Simple terms...
The wing shown in the picture above, is the way the wing sit's while being moved around...before flight, that wing folds back to normal position, with the flaps and ailerons on the trailing edge of the wing...now look closely at the butt end of that wing....where it would butt-up against the airframe...the outer most portion of that wing root has no securing device, that would mount it and firm it up to the fuselage.....unless they made a huge radical design to make it swivle like the F-14's swept wing design...where the main wing root is huge as hell, and rotates on a huge gearing system. But that type of a system is not evident in those pics....
As for radical flying designs....the F-4 proved that if you put enough power to a brick...it will fly....that said..any type of a stable airfoil design will more than likely fly.
The point that this plane pictured will hit Mach 1+ up to 3-4...is not evident in the pics...also. For a plane to skin abouve mach, it's wing/fuselage area must be able to fit into it's self.....like a bullet. Basic aerodynamics proved it on the concord, SR71, F-15, etc....
The fuselage must be at a shape to where it is bulged before the wing, and the wing must persay have the same area and mass as if it is molded behind the fuselage bulge...it's hard to decribe it typing it out, but I am sure if I googled it up, I can find the diagrame that I am trying to talk about.
As for other aspects about these photos....the cameras are a dead giveaway that this is for a film shoot....and I am sure if I google it up...I'll stumble across various forums about the validity of this aircraft...and what Hollywood is useing it for.
Even though I'm into helicopters right now....if it's a secret government project...I would more than likely know about it. Hell, I'm cutting some weird shit at work on the gerbers for other aircraft parts that are not even out in the press...Remember...I deal with aircraft composites all night
The wing shown in the picture above, is the way the wing sit's while being moved around...before flight, that wing folds back to normal position, with the flaps and ailerons on the trailing edge of the wing...now look closely at the butt end of that wing....where it would butt-up against the airframe...the outer most portion of that wing root has no securing device, that would mount it and firm it up to the fuselage.....unless they made a huge radical design to make it swivle like the F-14's swept wing design...where the main wing root is huge as hell, and rotates on a huge gearing system. But that type of a system is not evident in those pics....
As for radical flying designs....the F-4 proved that if you put enough power to a brick...it will fly....that said..any type of a stable airfoil design will more than likely fly.
The point that this plane pictured will hit Mach 1+ up to 3-4...is not evident in the pics...also. For a plane to skin abouve mach, it's wing/fuselage area must be able to fit into it's self.....like a bullet. Basic aerodynamics proved it on the concord, SR71, F-15, etc....
The fuselage must be at a shape to where it is bulged before the wing, and the wing must persay have the same area and mass as if it is molded behind the fuselage bulge...it's hard to decribe it typing it out, but I am sure if I googled it up, I can find the diagrame that I am trying to talk about.
As for other aspects about these photos....the cameras are a dead giveaway that this is for a film shoot....and I am sure if I google it up...I'll stumble across various forums about the validity of this aircraft...and what Hollywood is useing it for.
Even though I'm into helicopters right now....if it's a secret government project...I would more than likely know about it. Hell, I'm cutting some weird shit at work on the gerbers for other aircraft parts that are not even out in the press...Remember...I deal with aircraft composites all night
