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Why Aren't Swing Wing Aircraft Made Any More?
Go to ground.news/droid to access data-driven information from around the world. Subscribe through my link to get 40% off the Vantage plan for unlimited access. From the mid-60s up to 1981, swing-wing aircraft led the way for new multirole aircraft that combined the low-speed stability and efficiency of a straight wing with the high-speed performance of a swept wing and led to some of the most famous fighters and bombers of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. But from 1981 onwards not a single new aircraft was built with a swing-wing design. In this video, we look at why this happened.
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  • @soteriology1012
    @soteriology1012 2 години тому

    As I remember Walt Disney had a few ideas in his old TV shows in the 50's 0r 60's on how to modify weather in order to get Hurricanes to weaken or go out to sea:=> ua-cam.com/video/Xw9Leq98IRU/v-deo.html

  • @soteriology1012
    @soteriology1012 3 години тому

    @9:56 If Arco had the rights to all that oil & natural gas in Alaska and professed it did not have an economical way to get it to market in the lower 48 without expensive heated pipelines, I perceive it still could have the following options. (1) sell some of it to Canada which is not as far away. (2) Since it was burned in order to make electricity for HAARP then instead it could have simply generated as they it and instead sent it over high voltage cross country transmission lines to the USA instead of fueling HAARP. Another fact they did not tell you was that HAARP had expanded the number of antennas on its original site as well as running the experiment on another very large site in Alaska that we never did get to see which was also built.

  • @markszlazak
    @markszlazak 3 години тому

    After listening to this you wonder if the idea of gravity as a thing in itself is just an illusion and the effects of “gravity” are due to something we don’t understand about the other known forces.

  • @bigdaddy5150sh71
    @bigdaddy5150sh71 7 годин тому

    I just cut the cheese 🧀 earlier. It was real.

  • @RetroletsplayGBA
    @RetroletsplayGBA 10 годин тому

    The more moving parts the more issues

  • @danf4447
    @danf4447 16 годин тому

    using the spook for a target drone is tragic. its like hauling manure in a ferrari

  • @marcusrussell8660
    @marcusrussell8660 16 годин тому

    Far too head of it’s time.

  • @Wi2Low
    @Wi2Low 17 годин тому

    When nanobots work cooperatively to create macobot structures, aircraft will morph into whatever shape suits the manuver and speed envelope, just like the muscles, skin and feathers of a falcon.

  • @davesnothere8859
    @davesnothere8859 17 годин тому

    treatment of cancer.......

  • @thomasaquinas9550
    @thomasaquinas9550 17 годин тому

    Probably more moving parts to fail.

  • @zagrepcanin82
    @zagrepcanin82 20 годин тому

    good video except the RCS values which are not known. RCS is TOP SECRET and sure as hell they wont tell you how much is it....and the value showed here for Lancer is 1 square micrometer!!!! to put it like this....20x smaller than grain of regular table salt so you see....you are making a fools of yourselves with such values...and f22 has bacteria size RCS...because it has 2 more zeros please tell me that you(americans) believe this?

  • @swesalpiraal7247
    @swesalpiraal7247 22 години тому

    oh my gosh, that shirt is dreadful

  • @grantstafford-renard9095
    @grantstafford-renard9095 22 години тому

    So from what I’ve heard, part of the reason was because they added a ton of weight to the design, which could impact the performance of the aircraft.

  • @user-kj1od5ed7p
    @user-kj1od5ed7p 23 години тому

    The music is a little bit too loud it makes you hard to understand thank you for the video

  • @JohanMsWorld
    @JohanMsWorld 23 години тому

    You forgot the plane in Tintins Flight 714 to Sidney. Inthink its about the only comersial swing wings design Ive seen, might it be in a comic. J.

  • @scottsuttan2123
    @scottsuttan2123 23 години тому

    classic American f14 won out over one plane but later ditched as it failed to perform / maintenance headache as we are seeing with F35/ Harrier 😂

  • @Indubidably0
    @Indubidably0 День тому

    lol without watching, yes. Easily. We have point defense systems that use laser tech. Hypersonic can't beat the speed of light.

  • @Friedolays
    @Friedolays День тому

    Ahh stfu no one is traveling space

  • @mdtransmissionspecialties
    @mdtransmissionspecialties День тому

    we built the Polyethene plant in Beaumont, TX for exxon mobile "BPEX" they had a 20,000hp Siemens custom electric motor that was attached to the extruder. I have pictures of it that im not supposed to have but I can say when we bumped that thing for rotation it took 20minutes just for it to come to a stop. these big motors are crazy awesome to experience.

  • @jeffsloane8628
    @jeffsloane8628 День тому

    Another great example of the importance of materials and engineering of components.

  • @user-gv2rb1ql8m
    @user-gv2rb1ql8m День тому

    Why not use it in ice Antarctica😢 4:39

  • @Gateway10
    @Gateway10 День тому

    This guy is funny. He should make a video about how much science is just made up BS. like dark matter and about a thousand other half baked unproven theories. Really dude keep your opinion to yourself because that’s all it is. This same guy would probably tell you it’s impossible for the moon to be artificial but it’s totally possible that there are Dysons spheres throughout the universe. Because building a moon would be too big of a project. But a Dyson sphere yea that’s plausible. I find many of these I’m smarter than you videos have an English accent. I think it’s a genetic problem. Arrogance.

  • @Gateway10
    @Gateway10 День тому

    So you’re saying the aliens live on the surface.

  • @80sbeginner
    @80sbeginner День тому

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  • @maynardjohnson3313
    @maynardjohnson3313 День тому

    If you have a corner cube reflector tuned to 94Ghz you can send that beam right back where it came from.

  • @maynardjohnson3313
    @maynardjohnson3313 День тому

    Active Denial = so much for free speech.

  • @maynardjohnson3313
    @maynardjohnson3313 День тому

    Sharks with fricken laser beams on their heads.

  • @DarrylHart
    @DarrylHart День тому

    All well and good but you've got to go to the moon first.

  • @2_dimes
    @2_dimes День тому

    I worked for John M owner of Chappell Ind. He innovated the fin and nozzle assembly as well as contributing to the design of the guidance system 7:38 for the sidewinder. At 7:48 John was a major contributar to the design. I think he said they made the nozzle for $3.75. In his later years we only made one component. He also made the Chappell land to air system. He said that he never got a contract. He did make several working prototypes to demonstrate the system. Amazing guy to work for, he finally retired at 82.

  • @bdflatlander
    @bdflatlander День тому

    My dad worked at Rocketdyne as an Industrial Engineer. He worked there 29 years, starting his employment in 1955 and retiring in 1984. He passed away in 2017 at 91 years of age. My family lived in Winnetka (we called it Canoga Park back then), probably about 2 1/2 to 3 miles from the Rocketdyne facility as the crow flies. My brother and I attended Los Angeles City public schools and my mom taught English in a LAUSD middle school. Many of the men in the neighborhood I grew up in worked for Rocketdyne. It was a huge employer back in the ‘50’s and 60’s. The pay and benefits were really good and my family lived a very comfortable middle class lifestyle. The pressure on the Rocketdyne employees was pretty intense as they worked to meet the schedule that President Kennedy set to land a man on the moon and return him safely to earth by the end of the ‘60’s. My dad had to frequently work overtime and came home pretty tired and worn out most days. My dad never attended my school graduation ceremonies because it was very difficult to get time off for events like that. It didn’t bother me because that was the case for many of the dads who worked at Rocketdyne. Working in aerospace back when my dad did was the in-place to work during the space race, kind of like Silicon Valley is today. While my dad was very proud to be a part of the space program, the constant stress really got to him at times. While he wasn’t an alcoholic he probably drank more than he should have to cope with the stress. The main Rocketdyne facility where the F1 engines were built is no longer there. It was torn down about 12 years ago and is still a large vacant lot today. There have been various plans for the former Rocketdyne site such as mixed use retail and residential but nothing has happened yet. Many of the kids I grew up with had fathers who were Engineers and Scientists at Rocketdyne and were really smart themselves. I had to study pretty hard in order to keep up with these kids which was a good thing. Also with my mom being a teacher if my grades slipped there were definitely negative consequences for me.

  • @RTEducators
    @RTEducators День тому

    Henry Gaudreau Worked at U.S. Air Force (1979-2006)Author has 164 answers and 56.9K answer views2y First, (but not most important) is cost. It’s very expensive to develop a modern combat aircraft, it’s even more expensive to develop a modern combat aircraft with swing wings. Second, the science of aerodynamics and materials science have greatly advanced from the baseline swinging period of the 60s. Remember, the goal of a swing wing was a multi role fighter (think F-111 and high speed with low speed handling (think B-1). Now, with tremendously better engines and blended bodies we can get the same performance without the need for sweeping the wings. Engines have more thrust range, throttle transient periods are much shorter, and lifting bodies (an F-15 once landed with only one wing) all obviated the need for swing wings.

  • @juancastilla6001
    @juancastilla6001 День тому

    11:31 the F-4G Wild Weasel did not participate in the Vietnam War.

  • @jamestregler1584
    @jamestregler1584 День тому

    Thanks for answering my questions about the loss of swing wing aircraft 😎

  • @NikeaTiber
    @NikeaTiber День тому

    "Operation chrome dome" I'm a little drunk and now I'm laughing my @ss off.

  • @jameslovett2802
    @jameslovett2802 День тому

    How much did they pay you to make this video

  • @commiessuckballs2287
    @commiessuckballs2287 День тому

    Meanwhile.. billions to Ukraine for kickbacks to Democrats.

  • @loualiberti4781
    @loualiberti4781 День тому

    Dude: Do u have a brain 🧠 Answer this one question. How many times did the Buran fly and how many total hours was it in actual space flight? Now - answer how many times did the U. S. Shuttle fly and how many hours of actual space flight ? Ok … so which spacecraft is better ?

  • @castlerock58
    @castlerock58 День тому

    Russia is still building them.

  • @HappyBeezerStudios
    @HappyBeezerStudios День тому

    My first thought is "They are complex, heavy, and expensive" Sure, it can have different aerodynamic modes, each with it's own optimal speed area, but all that mechanical stuff has weight, weight that doesn't do anything for the plane when it's not changing the wing mode. Weight that could be used for more fuel or more payload. Lots of bits necessary to maintain the mechanic. So more different replacement parts need to be manufactured. All that increases cost. You need more planes to deliver the same payload and each of these planes is more expensive to build and maintain. And then obviously the fact that modern jets aren't build to fly at the same speeds. Intercepting duty is done by missiles, so no need for those huge speeds and climb rates. Close range dogfights are exceedingly rare, so no need for extreme slow speed manoeuvrability. (Some even suggest omitting the nosegun for that reason) And what we see nowadays are delta and trapezoid wings, which are fine from slow speeds up to slow supersonic flight. Exactly what modern jets do.

  • @halamish1
    @halamish1 День тому

    Excellent presentation!

  • @rogerpattube
    @rogerpattube День тому

    I already pay for premium so don’t want to listen your ads

  • @thesquirrel914
    @thesquirrel914 День тому

    I have a Fisher AG7. I use it to journal nightly. I love it.

  • @lukekirk7487
    @lukekirk7487 День тому

    Brown news, so they just show true stories and fake ones👍 nice. I don’t find any value in filling my head with trash.

  • @enterrowley
    @enterrowley День тому

    Absolutely fascinating. Now, what’s on at Santa Pod in the next few months….

  • @parvesmaurya2554
    @parvesmaurya2554 2 дні тому

    I guess usage of sand and dilatation liquid wall may work.

  • @eckridium
    @eckridium 2 дні тому

    Basic trigonometry, eh? Trigonometry is basic as is a million dollars is pocket change to most humans.

  • @igors2383
    @igors2383 2 дні тому

    baldy got it on lock

  • @kebman
    @kebman 2 дні тому

    10:33 omg that's must be the most outlandishly sexy airplane I've ever seen. The Vickers 010 Swallow.

  • @kebman
    @kebman 2 дні тому

    You need to work on your segues lol. Take a look at Linus Tech Tips for inspiration. I seriously watch a lot of them bcos their segues are just that good.

  • @kebman
    @kebman 2 дні тому

    Sorry..... Busemann... It means a bugger in Norwegian.. And a gay person in Danish.