth ability, that might be an aircraft that no enemy would _ever_ want to encounter.

@user-vt2cr8qd1b

2 жыл бұрын

I honestly wouldn't be surprised. Active flow control can apply thrust in directions and ways impossible with even 360 degree thrust vectoring. With active flow control you can almost turn gravity and physics into suggestions

@henryfleischer404

Жыл бұрын

I believe it. In kerbal space program, I have made designs with similar maneuverability, even without advanced computer control, using the above systems. The main problem was high g-force loads, but I imagine that those could be reduced via some clever wing design and piloting, and the use of real engineering and math.

@jamesmaddison4546

Жыл бұрын

I saw that video, impressive as hell. The tumbling you're talking about is a maneuver called a snap roll. Any aircraft with aerobatic ability can do them, you get into it by putting flight surfaces into cross control and it'll keep doing the roll as long as you hold that input

@LloydGM

Жыл бұрын

Maneuverability costs speed, so let's hope both can be increased in correct proportions. This is probably the biggest reason thrust vector isn't as important as it was once thought because tight maneuvers can only be done at low speed which makes a jet vulnerable to even old missiles and even guns. Fly fast enough, you don't even need to worry about bullets, just hypersonic missiles whose maneuverability is also faster & cheaper to improve than with larger, heavier jets.

@Peakfreud

Жыл бұрын

​@@jamesmaddison4546 Hey James where can I find that video, please thanks 👍

Wishing you continued recovery with the eye. I just recently discovered your channel. Both the content and the presentation are fantastic! Great work!

great video as always! glad your feeling better, and the audio quality is way way better. muy bueno

Good to see you back in action, Alex. You sounded great to me, I’ll be looking forward to that part 2.

Audio sounds great. Keep up the great work. Glad you are doing better!

Good to hear you're doing ok, and I hope things keep heading in the right direction. Awesome report as always!

Very interesting and well put together video (as always). Thanks for uploading and giving us a glimpse of tech that's just around the corner. Hope you get better real soon 👍

I hope you continue to feel better, Alex!!! the sound quality was good. thank you as always for the outstanding reporting!

Phenomenal content. Your knowledge of the subject matter is impressive. Can hear you better but the room reflections are still there. Doesn't change anything for me. I can't wait till next episode!!!

Glad you’re doing better. Sight is precious. Your audio sounded great. Very clear. Excellent report, BTW. 🙏

Your content is golden! Thank you for giving us so many great quality videos! The more information you give us about NGAD the more we’re exited about it!

Thanks Alex absolutely love the content and this is becoming one of my favorite channels ! Great work !

Alex, I am so glad you are feeling better. The audio is great. I am looking forward to next week. Keep up the good work.

An outstanding video once again, Alex! Sound quality was fine. I hope you have a full recovery from the eye problem.

Great Vid, Alex. Lots of good material for my ever-growing curiousity of fighter jets. Sound was really good. You are a fine presenter. Keep up these terrific videos!

Dude it sounds amazing! I was enthralled. Absolute different vibe, and my god it's so much clearer like you're giving me a presentation in my living room. 100/10

I just love your videos! very articulate and informative. Please keep up the great work!

Excellent content as always. Dale Brown writes about missiles and hypersonic planes with adaptive 'lifting body' surfaces in his novels. Is this the concept you're referring to regarding flow control?

@core-experience

2 жыл бұрын

ello, engineer here. Active flow control, actively modifies fluid flow over a body. For a common example would be an inlet bleed, an inlet bleed are like tiny perforations on the inlet leading edge, and they are actively maintaining a succc to succ the boundary layer air (bad slow air that sticks to the body). Passive controls don't use powers (or very very less). Like a tail, flap, brakes they change shapes to modify the flow. why use active? cuz tails and flaps and ailerons can fail. think about a plane, and it pitches up(that is what high alpha means by the way if u dk the terminologies). the tail, now is 'hidden' by the plane body, when viewed from front, can imagine xD? the tail dont get to use the fast and fresh moving air, instead it got the air flow that is stuck to the body of plane, slow and turbulent air flows. It reduces the effectiveness of such control surfaces. how do we fix that with active systems? well it is never gonna be like what the creator of the video said, literally using little jets to steer the aircraft, because it is very inefficient. But u can do a few things: remember about the little holes that succ bad airflow? we can use them not only on inlets but wings as well! we can modify the flow over the wings so they dont turn bad as quickly, if they dont turn bad at higher angles, tails and flaps and ailerons can be smaller, because they are more effective. adaptive lifting body? oh boy, that is the holy grail of aerodynamic efficiency. all the above problems arise from the fact that we are trying to steer and fly a brick. Look, f 35 is a brick, fr. We gotta fly it, so we stick wings to it, now it looks a little more plane like. But like I said at certain angles, it doesnt look plane enough from the front anymore(high alphas). That is bad. If only we can change the shape of the brick.... wait wdym look at nature? well, look at the nature! An eagle wants to turn, it banks, it slants and pitch one side of wing , its body curves to the direction. There you go! adaptive lifting body. Instead of using control surfaces, we change the lifting bodies: the wings itself(not only wings, the fuselage can be changed as well) to better ACOMMODATE the air flow. Note the ACOMMODATE, this is inherently a passive process, we are not re routing air flow from engine and pump it into the air flow over the plane, we are changing the shape of wings, ACCORDING to air flow, like an eagle. That is ofc, extremely hard to do, the reason why we have not done this already hahahaha. As you can see they are very different concepts, but achieving the same goal thru different methods. Hope my explanation helps!

@jerrybarrax5618

2 жыл бұрын

@@core-experience Yes, that helps tremendously. Thanks for that vivid and detailed explanation.

@cod6guy12

2 жыл бұрын

@@core-experience dont super-cavitating torpedo's already use active flow control in a way? althought obviously in water, not air

@core-experience

2 жыл бұрын

@@cod6guy12 most designs seems to be relying on a passive system(a flat nose and speed) to create the bubble. I have read somewhere that on some torpedo gas are routed to the nose to enlarge the bubble. So yea they fits in the description of a active flow control, a weird connection indeed! hahaahaha

@jameskirk3

Жыл бұрын

@@cod6guy12 yes, but it is not nearly as difficult in water, since it is so dense.

Awesome. Can’t wait for the follow up!

Great audio with a great channel 👍 Thank you 🙂

I read the article after you put it out. Glad to see a follow up video. I hope you’re eye continues to heal, get well soon.

Congrats, Alex, on 100,000 subscribers. Keep the work up!

Alex also so glad to hear you were able to get your eye taken care of quickly. Prayers that you fully recover.

Ayyy bro, I love the f-22 raptor and you made a great video about it and you got my attention. Great work.

Alex, you are the best a d most interesting air power commentator I have listened to. Keep up the great work. You have me hooked.

Audio's BEEN good. And 9 min is nothing to apologize for. Looking forward to pt 2.

Great episode! If you still feel like you're having trouble with sound, look for a good DAC (digital audio workstation) and watch some tutorials on how to process spoken word. In terms of microphones: I use a Rode NTG 1 shotgun mic, running it through a presonus preamp; this setup produces a really nice and audible sound, it is on the more expensive side though.

Another awesome video Alex. Keep up the great work brother.

Most excellent. Stay frosty, Alex 🤜🤛

I've been a union painter Sence 1997 and I've applied many different products and I would love to be involved in this new paint because I've spayed ceramic and metal based paints more then most people ever could believe! 👍

Pretty freaking awesome presentation, Alex!

Welcome back and hope you are feeling better.

thanks for sharing your knowledge

Thanks for a great video - oh, and the sound was fine.

What a well put together video👍

Great vid and info. The sound is good.

Oh my… I’m so great full your vision is recovering and you can continue making these informative videos.

I think its still very important to have an airframe that can maneuver as well or maybe even better than the best fighters today simply because we don't know what threats we will be facing in the future. You want to be ready for anything, not just what we expect. Its not hard to imagine a future conflict where high end stealth aircraft from both sides force engagements to become WVR again.

@montithered4741

2 жыл бұрын

This is where autonomous fighters will excel.

@michaeld1170

2 жыл бұрын

@@montithered4741 loyal wing men, I get it but what if the 6th gen fighter itself isn't maneuverable, and a new adversary stealth fighter with excellent WVR characteristics managed to get close. Yes it will die but it can also take the 6th gen down with it, it may also force the loyal wingmen to go down as well.

@montithered4741

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaeld1170 That would be a net win because losing an AI UCAV is much less costly than losing a comparable manned aircraft.

@michaeld1170

2 жыл бұрын

@@montithered4741 no, what I mean is, what if the adversary manages to get close to the manned 6th gen. Because the way I understood your statement is, its okay to have a slow and slugisg 6th gen as long as it is escorted by highly maneuverable UCAVs. My take is, what if the adversary gets close to the slow and slugish 6th gen. All I'm saying is, the F-15, Su-27 and F-22 managed to have extreme maneuverability without sacrificing too much in other aspects. I hope 6th gen does the same.

@montithered4741

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaeld1170 If they did get close to a 6th gen fighter, an AI UCAV would still have the advantage due to reduced size, reduced weight, increased reaction times, reduced g-limits, asymmetrical and negative-g maneuvering, greater sensor awareness, and increased accuracy with guns.

Hell of a video bro. 💯

Sounds great! Informative too!

Glad u r fine brother! Get better soon!

Audio sounds super! 👌🏻

nice to hear ur doing better now .

im so happy to find an air force channel that does not spread lies keep it up

The sound sounds perfect it's absolutely perfect and I'm still really interested in the f36 king snake idea Thank you

Sound quality and level is great. I watch on cell phone and it matters a lot. No problems here..thanks

Active flow control sounds like a great concept. But I wonder how much maintenance would be required to keep the nozzles clear so it worked at peak efficiency. Could be great, could be a nightmare. Either way, it'll be interesting to see what future tests come up with.

@okstate42

Жыл бұрын

Better question may be what the holes do to the rcs..

Alex, excellent video and very informative, thank you. Also, I'm glad to hear your eye will heal, that's good news. Take care and be well.

We're so glad that you're feeling better.

Excellent video Alex!

Hi Alex; yes the sound, as well as the topic, are very good. Get well and keep up the great work!

The sound is good. No problemo. Looking forward to the drone mission fly alongs.

I like the idea of pop up vertical stabs that can be extended when WVR combat ensues. Best of both worlds.

The technology I just learned is amazing! Looking forward to next episode.

The Audio sounds good on my 60” tv with built in speakers. As usual great job on your presentations. 👍🏼

Your voice was perefectly clear and the article is very interesting.

Welcome back! glad you're doing better. I would like to point out that dogfights are very likely to happen in modern combat. Take the example of the post-balakot skirmish. It was a combination of bvr and wvr combat (and munitions). The fog of war coupled with ecm and jamming can force a dogfight despite bvr capability.

@exotus8008

2 жыл бұрын

Dogfights are extremely rare In modern combat tho? Enemy aircraft are usually destroyed when they are far away

Alex, you sound much better. Before, you sounded like you were on a speakerphone. And glad you're healing; you know to take care of yourself. Love your content because you show a side of weapons systems that goes beyond the obvious statistical performance of a system; logistics, limitations, optempo, operability, etc. Thank you for bringing your perspective. And talking about concepts I've heard nowhere else.

I'm very curious about how the 6th Generation British fighter Tempest will end up. Especially interesting that I learned from this video is the BAE Active Flow Control. And The Tempest is also a BAE project. Time will tell!

@djl5634

2 жыл бұрын

The bae is 2 decades away. And might not even be developed

@John-nc4bl

2 жыл бұрын

It will be another Britarded flunky like their previous efforts and the taxpayers will be shafted again.

@fluoroantimonictippedcruis1537

2 жыл бұрын

BAE North America =/= BAE systems in UK They don't tend to share technology due to a special arrangement put in place by the US government.

@christopherjames5895

2 жыл бұрын

@@djl5634 If its BAE the jet should be ready in about 150 years ....SMH

@Buttmunch284

2 жыл бұрын

2035 in service date. Also doing work with the Japanese fighter project to compliment each other. Tempest in service date works well as the typhoon replacement so can’t be delayed for a lot of years. America F35 block 4 is the current delay champion

Hope your vision recovers! Feel better, great video!

Cant wait for the continuations

Another spectacular video!

Audio sounds great 👍🏽

We love it don't stop ❤️ coverage enjoy your segments

Audio sounds great!

Sound set-up was good... and yes, we want a follow-up if you have more to share on this topic, Alex!

*YOUR AUDIO IS PERFECT.* 👍

You are above Everything else because you are continuously and On Top of your game where everything else can only hit on extremely short sighted views either by Limited knowledge, for the site-comentary or producer but you are actually all in one! Thank you!

sound good. Hoping for a speedy successful recovery for you, been through that eye thing it's tough to stay still lol. Looking forward to the next 1 cheers

Nice work, Alex. Narration concise and logical, which helps retain an audience normally not into technology. And having a segmented series of videos is no problem, either-- just use numbers in the title, so we can follow the intended sequence. It probably would help the presentation to have a chaptered series of links, not only to the sub-story segments, but to preceding and following videos in a series. You would be surprised how badly KZread mashes up a video series-- ostensibly to present a wider range of titles to the viewer. You mentioned your article to Popular Science-- how long have you been a print magazine free-lancer? When did you begin your KZread channel?

as an A&P I found this very instructive thank you!

Thank you for your videos and hope you get better asap!

sounds good Alex.

sound quality is very good!

I'm a farmer proudly hailing from Dayton, birthplace of aviation, and watching this video, knowing what Northrop Grumman and the Dayton community is doing for the NGAD reminded me why Dayton is the best city for aviation! Please keep these videos coming on the NGAD. Americans, be proud and thank your Air Force for keeping the world safer.

@barakaobombervsronaldraide3098

2 жыл бұрын

You have a Bhairab art from Nepal as your profile pic?

@Make-Asylums-Great-Again

Жыл бұрын

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@FarmerDrew

Жыл бұрын

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Awesome and informative video!

Great vid, definitely will be back to see the follow up. Audio was fine, didn't even notice till you drew attention to it. Maybe a little echo?

as usual highly detailed and entertaining

Sound is good as far as I can tell.

Very interesting. Well made and well done.

Your mic audio sounds great! Great level, EQ, and body. And you don't suck, either! Congratulations!! Good luck with your eye sitch.

I love these videos and binged these all over the past few days. I was wondering if you researched space based weapons. The one in particular I was thinking was the rods of God. The low orbiting tungsten rods dropped from space as a weapon.

I hope that the reporting of the death of close in combat is not premature once again. If near peer adversaries deploy their own 5th gen stealth aircraft in quantity, there is still the possibility of an adversary fighter (or several) slipping inside the envelope of a 6th gen fighter. If our smart air to air weapons have difficulty locking onto such fighters, then lacking agility or a cannon could be a real scary situation. Same with a laser. You still have to be able to track the adversary. I hope the thrust vectoring and massive thrust surplus or top end speed might be enough to allow them to disengage. Also a large number of loyal wingmen robots could also compensate for any surprise adversary fighters. A really cool video. Your detailed explanations and thorough aggregating of large amounts of info available saves us all a lot of time. You are a great resource. Thanks.

I enjoyed this dialogue, please continue this inquiry.

Damn nice presentation. First class.

Besides the NGAD itself I would like to see you make a video about the next generation of weapons that NGAD should/will be armed with.. From the long range a2a missile currently in development to replace the venerable AMRAAM, known as the AIM-260, to the extremely long range LREW (Long range engagement weapon) to very small AIM-9X replacement that was known as the CUDA missile. Of course we should also hear something about the hard kill defense systems that were also rumored to be in development, from the small hit to kill interceptors to lasers. And last but not least, will NGAD be capable to launch some kind of tactical hypersonic cruise missile?

@bluemarlin8138

2 жыл бұрын

Anything big enough to carry a cruise missile internally probably isn’t going to be a very good fighter. Best to launch those from outside enemy airspace with more conventional aircraft.

Great video!! Thanks!

love it ! sounds great

Alex, you give new meaning to "Blind man with great vision". The thing about military technology is that if anything is mentioned, someone will try it. Therefore, U.S. damned well better be bringing that new ceramic RAM into service.

Welcome back, legend.

I can just see the delays and the raising costs as you speak!! lol no really though I’m glad you’re feeling better I always enjoy your content!!

Hope you heal up quickly! Saying a prayer for you.

Very nice video sir. One thing to consider, several times in history experts have said that a close aerial combat is a thing of the past. I will no longer happen because of long-range missiles. And then we started losing planes and pilots and we started top gun to reteach dogfighting. Especially with a near pier, there will always be a potential need for a good dog fighting fighter

@DAAllan82

Жыл бұрын

Those times were half a century ago. Sensor and tracking technology have matured to the point where missile shots are pretty damn reliable

Oh gods below, once again your choice of footage is ghasting my flabber something fierce!