Whats this B-2 doing???????????

What you are seeing in the "in flight" photos is typical of any air craft. It is often termed 'cavitation" but is the result of the reduced air pressure around the airfoil ....remember what causes lift??? This can occur both above AND below the airfoil. Go to any air show and watch jet and even prop aircraft and you will see it to some extent during the course of their display.

Yes moist air can occur even above a desert, ask any pilot who has experienced carb icing.

Is there some type of EM system on the B2 .....You Bet. It may be there for radar masking or enhancing the aerodynamic envelope (eliminating the schock wave during transonic flight). As for AG ...yes I believe that the technology has been there for some time, but they not going to spoon feed you evidence.

Looks very similar to this pic here, which is a true pic, not faked, not photoshopped, the guy that took it, just got lucky

Kinda cool that right behind the canopy, there is a smaller version of the big one behind the plane
And yes I know this one is breaking the sound barrier, but the effect looks similar.

apod.gsfc.nasa.gov...

This link, provides interesting ideas, if you wish to click on it

www.museumofhoaxes.com...

[Edited on 9-1-2004 by NetStorm]

That picture is of the sound berrier being broken. The B2 only flies sub sonic (as far as civilian knowledge goes).

On a side note, I love that picture!

Originally posted by Milk
That picture is of the sound berrier being broken. The B2 only flies sub sonic (as far as civilian knowledge goes).

On a side note, I love that picture!

So do I , thats why I said that I knew this was one breaking the sound barrier HOWEVER this link
www.museumofhoaxes.com...

Says it is not due to breaking the sound barrier but due to condensation, which I believe that somone else said earlier.

Originally posted by Alenuihaha
looks like a smudge on the pic or somthing maybe it was done with photoshop

HA HA HA HA you make me laugh


fighters planes do that at high speeds. it has something to do with moisture in the air or something. but i can tell you its not fake or a gravity field of some sort

The haze and white cloud around the B-2 photos is condensation, that's all. I wish I could remember where I saw it - there is a video of a jet flying (not s B-2) past. There is a white cloud shaped like a horizontal disk that travels with the aircraft. It disappears instantly. Looks weird as it moves with the plane.

Sorry, folks - there is no anti-gravity there. It is only condensation formed by the rapid change in air pressure due to the passing of the aircraft.
Nothing more.

Originally posted by tempisfugitive
What you are seeing in the "in flight" photos is typical of any air craft. It is often termed 'cavitation" but is the result of the reduced air pressure around the airfoil ....remember what causes lift??? This can occur both above AND below the airfoil. Go to any air show and watch jet and even prop aircraft and you will see it to some extent during the course of their display.

Yes moist air can occur even above a desert, ask any pilot who has experienced carb icing.

Is there some type of EM system on the B2 .....You Bet. It may be there for radar masking or enhancing the aerodynamic envelope (eliminating the schock wave during transonic flight). As for AG ...yes I believe that the technology has been there for some time, but they not going to spoon feed you evidence.

b-2's cant go above the speed of sound

transonic flight is appoching the speed of sound not breaking it! transonic speeds start at mach 0.7

Ok im gonna post this in both topics.

#1. There is no Anit Gravity on the B-2A. I used to be Electronic Warfare with a High Clearance.
Thats what happens at certain speeds. Its just condensation.

#2 Those so called lights and where do they go are on a test Aircraft EV 3 i can't remember the Tail number. I think its 1068. New york... All they are is an experimental leading edge.

#3 that probe hanging off the back has nothing to do with this Secret Contrail System. If anyone would know i would since i used to work on it. Thats just a data probe that gets sent to the Other plane or to the land based system's for monitoring during the test phases.

If anyone has any questions about the B-2 and there not classified i'll try to inform you to the best of my knowledge.

Im sorry but its kinda funny the ideas you guys come up with about the b-2.

this topic was here before with another aircraft and i think we decided that it either broke the sound barrier(but idont think the b2 goes supersonic) or it had somthing to do with the speed and moisture condensation and humidity i cant really remember

Originally posted by KrazyIvan
b-2's cant go above the speed of sound

The B-2 cruises in the transonic regime, which is typically defined as Mach 0.8 to 1.2 or 0.7 to 1.3. The exact transition between subsonic, transonic, and supersonic depends on the specific aircraft configuration and operating conditions. Transonic flow is a mixture of subsonic (no shock waves) and supersonic (strong shock waves). As a result, shock waves can indeed form on an aircraft flying less than Mach 1. While the overall "true" airspeed of the plane may be subsonic, acceleration of the air around certain parts of the plane can exceed Mach 1 and create shocks. Since the greatest acceleration of the air occurs across the upper surface of the wing, this is the point where shock waves usually form first.

In fact, shock waves form on the wings of nearly all commercial airliners, which typically cruise around Mach 0.8. If the sun angle is right, you can actually see them. I was once able to see a weak shock wave on the wing of a Boeing 767 during a cross-country flight. This fellow managed to take a picture of the effect, although the contrast is pretty poor.

www.amasci.com...

As many have pointed out, the effect illustrated in the B-2 photo is condensation forming on the wing because of low pressure. Here's a good site that explains the effect:

www.eng.vt.edu...

Originally posted by Raptor
I think you are trying to say that it is a sonic boom, but th B-2 only travels at high sub-sonic(thats the offical line anyway). So no its not a sonic boom.

B2 subsonic? I don't think so! I don't know anything about it either, but I think it may be classified for some beauracratic reason. Maybe fiscal.

That, is a photo of a B2 breaking the sound barrier. Compression wave building.

DC

Definitely just condensation. It occurs when aircraft approach mach 1 or pull high Gs in a humid atmosphere. The reason it looks �fake� is probably due to the abnormal airfoil design of the B-2.




And a good site explaining the phenomena:
www.eng.vt.edu...

[Edited on 4/20/04 by para]

Originally posted by Seekerof


"B2 - Photo of electro-gravitic field kicking in"
Link:
www.abovetopsecret.com...



regards
seekerof

in my physics textbook, there is a picture of an f-18 breaking the sound barrier, similar to this one. all it is, is air condensing,like previously stated

Not an expert on this but in reading about the portable maintenance hangers it specifies that the plane must be kept at a controlled humidity and temperature. isn't it possible that this is caused by some type of refrigeration system (thermocouple) contained in the vehicle to combat heat buildup caused by friction with the air? Also it would hide the heat signature that his friction would generate lin the surrounding atmosphere.
Is there anyone here that could figure the temperature rise caused by this?

[edit on 13-6-2004 by Mspc]

Oh~~~Come on

every supersonic jet can make this phenomenon

When the jet break through the sonic barriar,you will see it.

[edit on 13-6-2004 by gastric cancer]

Any more pics? I want to see more of the air getting torn up.

I've seen this happen before also with venting or dumping fuel before landing.(wich they always do )