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Originally posted by apex
It doesn't prove it exists, but large transports do need a long runway, but anything with a delta wing also needs a long runway, such as concorde needed a long runway.
The thing is how long the burnt rubber black streaks on it are, this would suggest something fast is going on it.
Originally posted by Dallas
A51's 1.5 mile runway
Originally posted by apex
Originally posted by Dallas
A51's 1.5 mile runway
I thought it was 6 miles long, not 1.5, I may be wrong, but it looks a lot longer.
Originally posted by Zaphod58
Streaks on the runway are caused by the tires going from stationary to hitting concrete at a high rate of speed. It leaves little bits of rubber. You can look at a plane tire and tell which portion of the tire has hit the runway because there are little cuts in the surface of the tire caused by the runway.
Originally posted by PrimalDeaf
but surley if the "aircraft" can accelerate (sp?) at great speeds then it needs less runway, im not a pilot but use alot of certified Flight Sims (X-Plane etc) and when you use a Fast Fighter it uses much less runway than say a B52. Since the "Aurora" is said to be extremly fast then it would use less runway. like i said im not a pilot im goin on Flight Sims and Hopfully Common sence. Speculation hasit that the Aurora doesnt exist when it became well known and it got replaced with another project using the Aurora's fundimentals but different design and code name.
cheers
Originally posted by wiggy
Originally posted by PrimalDeaf
but surley if the "aircraft" can accelerate (sp?) at great speeds then it needs less runway, im not a pilot but use alot of certified Flight Sims (X-Plane etc) and when you use a Fast Fighter it uses much less runway than say a B52. Since the "Aurora" is said to be extremly fast then it would use less runway. like i said im not a pilot im goin on Flight Sims and Hopfully Common sence. Speculation hasit that the Aurora doesnt exist when it became well known and it got replaced with another project using the Aurora's fundimentals but different design and code name.
cheers
That depends on weight. In a fighter simulation, you can pull back at half runway, and climb fast. But with an increse in top speed of the plane, you usualy have to make a sacrifice in wing lenght/shape. Look at the SR-71. Due to this sacrifice, you have a higher stall speed, and thus a faster landing speed.
In the FY 1986 DOD budget request, under the heading "air breathing reconaissance" there was a line item labeled "AURORA" funded for $80 million with a projected spending level in FY 1987 of $2.272 billion.
The first B-2 was publicly displayed on Nov. 22, 1988, when it was rolled out of its hangar at Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, Calif.