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Gotta See This - Supersecret Bird of Prey [with video]
Popular Science, Boeing ^
| 10/18/02
Posted on 10/18/2002 5:40:54 PM PDT by Diogenesis
BREAKING: Bird of Prey - Supersecret info from Boeing, including video.
[The plane weighs 7,400 pounds and a speed of 260 knots, altitude of 20,000 feet]
[Background from Pop. Sci, video from Boeing].
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KEYWORDS: miltech; weirdshapeplane
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To: kayak
kewl.
To: b4its2late; kayak
I want one....
102
posted on
10/19/2002 3:32:56 PM PDT
by
Dog
To: finnman69
How did you get this?
103
posted on
10/19/2002 3:41:00 PM PDT
by
tet68
To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
Can it be ordered with optional disruptors or photon torpedoes? I'd like mine with outrighters and a baitwell
To: archy
I understand the pilot's part in wielding the weaponry, but what I don't see are any openings for any type of armament to be released. Of course, I realize they could be hidden openings which only open when needed (and remain closed for the purpose of aerodynamics).
But ... just what does this aircraft carry with it??
To: Diogenesis
Supersecret info from Boeing
Since you obviously leaked this super secret info, you are a traitor and I have just been dispatched to whack you....It will take me approx. 5 hours to get to your house so you at least have the advantage of a head start.....
To: ninonitti
BIRD OF PREY CLASS
![](http://www.cs.umanitoba.ca/~djc/startrek/pics/class_Rbop-c.gif)
Category: Stealth Warship
Length:68.2 meters est.
Height:21.9 meters est.
Width:90.6 meters est.
Mass:25,000 metric tons est.
Decks:7 est.
Crew:150 est.
Phasers:unknown
Torpedo Launchers:Plasma Torpedos
Maximum Spread:unknown
Warp Reactor:N/A
Normal Cruising Speed:Impulse
Maximum Cruising Speed:unknown
Maximum Speed:unknown
Notes: The Bird of Prey was the Romulan's early primitive warship. Originally non-warp capable the Bird of Prey depended on its cloaking device and high energy plasma torpedoes to survive. Bird of Preys were also know to carry nuclear weapons onboard to be used as a last resort.
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posted on
10/19/2002 6:23:21 PM PDT
by
xp38
To: Diogenesis
Will it be available for Christmas?
To: Diogenesis
![](http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/h_bop_arial_02.jpg)
I'm sorry, but unless the forces that control aircraft lift have CHANGED since I last used them, the nose is WAY too far forward. That front will HAVE to be somekind of lifting configuration, then center of lift of the wings are way aft.
Perhaps those are merely fins to stabilize it as a rocket, but the speed is reported as too low.
Something seems fishy to me.
109
posted on
10/19/2002 7:57:41 PM PDT
by
Elsie
To: Diogenesis
Oooh.....Pretty Bird!!!
To: glock rocks
Very interesting. Thanks!
BTW, this Popular Science poll (right side of the page) caught my eye. Soon, we'll have to put Liberty on the endangered list. After "national ID" cards, national handgun registration can't be far behind.
Would you be opposed to "smart" national ID cards?
Yes: 50.3%
No: 45.1%
I'm indifferent: 4.6%
You answered: Yes |
Total number of responses: 149616 |
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