Interesting
But is it AI
It’s a behemoth, but could one small flock of Canada Geese bring it all down?
It looks like a 2-ship in perfect formation, however permanent.
Definitely not as attractive as the Twin Mustang.
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1 posted on 5/9/2025, 11:46:23 AM by SunkenCiv
It certainly does not look like two 747’s in any way, shape or form.
If it’s wingspan is 385’, it looks like the distance between the gear is about a third of that—which means they need a runway with a minimum width of least 130’ (if you land it absolutely perfectly on the middle of runway—with the pilot perspective on the sides, not the center line). I won’t even mention taxiways. Good luck.
Like to know where it could take off and land.
380 has enough issues😂
This started as a Burt Rutan/Scaled Composites project. It’s designed specifically to air drop an external payload of 550,000 pounds — which is 50,000 lbs more than the empty weight of the airframe— and with as much as a 90-foot wingspan.
The payload makes the central wing bend down, while the outer wings, in generating lift, are bending up. With a max payload the bending moment at the middle of the center wing (while in flight) would be 800 million inch-pounds.
To withstand that load the wings have four uninterrupted carbon fiber spars that weigh 60,000 lbs each. So the wing spars required to support that bending moment amount to 48% of the empty weight of the airframe.
What it doesn’t look like is a flying aircraft carrier, unless you have terrible vision and weren’t wearing your glasses. there have been stories, without the hyperbolic headline, about this aircraft for months. I guess the reporter at SFGate couldn’t come up with anything of their own so started looking through other peoples old stories and put a stupid spin on it.
Looks like something a Rutan designed. I swear I’ve seen before.
Da big plane is actually launching the little hypersonic test plane.