posted on Oct, 9 2006 @ 08:52 PM
Hi--
Just remember, there are several revised and upgraded versions of the F-117 on the line right now. The original F-117 stealth aircraft was designed on
paper with a slide rule, and that is why it looks like a crystal on the outside. If you look at the B-2, it is quite a bit smoother, and that is
because a 'puter was used to design the radar-reflective surfaces rather than a Human brain. The major problem with the F-117's initial design and
produced models is that the airframe is inately unstable. The flat and angular surfaces of the original design create more than a little aerodynamic
drag, lending to the overall instability of the airframe. The original was/is "fly by wire" as a result, meaning that stability id enhanced--even
had at all--through computers which constantly moniter and correct flight surfaces.
Though I can't state it for a fact regards the F-117-x, I can assure you the brain-wave interpretation for flight control is being worked on, and it
stands to reason that the F-117 is as likely a candidate for experiments with that as any other aircraft considering that it's control is already
computer enhanced.