Morphing Wings

[NoSuchFile]

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/05/0...tid=216&tid=126

I totaly ignore if I'm spose to post this here or someplace else, i'll try, the link sends you on an article i read on slashdot, and yeah.. couple more years and we won't need the damn ass-1 to get cool planes lol

[Noyhauser]

First off, Its already been done in macross... the YF-21 had Mission adaptive wings

Secondly, MAW has been around for quite some time... its nearly 30 years old

[JB0]

First off, Its already been done in macross... the YF-21 had Mission adaptive wings

Secondly, MAW has been around for quite some time... its nearly 30 years old

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Actually, if I recall, that was how the original Wright plane maneuvered.

[Noyhauser]

... Shhh JBO! You're making me look bad.

Anyway I meant the modern version MAW.... using composites to make very sturdy yet flexible wings.

[JB0]

... Shhh JBO! You're making me look bad.

0, not O.

Anyway I meant the modern version MAW.... using composites to make very sturdy yet flexible wings.

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Sure.... rationalize all you want.

[Noyhauser]

... Shhh JBO! You're making me look bad.

0, not O.

What did I say?

Funny after all these years I thought it was O not 0

[NoSuchFile]

Now since apparently you people didn't go see what it was about, i'll have to add the link to the pic http://news.ufl.edu/wp-content/uf-news-pos...s/print/169.jpg and btw, i'm already aware that the concept has been in test for quite a long time but please, start looking at it before you bitch at it

[JB0]

... Shhh JBO! You're making me look bad.

0, not O.

What did I say?

Funny after all these years I thought it was O not 0

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Common mistake.

I only drag it out A. in good clean fun(see now. Well, it was funny to me, anyways...),

or B. to annoy someone I have no respect for.

Practice goes back to my first e-mail account. change I have a rather strong stubborn streak, so I wasn't going to be me#1245315 or whatever. And I sure wasn't changing my chosen name to bypass the issue.

I pinned a 0 on the end so I could cut to the front of the line and skip ahead of me#1.

...

And discovered names with a 0 on the end are rarely taken.

So it's become a sort of dummy character for me. If my chosen name is taken, or too short(a common problem with JB. Stupid 3-character minimum name requirements... or is it stupid me for picking that as a regularly-used screen name?), I pin on a zero.

[grss1982]

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/05/0...tid=216&tid=126

I totaly ignore if I'm spose to post this here or someplace else, i'll try, the link sends you on an article i read on slashdot, and yeah.. couple more years and we won't need the damn ass-1 to get cool planes lol

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Speaking about MAW and folding wings, it might interest you to know that the XB-70, yes the plane that inspired or partly inspired the creator of macross to to make one of our most fav animes, has a folding wing design.

Check it out: http://www.vectorsite.net/avxb70.html

I'm thinking this concept also inspired that scene in macross zero where guld fly the yf-21 directly towards the missles. IIRC the wings folded downward similar to the xb-70.

Edited August 25, 2005 by grss1982

[Mule]

Now since apparently you people didn't go see what it was about, i'll have to add the link to the pic http://news.ufl.edu/wp-content/uf-news-pos...s/print/169.jpg and btw, i'm already aware that the concept has been in test for quite a long time but please, start looking at it before you bitch at it

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Unfortunately the picture link got Slashdotted

That is a really cool little plane, and I think a bit of a departure, or at least a more extreme example of a deformable wing than earlier examples. Besides, the article says the plane can do manuvers that would easily kill any pilot. Damn cool piece of engineering.

[armentage]

I'm thinking this concept also inspired that scene in macross zero where guld fly the yf-21 directly towards the missles. IIRC the wings folded downward similar to the xb-70. 

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The XB-70 inspired who to make which anime?

[Noyhauser]

... Shhh JBO! You're making me look bad.

0, not O.

What did I say?

Funny after all these years I thought it was O not 0

322899[/snapback]

Common mistake.

I only drag it out A. in good clean fun(see now. Well, it was funny to me, anyways...),

or B. to annoy someone I have no respect for.

Practice goes back to my first e-mail account. change I have a rather strong stubborn streak, so I wasn't going to be me#1245315 or whatever. And I sure wasn't changing my chosen name to bypass the issue.

I pinned a 0 on the end so I could cut to the front of the line and skip ahead of me#1.

...

And discovered names with a 0 on the end are rarely taken.

So it's become a sort of dummy character for me. If my chosen name is taken, or too short(a common problem with JB. Stupid 3-character minimum name requirements... or is it stupid me for picking that as a regularly-used screen name?), I pin on a zero.

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I never took it as anything but a joke...

Now since apparently you people didn't go see what it was about, i'll have to add the link to the pic http://news.ufl.edu/wp-content/uf-news-pos...s/print/169.jpg and btw, i'm already aware that the concept has been in test for quite a long time but please, start looking at it before you bitch at it

I did look at it before I posted.... but its not really new, thats all.

Also the XB-70 isn't really true Mission addaptive wing technology. ITs more along the lines of swept wings than MAW.... The simple answer is that MAW changes the thickness and shape of the wing, which the folding tips of the XB-70 is not designed to do.

[JB0]

http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/05/0...tid=216&tid=126

I totaly ignore if I'm spose to post this here or someplace else, i'll try, the link sends you on an article i read on slashdot, and yeah.. couple more years and we won't need the damn ass-1 to get cool planes lol

322883[/snapback]

Speaking about MAW and folding wings, it might interest you to know that the XB-70, yes the plane that inspired or partly inspired the creator of macross to to make one of our most fav animes, has a folding wing design.

Check it out: http://www.vectorsite.net/avxb70.html

I'm thinking this concept also inspired that scene in macross zero where guld fly the yf-21 directly towards the missles. IIRC the wings folded downward similar to the xb-70.

Yah. YF-21 had the angle-able wings.

Too bad the XB-70 didn't have the flexi-surfaces too.

I'm thinking this concept also inspired that scene in macross zero where guld fly the yf-21 directly towards the missles. IIRC the wings folded downward similar to the xb-70. 

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The XB-70 inspired who to make which anime?

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Not inspired to make teh show, rather the name of the star mech.

Hint: XB70 Valkyrie.

[grss1982]

I'm thinking this concept also inspired that scene in macross zero where guld fly the yf-21 directly towards the missles. IIRC the wings folded downward similar to the xb-70. 

322980[/snapback]

The XB-70 inspired who to make which anime?

323008[/snapback]

Not inspired to make teh show, rather the name of the star mech.

Hint: XB70 Valkyrie.

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Thanks JBO for a while there i though i was gonna go insane wracking my brain on the relevance of the xb-70. must be getting old or something.

[Zentrandude]

well real planes put aside think its more akin to those bird machines in the movie sky captain and the world of tomorrow.