Hypersonic Test Plane That Travels 13,000 Miles an Hour

[CWOJackson]

Today, an unmanned plane will will take off from a California base for a test flight that will reach speeds of 13,000 miles per hour- fast enough that you could get from New York to California in 12 minutes.

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It’s called the the Falcon HTV-2. Shaped like an arrowhead, it initially launches as part of a larger rocket, separates, and then cuts through the Earth’s atmosphere at an incredible gliding speed 20 times the speed of sound.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/this-is-the-hypersonic-test-plane-that-travels-13000-miles-an-hour/

[stiz]

i wouldnt call it a plane, planes take off and land under their own power, they dont get shot up into space, level off, then fall .. sorry, glide .. back to earth at insane speeds, still impressive if it can handle those speeds, dread to think of the forces working on the structure at those speeds!

[olaf1924]

I think the that ufo sightings are going to be on the rise.

[beana51]

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Often said ,Some things never change...Our Hunter,gathers ancestors, would have been very familiar with this shape...For them it was survival,and life.
Now after many thousand of years,we are back to the Arrow Head....the goal the same,survival,and life........ http://s2.images.proboards.com/wink.gif


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An unmanned aircraft that can travel at the breakneck speed of 20 times the speed of sound will take off Wednesday from an Air Force base in California for a test flight.

The Falcon HTV-2 is an arrow-shaped aircraft that launches on a rocket, separates and then glides at hypersonic speeds of 13,000 mph through the Earth’s atmosphere. (To put it in perspective, it would take less than 12 minutes to fly from New York to Los Angeles.)

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/0..../#ixzz1UdezgLnM (http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/08/09/aircraft-set-to-shatter-speed-sound/#ixzz1UdezgLnM)




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[CWOJackson]

It would look nice in FedEx colors.

[Daveroo]

It would look nice in FedEx colors.


id like to see a Lakota head dress on it

[yank51]

I would guess, at those speeds, that most paint would not survive. That thing has to get pretty hot!!!:icon_eek:

[java2srv]

Arrowhead...

or from the early days of lifting bodies. --

SDW -- Screaming Death Wedge


For those looking for some fun check out (Tim Conrad's) Piglet's FS9 X-24A here in the files library (X-24A.zip).:wiggle:


X-24A Lifting Body Aircraft
X-24A.zip (5.15 Meg) (downloaded 3543 times)
Lifting Body Research X-Plane from '60's -'70's. Built and flown to research re-entry spaceplane aerodynamics, and flight behaviour. The X-24A, along with the X-24B, HL-10, and M2-F series, provided valuable data for the Space Shuttle Program. This model release features full ani's, VC, panel with custom gauges, and reflective tex's. Please read the Readme File for important setup and flying info.
by Piglet (2004-01-25 22:29:30)

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[Terry]

This thing has been around since the 60's. They just cleaned it up a little.

[n4gix]

Unfortunately, it failed. Again.

Lost tracking resulted in auto-destruct... :(

[Dev One]

They obviously forgot that the plasma surrounding the thing at that speed 'insulates' the transmission of radio waves........hence loss of tracking? Or is it the ideal stealth vehicle?
Keith

[Lionheart]

Back in the Reagen administration, the President was once found to have gone from Washington DC to Los Angeles in 30 min's. To date, that is a mystery that was not answered.

I think we have stuff that flies faster then this thing, like 16K and have had for over 10 years. This is just a public gimmick. But thats my opion. ;)


A friend of mine, older gentleman, used to run management of a team of radar operators of the East Coast, USA, Minute Man missle installations. Every now and then, a bogy would fly through at 23,000 MPH. They would make a sharp, 'pionty' turn now and then, continue, disappear. Nothing can touch something that fast, so what can you do but log it.

How on Earth (Earth mind you) can you go that fast in the Atmosphere, make a turn that fast, and not incinerate or liquify? Some wild technology.



Bill

[b52bob]

How on Earth (Earth mind you) can you go that fast in the Atmosphere, make a turn that fast, and not incinerate or liquify? Some wild technology.



Bill

That's easy....Area 51 and reverse engineered UFO's

Bob

[wiltzei]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/8696472/US-hypersonic-test-glider-Falcon-disappears.html
How hard can it be? :icon_lol:

[stansdds]

The human race is not yet ready for this sort of transportation device, so the aliens that lost one of their UFO's at Roswell destroyed this vehicle.

What?

Why is everyone looking at me like that?

[Maarten -]

Back in the Reagen administration, the President was once found to have gone from Washington DC to Los Angeles in 30 min's. To date, that is a mystery that was not answered.


I think Scotty was still at his post and beamed ole' Ronnie over. ;)

[stansdds]

A new and far more sinister possibility has emerged...

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[aeromed202]

I think you figured it out. That was in the top 3 of my list for possibilities.


Now come with me...

[SpitXIV]

I think the that ufo sightings are going to be on the rise.


So will sonic booms. If this works maybe we'll have passenger flights, if the designers can get past the G problem. The SR-71 came close.