Aviation Geeks unite?! Anybody else care about planes here?

[publiusr]

Tiny craft:
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-11-electric-personal-machine.html
https://wonderfulengineering.com/this-japanese-start-up-is-launching-limited-edition-hoverbikes/

Fighters
https://interestingengineering.com/...its-f-a-xx-fighter-for-next-gen-air-dominance
https://interestingengineering.com/meet-the-saab-gripen-a-powerful-fighter-jet-youve-never-heard-of
https://interestingengineering.com/the-us-wants-to-upgrade-its-biggest-planes-with-cruise-missiles
https://interestingengineering.com/...ss-these-spaceplanes-will-have-you-believe-so

Aviation emissions
https://phys.org/news/2021-11-aviation-present-day-contribution-human-induced-global.html
https://wonderfulengineering.com/wo...tending-a-climate-conference-on-private-jets/
https://wonderfulengineering.com/th...urn-plastic-waste-back-into-high-quality-oil/

The future
http://parabolicarc.com/2021/11/08/...supersonic-flight-community-testing-contract/
https://interestingengineering.com/...ner-concepts-could-hit-the-skies-by-the-2030s
https://interestingengineering.com/...opter-is-unmanned-with-dual-propulsion-motors
https://wonderfulengineering.com/th...n-electric-airliner-that-can-seat-100-people/
https://interestingengineering.com/...s-it-can-triple-the-power-of-electric-engines
https://interestingengineering.com/a-new-100-seat-electric-plane-could-cause-a-breakthrough-by-2027
https://techxplore.com/news/2021-11-zealand-strait-electric-plane.html
https://wonderfulengineering.com/this-flying-car-has-been-certified-as-safe-in-japan/
https://wonderfulengineering.com/watch-a-drag-race-between-two-electric-flying-cars/
https://interestingengineering.com/...e-sound-barrier-systems-will-power-100-houses
https://interestingengineering.com/...ly-two-terabytes-of-police-helicopter-footage

Autos
https://interestingengineering.com/...s-the-fastest-electric-vehicle-its-ever-built
https://interestingengineering.com/...rst-ultracar-with-a-staggering-3000-hp-output
https://interestingengineering.com/little-giant-broke-electric-land-speed-record-353-mph
https://wonderfulengineering.com/me...-hp-desert-runner-made-to-military-standards/
https://wonderfulengineering.com/fo...truck-but-now-it-has-an-electric-crate-motor/
https://wonderfulengineering.com/ho...cooter-and-it-comes-with-swappable-batteries/
https://interestingengineering.com/eco-friendly-steel-tires-could-replace-rubber
https://interestingengineering.com/...ar-one-will-drive-for-months-without-charging
https://interestingengineering.com/9-levitating-gadgets-that-seem-to-defy-the-laws-of-physics

Lego loader
https://wonderfulengineering.com/th...ototype-by-volvo-is-inspired-by-a-lego-model/

Jetpack man
https://wonderfulengineering.com/turns-out-the-famous-jetpack-man-is-actually-something-really-dumb/

Green catamaran
https://wonderfulengineering.com/th...g-a-green-catamaran-for-fossil-free-shipping/
https://interestingengineering.com/...an-will-significantly-reduce-carbon-emissions
https://interestingengineering.com/a-gracious-70-foot-hyperboat-concept-that-flies-on-water
https://interestingengineering.com/...ryacht-concept-is-a-holey-sight-for-sore-eyes
https://interestingengineering.com/hydrofoil-ferry-concept-could-electrify-the-global-ferry-industry

Plasma stealth
https://interestingengineering.com/stealth-plasma-could-challenge-75-years-of-air-defense-strategy
https://interestingengineering.com/...ombustion-process-inside-a-transparent-engine


The soap and bubble glider
https://interestingengineering.com/...-uses-water-and-soap-to-fly-like-bubble-wands

Sub
https://interestingengineering.com/new-10-ton-luxury-submarine-can-travel-faster-than-a-dolphin

Kite sail
https://wonderfulengineering.com/th...installed-on-a-cargo-ship-for-the-first-time/

Flying cars
https://wonderfulengineering.com/th...ed-its-first-flying-car-test-flight-in-dubai/
https://interestingengineering.com/...-successful-flight-with-a-100-year-old-patent

The last A-380
https://wonderfulengineering.com/the-last-airbus-a380-has-left-a-heart-touching-message-in-the-sky/

Hydrogen airship
https://interestingengineering.com/...issions-at-quarter-the-price-of-a-cargo-plane
https://interestingengineering.com/...ered-airliner-concept-produces-zero-emissions

Large model to fool bombers
https://interestingengineering.com/paris-dummy-built-in-wwi-to-fool-german-bombers

 

[XCV330]

have you noticed that when you drop dozens of links, you just kill these threads?

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

have you noticed that when you drop dozens of links, you just kill these threads?

Link soup, the great link, no he's not a changeling.

 

[publiusr]

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https://wonderfulengineering.com/wa...ypersonic-jet-prototype-by-hermeus-in-action/

Ammonia flyer
https://interestingengineering.com/...ft-concept-is-70-more-powerful-than-liquid-h2

Jet engines
https://phys.org/news/2021-11-tracking-method-high-powered-jet-paves.html
Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, led by Ivan Bermejo-Moreno, assistant professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering, studied a similar phenomenon with gases at high speeds, with an eye toward more efficient mixing to support supersonic scramjet engines.

https://phys.org/news/2021-11-mathematicians-derive-formulas-boundary-layer.html
Now an international team of mathematicians, led by UC Santa Barbara professor Björn Birnir and the University of Oslo professor Luiza Angheluta, has published a complete description of boundary layer turbulence.

Soot described
https://phys.org/news/2021-11-flame-mystery-soot.html

Shock waves examined
https://phys.org/news/2021-11-simulates-phenomena.html

An international research team led by Kiel has developed a new method for the generation of controllable electrical explosions.
https://phys.org/news/2021-11-nanomaterial-aerographene-extremely-powerful.html

Hydrophobic coatings for aviation
https://phys.org/news/2021-12-smooth-hydrophobic-coatings-effective-aircraft.html

Titanium news
https://phys.org/news/2021-12-phase-titanium-alloys-atomic-scale.html

 

[Marc]

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https://wonderfulengineering.com/wa...ypersonic-jet-prototype-by-hermeus-in-action/

Not sure I'd want to be so close to a prototype aircraft during that throttle run up.

 

[XCV330]

Rutan Quickie.. because sometimes you just need a.. hey wait.. where's the prop?
tiny jets port and starboard beside the pilot

https://minijets.org/fr/0-100/pbs-tj40/twerp

 

[XCV330]

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upon further looking.. good have gone better

 

[Santaman]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites_ARES
^^ Little asymetrical, bigger engine..

 

[Marc]

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upon further looking.. good have gone better

he may have got caught by a wind gust but to my eyes there's some pilot error in there the way he was buzzing about.

you know what they say and old and bold pilots....

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Rutan Quickie.. because sometimes you just need a.. hey wait.. where's the prop?
tiny jets port and starboard beside the pilot

https://minijets.org/fr/0-100/pbs-tj40/twerp

It's got an amazing look to it though.....

 

[XCV330]

It's got an amazing look to it though.....

I don't think there will be another designer like Rutan for many years. He was as much an artist as an engineer.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I don't think there will be another designer like Rutan for many years. He was as much an artist as an engineer.

I'd agree with that. His designs are unique

 

[XCV330]

that time a Skyraider dropped a toilet over North Vietnam

 

[publiusr]

Ha!

I never thought I would see a warbird like that again..then here comes the Calidus B-350!

By the way, Neil deGrasse Tyson called a helicopter “a brick” on the engine dying.
A new simulation showed what happens when engines die near a mountain.

Glide stretching and autorotation for the win.

 

[Santaman]

^^you mean Calidus B-250 which is nothing more than a souped up training aircraft, there are many similar aircraft in the world.
The Embraer_EMB 314 Super Tucano, Pilatus PC-21, Piper PA-48 Enforcer, to name a few.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMA_IA_58_Pucará
This is the real deal when it comes to a prop powered warbird

 

[XCV330]

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the Super Tucano vs P-51 on DCS.

I love the Super Tucano but unless modern (air to air) missiles are slung under it, with both pilots of same skill, most world war II warbirds would destroy these modern light attack turboprop planes.

 

[Santaman]

Hmm.. if I'd have to fight a WW-2 fighter like the Spitfire or a Mustang I'd take a A-10 Warthog.. same speed, more armor and a reaaaally big gun..

 

[XCV330]

interestingly the US is putting more money into smaller attack planes themselves. I know they have their own Super Tucanos and as of a few months ago they've stared buying the new attack variant of the T-6 Texan, called Wolverine.

 

[Santaman]

I guess with a lot of mission profiles you don't need a spiffy multirole and multimillion dollar costing fighter aircraft, for local conflicts and with limited facilities for maintenance and small airstrips these little aircraft would be perfect.

 

[XCV330]

in a more gruesome discussion.. an aggressor can only field so many fifth generation fighters. in simulation, hoards of these little planes packing sidewinders would be the equivalent of human wave tactic to prevent an invading power from achieving air superiority. not that anyone is planning for that, but it could be done.