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@MRsolidcolor

Жыл бұрын

yep watched this whole video and know just about as much as i did when it started. plane you dont see and the military is involved. watch all video's but this was a meh

@damnedLegion40K

Жыл бұрын

Been subscribed for a while, still a bloody loud intro that peaks speakers, just reduce noise level slightly please.

@ground_news

Жыл бұрын

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@mikejohnson5900

Жыл бұрын

Great work on this vid, as per usual. Thanks for all the fantastic content! Keep up the good work. The sound dynamics were just fine.

@steveshoemaker6347

Жыл бұрын

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Since powerful lasers are becoming more and more important for anti-aircraft systems, it is certainly interesting to find out whether (or for how long) an airplane with mirrored surfaces can withstand such an anti-aircraft laser cannon.

@providentpathfinders219

Жыл бұрын

IR deterrence.

@Olkv3D

Жыл бұрын

Mobile phones shine many lights out those cameras that we can't see. - Though all visible to an OBPC. With the proper materials upon the craft's hull, the camera's lights naturally reflects/refracts back in to it's own lenses.

@craigtegeler4677

Жыл бұрын

@@providentpathfinders219 Deterrence from being targeted in theory should work! But would you want your aircraft that you are flying to have mirrors on it??? I think not! There should be a better way of doing things that bares similarity to radar scattering once the aircraft knows that it has a bead drawn on it.

@providentpathfinders219

Жыл бұрын

@@craigtegeler4677 5th gen fighters are very good at spoofing radar. A mirrored radar absorbing material is for “other” detection methods our adversaries may have developed that can defeat radar stealth abilities. I’m just speculating because someone somewhere in DOD stated speed is the new stealth so🤷🏻‍♂️

@michaelgautreaux3168

Жыл бұрын

Anti ablative (reflective) armor is viable.

Probably testbeds for the aerodynamics of a future drone craft to work in tandem with crewed ones such as the F35.

@btglass60

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing

@farticlesofconflatulation

Жыл бұрын

Imagine a single pilot squadron.

@michaelgautreaux3168

Жыл бұрын

Another explanation as to why the F-35 is so expensive. It's not an airplane, it's a doctrine.

@00kt86

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, a drone wingman. You nailed it. You could have 2 remote pilots back at base and some weapons officers operating the systems, include some AI, and you'd have one hell of a wingman. Edit: A wingman that would take the missile for you if all else fails.

@Chrisfrom_Dallas

Жыл бұрын

Just screams rov test platform

Actually looks like they're testing atmospheric effects and directional reflection of lasers, probably both as a proxy for radar signature, and for detection grids using lasers themselves. A lot of the new anti-stealth detection systems are focused on disruption of grids and reflectivity within the gird if I remember right. Seems like far more of an experiment in that than anything else.

@angelosasso1653

Жыл бұрын

Very educated guess, sounds very likely. Further reducing cost and time for development definitely was also a big point, since 24 months seems like a rather fast development process. Especially the new 3d printing technology for big scale industrial applications might help enourmously.

This "mirror" skin has also been spotted on the F-22 and the technically-retired (but still utilized for adversary purposes) F-117 over the past couple of years. It was pretty heavily covered in the defense/aviation press.

@Embassy_of_Jupiter

Жыл бұрын

laser defense?

@VisibilityFoggy

Жыл бұрын

@@Embassy_of_Jupiter That's generally the theory.

@caseyholland7860

Жыл бұрын

Strikes me as an ongoing counter tracking test...the miracle of stealth is beginning to be negated by incoming integrated air defense systems. The mirrored finish could serve to counter some new IR system

@PaRadiZer

Жыл бұрын

@@Embassy_of_Jupiter Infrared and/or visual stealth materials is another theory. Sort of like RAM coating for IR wavelength.

@Embassy_of_Jupiter

Жыл бұрын

@@PaRadiZer So attempting to blend into the environment by reflecting ambient light, hoping it'll look like the background? I kind of doubt that, because with a rounded shape like that, there will always be some part of the plane that produces this heavy glare in the thumbnail. It would make sense with something boxy like the Nighthawk. But who knows, maybe it's not an as big a problem as I think it is.

I was really wondering what the big deal was about an aircraft who's performance numbers are pedestrian at best..... until 4 minutes in when you finally explain that the aircraft development is for future cost-effective technology.

@shaider1982

Жыл бұрын

Attritable, as M7* will say.

@georgem4713

Жыл бұрын

@@shaider1982 Indeed

@G1NZOU

Жыл бұрын

Yeah some people couldn't see the point of the Royal Navy's new XV Patrick Blackett, cause it seemed slowish and had no armament, but it was intended for easy addition of whatever experimental technology they want to trial.

During the early 90's I was working for Lockheed and we contracted with Scaled Composites to build some aircraft components for a project we were working on. On one of my visits to their facility in Mojave they gave us a tour of some of the projects they were working on. One of those projects was a composite aircraft with a 30mm Gattling gun on one side and the engine inlet on the other side (sound familiar?). Scaled indicated that the 30mm was almost the same size as the one on the A10. If I recall in your video it was a 20mm. The one in the video seems smaller than the one we saw that day. They told us that the plane's radar cross section was so small the only real high reflective area was where the wings joined the fuselage (stealthy). The basic aircraft was all composite material.

Laser defense tests.

There are multiple ways to look at this. - Laser Defense: a mirror reflects approximately 70% of the photonic energy directed at it. That would offer some resilience vs. offensive laser weapons. The effectiveness would deteriorate fairly quickly as the surface becomes damaged, but it would prolong the needed time on target for a laser weapon system. This could extend to defense against unconventional laser frequencies as well, such as microwave lasers. - Laser Sensor Confusion: a mirror system with controlled angles (already present on a stealth aircraft) would tend not to return detectable signals to laser designators and LIDAR systems. - IR stealth: mirrored finish would tend to reflect the IR emissions of the local environment. Though you'd want to have the angles controlled so as to reflect the right sort of signal. You don't want to be in cold high altitude air over a desert, and reflect desert heat IR waves back to anything. Towards that end, the shape of the fuselage is well suited to controlling how IR waves might be directed in helpful ways. Worth noting, the position of the sun would have to be kept track of by the pilot or AI or AI-assisted pilot, so as to avoid reflecting sunlight (both for visual and IR purposes) at any potential hostile adversary. there is also the possibility that the material is a naturally reflective substance, which has a purpose not related to lasers & IR. Also, the program may not be primarily focused on a coating for the aircraft, so much as a test of offensive laser systems against potential countermeasures.

Honestly looked at the thumbnail and though Tacit Blue was flying again. That would have been amazing! Cheers for another great video Austin!

When I was a kid in the early 60s my pop was a fighter pilot actually an interceptor pilot in F101B Voodoo, we often got to go out to the flight line, one particular day I clearly remember this freaking awesome jet glowing in sunlight as it sat on the flightline the skin was so polished that the sun was just reflecting off it, talk about the world greatest Dad! Thanks love all your uploads!

I am so glad you did a video on this - Burt Rutan is a LEGEND a genius beyond genius in Aerospace. Hell yeah!!!

@derrikarenal3308

Жыл бұрын

..except... @5:36 the egregious mis-pronunciation of Burt's surname...

@WoodsPrecisionArms

Жыл бұрын

@@derrikarenal3308 yeah he does. It’s not pronounce RA-TAN it’s pronounced RUE-TAN

It would be great if you did a long format vid across any one of the "Dark" channels. Just a suggestion. I absolutely love the work you do and appreciate the effort you/y'all put into the Dark channels. Thank You!!!

Could it be the same reflective shit that’s been spotted on a F22 out west?

I was lucky to see these both at PAX when they came through years ago. I still see Ares from time to time; the last time still wearing that grey paint scheme. Unmistakable sound compared to the other aircraft as it goes by.

This aircraft looks like a drone/ manned aircraft hybrid and add in the research in cost efficient. Taken from there and the possibilities are 10 fold.

It would be cool if narration matched what was on screen. Hard to overlook glaring flaws like that.

Think stealth - LiDAR defence. If you done get a return signal, you can’t get the range.

Thanks for the GroundNews plug. That is one plug I am taking notice of. 👍

The F-16 canopy covered in a 5th generation "Mirror" coating to reflect radar emissions that would otherwise show massive returns from the cockpit systems, and their leading edges and other key components have RAM on them too. It doesn't make them "stealthy" as much as "low observable". The best way I've heard it explained is that stealth isn't a binary, but rather a spectrum. Considering that Ceramic Radar Absorbent Materials (C-RAM) have been developed and the patent was *immediately* purchased by the DOD, this new RAM is not just more effective than the iron particle based paints, it's way more durable, and means that jets won't be limited to 60 second supersonic fights (as the F-35 currently is) to avoid damaging current RAM coatings, it's resistant to sand abrasion, and sea water (how the F-35C is expected to work, I have no idea) has a higher heat tolerance (so faster operational speeds), and in general is easier on maintenance personnel as the increased durability means this C-RAM can be worked into standard maintenance cycles. Sustainment costs, including maintenance, *is* the most expensive part of any stealth program. It also means that special squadrons of "4th Gen" aircraft like the F-16 and F-15 can have coatings applied to become much closer to the stealth end of the spectrum with reasonable effectiveness. One article I read said that with the C-RAM development, the F-15EX, with minor modifications to engine inlet shapes etc, would outperform the "F-15ES 'Silent Eagle'" proposed by Boeing in the past. Internal weapons bays are still an issue, but with low observability munitions coming online now, perhaps that's being addressed in a new way?

Phenomenal! Have been a fan of the Model 151 ARES for years. This vid is a "Bright Spot" in my day. What's going on, who cares. Scale Composites is involved & it's gonna be good! Many Thanx 👍👍

Either laser defence or infrared search and track coating. It could be meant to deflect some sort of signal not absorb.

@RANDO4743

Жыл бұрын

Laser defense doesn't make sense to me as no country is close to using lasers to take down aircraft.

I am so confused as to which aircraft is which and what images aren't any of the planes being discussed. I love the channels but it'd be a massive improvement to shore up the continuity of these mini docs

@neilohara6227

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree

Burt Rutan is the aerospace designer who came up with the Aries ♈ As far as I concerned he is the grandfather of scale composite aircraft design 😇

@robertfrye3651

Жыл бұрын

I thought he died.

Looks like a target for laser system tests, as shininess won't protect you from radar-guided missiles. But if that's true, how is the pilot protected? And maybe that's what is really being studied. Of course, what's really needed is an air-to-surface missile that automatically targets anyone with a laser pointer!

@craig2809

Жыл бұрын

Before you field a air to air laser system, you better check what defenses can counter it 🙄

@michaelvickers89

Жыл бұрын

So it would hit the person shooting it!? 😩😝

@aidanmattson681

Жыл бұрын

It seems like a measure against infrared seekers. By scattering ambient radiation the seeker image is disrupted and makes it hard to lock and track a target.

@liberalrationalist8905

Жыл бұрын

Looks more like an unmanned combat buddy aircraft. Put thousands of these air craft in a combat zone and defense systems would go crazy. Air-to-air laser systems are possibly close to fielding.

@timwhitten9918

Жыл бұрын

Could be to break up the silhouette of the airframe from spy satellites? Purely speculative on my part

The design of the aircraft has nothing to do with the "mirrors" of the aircraft. Think future stealth.

I'd never heard of ground news before and just downloaded it. thank you for the info dark homie.

there isn't any mystery at all, the plane has always been a cheap avionics test bed. it was one of the first aircraft to help advancement in stealth avionics by removing pitot static ,tat ,AOA and all external probes that would cause a radar signature. other uses where fully autonomous network nodes for the BACN program.

Years ago there were tests using strong spotlights during the daytime to render armour invisible to the naked eye. I wonder if this would have the same effect. If your from an airforce background, you attack from above and with the sun at your back!

@Igor-xl4wz

Жыл бұрын

"If your from an airforce background, you attack from above and with the sun at your back!" Thats not so much just an Air Force thing. It is hundreds of years old knowledge taken directly from Sun Tzu's Art of War.

It is strikingly similar to the Polish PZL 230 Skorpion project developed in 1992, a strange case.

@michaelgautreaux3168

Жыл бұрын

Nailed it. Makes one curious doesn't it. No C/T, accusations or anything, but remember w/ aircraft engineering, U never know where one can find inspiration.

Mirrors reflect lasers and possibly radar depending upon the material used.

I have two thoughts, both to do with Laser's. Perhaps to upset Laser Guided Weapons. Perhaps to reflect a high power Laser Weapon so the Aircraft is not damaged by Laser fire. My thoughts, John, Australia.

My wife worked in NAS Jax for awhile and told me about some weird plane they'd only fly at night and she never got a very good look at it but she said it looked like the cockpit was on the underside of the aircraft, this was 8 years ago or so

@ArgosySpecOps

Жыл бұрын

You and your wife need an OPSEC refresher coarse.

@potato1907

Жыл бұрын

that sounds cool as fuck

@ad2181

Жыл бұрын

Sensor pod.

@potato1907

Жыл бұрын

i was thinking about this for a while but could it have been a ilyushin il-78 or a boeing 377? both have windows on the bottom of the plane

@bigfoot9049

Жыл бұрын

@@potato1907 I really don't have a clue as it's a second hand account but it was about the size of an f-18 give or take a a couple feet.

Yup, already a fan of ground. Thank you!

I feel like the reflective materials that we have seen on this and the F-22 etc. is def some kind of laser defense or something especially considering how close very high powered and mobile offensive laser systems are to being fielded

@raptorsean1464

Жыл бұрын

I thought about that from day one with the laser technology. You can go a step further and put reflectors which will reflect the light directly back to where it came from. Maybe with slightly less intensity, but,.. Possibly turn a destructive laser into a blinding laser.

@starmc26

Жыл бұрын

It's NOT ..... those are titanium panels. They're super lightweight, and can withstand super high heat. The panels have always traditionally been used around the engine bay because of how hot the area becomes, but realistically, the titanium panels could be used at any surface (leading edge) that is susceptible to heat; either from friction (high airspeed) or from super hot mechanical components.

@viktor_v-ughnda_vaudville_476

Жыл бұрын

@@starmc26 basically like the sr-71 thats pretty cool but it still doesn’t explain why only recently they have been popping up on stealth platforms like the the F-22 which is pretty fast so that makes some sense but the F-117? What’s the logic in that? I mean the F-117 is subsonic so that being solely for heat shielding just doesn’t add up in that case. By all means I’m not saying you are wrong and neither am I saying that it is definitely laser shielding it’s just bizarre that they would outfit an F-117 with titanium heat resistant panel when it only does around 600 or so knots

possible platform for unmanned wingman program. yes, reflective coating is for laser tests

@abikeanditsboy3449

Жыл бұрын

Really? I seriously doubt that.

@lgnfve

Жыл бұрын

@@abikeanditsboy3449 dad's program was part of the a10 possible new model dev. but now the future is unmanned. think the a10 family would have been obvious. cost effective, reliable, big gun and easy to produce but still able to loiter on station.

i do believe that in order to avoid being detected by an enemy or a random person visually than painting an aircraft in a dull or multi color pattern would be better than a mirror design

@hmaliceetherwit7378

Жыл бұрын

Lots of targeting systems use lasers. Then again I'm sure the major powers are working on a Lazer with enough effectiveness to be used as a weapon. Could be that one is already being deployed and has been for some time as a softkill option and a prototype for a more lethal version is on its way and because we probably use a lot of quantum and super computers to run simulations, a special and specific test was implemented and that's what this plane does. But this is just a thought 💭 🤔

@dylanwhite3383

Жыл бұрын

@@hmaliceetherwit7378 very true

The mirrors seem odd. All I could imagine is they would be a defensive measure against laser weapons. I would imagine it would reflect most of not almost all the energy fired at it from a high powered laser weapon. Other than that if the mirrors are able to change angles quickly they could give a visual stealth effect by reflecting the surrounding sky towards an observer thus blending into the sky and appearing invisible. That would only work towards an observer in one specific location. Interesting either way, but the defense of a laser weapon seems more plausible. I don’t think we’ll know the purpose any time soon.

@HalSchirmer

Жыл бұрын

I think we just need to look to the James Webb space telescope ("JWST")- for an explanation. JWST has some VERY interesting mirror technology which reflects differently in visible light versus infra-red thanks to gold-plated beryllium. It ALSO reflects IR light differently / more efficiently than visible - so I'll guess you're trying to reflect the ambient IR light to fool / prevent weapons lock from IR.

@fukhue8226

Жыл бұрын

BINGO! It's the only reason other than Visual Stealth.

@diggingattycho7908

Жыл бұрын

A mirrored surface is one of the best for stealth in general. It reflects all waves away from the aircraft, not unlike the F-117 the shape of the fuselage is designed to reflect waves away from potential receivers. Older stealth technology was trying to absorb radar waves(SR-71), a mirrored surface seems counterintuitive. But it is very good at directing radiation away from the aircraft.

@trumptookthevaccine1679

Жыл бұрын

It would be shiny in the sun

@icantswim8657

8 ай бұрын

Its giving light fury

They did the shiny to the F-117 as well but it was hexagon plates.

Not just silver in color, but literally silver. The element has some interesting electronic properties. (Look up "silver film lattice electrons" to get some rough idea.) The idea in this case would be to have the silver film and its substrate layer act as a dialectic to spread out the frequencies of an RF return. Radars are typically designed to look for a specific frequency, but this has the "RF florescing" effect (lack of a better description) on just about every frequency but that which the radar is expecting to scan for a return. But the main appeal is that this is potentially cheaper, simpler, lighter, and a lot more robust than RAM coatings that turn RF energy into heat. Think of something that could go on like a heat-shrink film rather than some complicated foam like paint that has to be cured in a very specific manner to not go all crumbly.

What if this was a remotely-piloted aircraft with an on-board pilot? If this craft were used to test light-based weapons on pilots, it would be good to have a back-up ground pilot if the guy in the aircraft were incapacitated. And yes, this would be a step towards testing autonomous flight systems.

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I’m loving this concept Aries and his two sons I love it soon to become a grandfather I’m looking forward to seeing that on this channel thank you very much I’ll be watching from San Diego California fighter town USA🇺🇸

It's NOT JUST LASER TESTING that are used for the mirrored surfaces on this aircraft but ALSO polarizable suspended particles that can be embedded into a flexible skin MUCH LIKE a car-wrap you see on modern sports cars or SUV/Trucks. By embedding tiny conductive micro-particles suspended in a tiny oil-filled sack such as Silicone Oil and applying an electrical current to said flexible skin wrap, the suspended particles can be simple black and white coloured OR be RGB (Red-Green-Blue) coloured to provide a form of active camouflage that be set IN-FLIGHT to whatever pattern the pilot wants. Just select an on-screen menu option within the pilot's touch-screen to one of the preset cammo patterns such as Blue on bottom and white on top for high and clear sky flying days, dull white or splotchy grey puffy cloud pattern for cloudy days flying, rocks and trees for low-level forest tree top flying, deep solid green or dark navy blue for low-to-ocean flying, mossy oak for low to ground woodlands flying, sandy desert colours for hot desert sands flying, or urban buildings pattern for low-to-ground urban city area flight or even set to SOLID BLACK for dark night flying or SOLID WHITE for low arctic snowfield flying! These FLEXIBLE ACTIVE SKINS can be put on removed from ANY new or old aircraft and the cost is quite reasonable PLUS you can put these active cammo sheets on ground vehicles, ships, aircraft, spacecraft, munitions, drones, submersibles, uniformed personnel, buildings, etc. To activate the specific pattern needed, the rubbery UNDERCOAT SHEET that sits just underneath the vinyl-wrap-like upper-layer which contains the pockets of suspended particles, (which kinda looks like tiny liquid filled sheets of clear bubble wrap!) also contains a closely spaced cross-grid of thin wires and tiny circular EM field emitters that form BOTH a Faraday cage and carries the electrical current needed to create a front-to-back wave of tiny EM fields that causes the suspended particles (which are usually each made of a multi-coloured plastic micro-particle that has a tiny embedded dot of conductive material inside of it!) to POLARIZE (i.e. rotate) into a particular direction which then shows a specific colour towards the outside of the aircraft! That exposed shade of colour is combined with other micro-particles to form a coloured pattern of ANY TYPE and SHAPE and those patterns can update every few milliseconds forming a sort of Colour Liquid Ink Screen (i.e. a flexible display). That allows for real-time ACTIVELY UPDATING CAMOUFLAGE !!!! The silicone oil-filled micro-bubbles that contain the coloured and polarizable micro-particles is RUGGED ENOUGH to be actually used and survive harsh environments such as on high-speed aircraft. Much like the modern vinyl or high density polyethylene car wrap which is VERY rugged, this new active-cammo covering is rugged enough to work at any temperature, in rain, wind, sleet, hail, snow, ice conditions without excessive damage AND since it is removable, any battle damaged skin covering can simply be peeled off and replaced! They are PROBABLY TESTING ACTIVE CAMOUFLAGE on this Scaled Composites aircraft! AND .... depending upon the shape, size and composition of the suspended micro-particles, the suspension oil used and the outer wrap material and undercoating material, it means RADAR, LIDAR and SONAR STEALTH of all types of covered objects, craft, vehicles and vessels can also be shaped and accommodated! It doesn't just have to used for VISUAL STEALTH but also for millimetre-wave and Gigahertz RADARS or optical-based LIDAR systems or underwater SONAR object detection systems! You can now STEALTH a building, a car, a truck, a submarine, a tank, a ship, a plane or a person using oil-suspended particle active camouflage! NOW YOU KNOW !!! V

Solid! Top KEK!

The World's Greatest Dad thing was pretty funny. Kinda puts the dark in Dark Tech.

Are you kidding me? At first I want to ask you why you keep showing the prototype with side intakes and the one with the large wide upper intake, interchangeably so fast that we are not sure which version you are talking about at the time. But also why didn't you at all even mention that the large overhead and around the sides intake for the engine was the one that they used for the modern version?? Am I mistaken, or did you neglect to mention the biggest difference between the two versions, and why they look differently (one is the newer version)?

Ground News sounds like what we all need these days. Veracity is rare.

Reflecting light is like reflecting radar (stealth). Flight tests determine if fuselage flexing is enough to create intermittent radar reflectivity during flight forces. Note the faceted surface must only reflect light along 1 vector, not ripple as the fuselage flexes during flight.

@ScorpionXXXVII

Жыл бұрын

This is the most likely answer. It's an easy/precise way to test surfaces. Just use light instead of radio/radar.

Over on the EAA site is an hour long video with a early 747 pilot. What is great are almost 3 very enjoyable hours with the Rutan brothers .

The video and audio don’t match just fyi You show so many different types while talking about others

The only thing that bugs me about this video is that the pictures rarely match what is being said. Pictures of other aircraft appear on the screen when you are talking about something different. And what was the small delta wing single engine aircraft that kept appearing when you were talking about Ares?

Super video! Keep up the great work!

When an enemy fighter sees its own reflection, it will hesitate shooting itself down.

The plane would need a protective coating over the reflective skin that could withstand the heat of supersonic flight. Aluminium or gold which is highly polished. A 30 or 50/60 watt infrared laser could still heat the skin by hitting the imperfections and heating up the barrier. The skin would not stop a 100 or 300 watt military infrared laser.

Burt Roo-TAN. He's a cool dude, my brother did some landscaping work for him and my dad used to work in the hangar next door.

I would guess the similarities between the one F22 seen with a reflective skin and the reflective skin on the 401 are not coincidental. Anti-laser coatings seem to be a key focus lately.

Looks like a drone, but with a pilot inside

Seems to me that it's just well polished. That is comon for almost every plane to decrease drag and prevent rust

A highly polished or mirrored section of the Aries could render visual ID confirmation impossible.

Loved the content of this video keep them coming

Excellent stuff bro

If I recall this craft was initially designed and being envisioned as a possible replacement for the A-10 warthog in line with what the Brazilians had in the Super Tucano (but with more lethality). but the pentagon cut the funding for further development and decided it was better to focus on retrofit of the A-10

@moshunit96

Жыл бұрын

The Aries from the 80's. These two aircraft are quite different.

@Nathj622

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, I head it couldn’t Handel the cannon fire, was the reason they went with the a10

Yeah great content the channels always enlighten.

I love the situation we're showing multiple aircraft with split-wing and single fin and then calling him the same thing you guys are the best at what you do

I met Burt Rutan many years ago at a SolidWorks conference held at Disney World. He hung around for the special night out and dinner, Seemed like a very nice guy and was very easy to talk to. Seemed interested in talking to people and hearing what kinds of things they worked on and designed. He did NOT have a very good opinion of NASA. :) "No Adult Supervision Apparent" he said.

I know a guy that takes MD500's and installs electronic weapons systems. The latest is two man MD- 500 that controls 20 unmanned MD -500 drones. Ten on each side of the mother ship as they go on hunter killer missions. Could you imagine the firepower

@flycatchful

Жыл бұрын

I say BS to your post.

@rodbey9318

Жыл бұрын

@@flycatchful that's what's great about being an American . Wait though, you believe in Big foot? But not that money allocated for such programs as a fleet of MD-500 drones with humans controlling them into a search and destroy hunter killer . I guarantee their not going sightseeing at the grand canyon. Jacklink

the 3rd generation aircraft is it the same with the wingman program of Australia?

Pretty crazy to see these 400 series aircraft testbeds showing superior stealth characteristics than that of both Russian and Chinese production platforms to date...

"Plane covered in mirrors" Probably testing possible countermeasures for laser weapons. If the flying object can reflect the laser beam rather than absorb it. It would render all laser weapons useless with fancy paint.

This can go in sooo many diff ways. Deflection of anything, to what and to who/whom/what? If it deflects to (what), target aquisition is now aquired (bounced) and located.

I saw virgins galactic falcon I also saw sun glenning off a polished aluminum skin and various private x jets in development that you can actually see at the air shows.

Mirror finish does nothing to hide the airframe from being spotted by eye. If anything, it would be easier to see with the naked eye. So if it is for testing lasers, it’s just that, testing. Because you’d see it from a long way.

Maybe emissivity testing? Emissivity is 1-reflectivity, so high reflectivity equals low emissivity. Maybe testing ways to reduce IR signature? WAG.

The microwave heat is absorbed in its graphene base as IR tracking is also reflected by its polished finished surface, its lightweight and very efficient. It's not only structural sound and strong enough but also absorbe vibration under some incredible g force.... it keeps its shape 99.9% ... you can find this application being used in ... of all things... the new Recoil UST shafts in golf clubs.... I know... I have a set ! The shafts won't egg under load, 20% light-weight over metal shafts with same torque spec s, transfers more energy into the ball, with Zero vibration on off center and fat hits .... the shafts were installed in a 6 year old set of heads, and out preform the latest, greatest, most expensive irons on the market today ... trust me , I'm a 63 year old researcher that hits a 7 iron 190 yards, no problem with a mid 80 mph swing speed 👍 Also - secret DEW- direct Energy Weapons, have been around since the Regan administration ( secret space program) generally used overseas) with horrific results! It's a combination of inferred magnetic radiation targeting, frequency tuned microwave. Last used on American soil and on American citizens was under the Trump administration in Paradise California .... used by the deep state for land grab

It's a story almost forgot about thanks for reminding me and thanks for being an excellent narrator

Please never stop making videos!

You should do one on proteus

The Aries looks really cool

Systems that make aircraft invisible are being tested. The planes seen elsewhere use cameras to pick up things on the other side of the aircraft and they are then somehow projected on the side facing the enemy. These aircraft might be test beds for something like that.

New NGAD probably has the same finish, the 3 F-22’s used to test parts for NGAD has the new mirror finish.

I've seen photos recently of an F-35 with mirrored rhombus tiles, and I think last year there was an F-22 with similar mirrored coating, as well as an F-117 for testing purposes.

The mirrors are probably a sign of envy for the UFO in Flight of the Navigator.

why? makes it easier to spot test aircraft without radar and other gizmo if and when not flown at night

Wasn't the Ares plane in one of the Iron Eagle movies?

Looks like large drone that can be manned for now to make sure the platform is able to do what ever

Please, please use stock footage of the same aircraft.

great work

One day you have a video about mega laser that can possibly be used to shoot down missiles and aircraft next day a video about mirrored aircraft,hmm ? Mirrors are used to reflect lasers so it's probably a test bed for laser beam Weapons counter measures . Which shape/angle / material deflects lasers best.

If it is so secretive then how do you know so much about it? And why is it being tested so near to the public?

My friends grandpa said when he was boat riding just a few years ago in 2017 they saw a plane like that flying low and barely made any noise

3:28 Obviously this one can go way above 3000 feet. Hang gliders fly higher than that. I would not be surprised if all of these aren't flown remotely as an optional feature. as well.

Lasers can hit aircraft faster than any missile as technology and power of Lasers increase by the day defensive material is in order

World's greatest dad… brought a tear to my eye.

New upload 3 weeks ago and i am getting notifications right now, anyone going through this on YT? Sometimes audio is not available but once I close the video and play it again there is audio

3:40 "Up to 3,000ft! Pretty impressive.

The relfective surface coating might indicate testing a protection against laser anti-aircraft weapons.

None of your pics or clips actually showed any aircraft 'covered with mirrors'. Your info as always, sound sketchy at best. If it's so secret, why are the videos and tech info about it?

I should have known Burke Rubin was behind it I remember the plane he developed with the connards he also solve the problem of spin-off with the F4 Phantom, the guys are genius

My guess is testing for future drone swarms deployment. To see if laser can jam signals that control these drones...