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[pandur]

beccati! bravo paperinik

Modificato 19 Maggio 2009 da pandur

[Unholy]

Vero! è un Polecat! Strano però... ho trovato delle foto con una configurazione dei portelli del carrello molto diversa...

[pandur]

potrebbe non essere lo stesso prototipo, visto che è andato distrutto... o potrebbe essere un altro uav, nel qual caso mi suiciderei...

[Bl4ckH4wk]

Finalmente abbiamo risolto questo enigma,bravo a paperinik ;)

 

Ma non si potrebbe creare un altro prototipo di polecat?costa troppo agli USA?dato che è andato distrutto.. :(

[Blue Sky]

Vero! è un Polecat! Strano però... ho trovato delle foto con una configurazione dei portelli del carrello molto diversa...

 

Quoto, però bisogna prender atto della scarsa qualità della foto postata da pap che può facilmente trarre in inganno su alcuni dettagli!

Modificato 19 Maggio 2009 da Blue Sky

[Bl4ckH4wk]

Lockheed Martin is back at square one with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight-testing after the December crash of its P-175 Polecat demonstrator, which is only now being disclosed.

 

The aircraft went down on Dec. 18, 2006 at the Nevada Test and Training Range, according to U.S. Air Force officials who run the range. An "irreversible unintentional failure in the flight termination ground equipment, which caused the aircraft's automatic fail-safe flight termination mode to activate" is cited by Lockheed Martin as the cause of the crash.

 

The company developed the aircraft for about $30 million using internal research and development funding in an effort to experiment with UAV technology while rivals Northrop Grumman and Boeing continue work on their armed UAV demonstrators for the Pentagon. However, company officials kept it a secret, claiming it was classified even though a customer has not been named. The crash was kept secret until this week, when media began making queries about Polecats status. The aircraft was beginning a new phase of flights largely focused on validating the flying wing design at altitudes in excess of 60,000 feet.

 

Polecat, however, never flew above 15,000 feet. Lockheed Martin officials also planned to use the aircraft to experiment with new composites manufacturing techniques, twisting strut designs to produce slightly morphing wings and ground-based vehicle and flight control work. A company statement says officials did learn from work in these areas despite the crash.

 

Lockheed Martin says the flight termination system "performed exactly as expected," causing the crash.