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US Military Launches fastest-ever plane

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US Military Launches fastest-ever plane
« on: August 14, 2011, 07:27:36 AM »
Unmanned Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 can travel from London to Sydney in less than an hour

"By the time you finish reading this sentence, the Falcon HTV-2, the fastest plane ever built, could have flown 18 miles. It would get from London to Sydney in less than an hour, while withstanding temperatures of almost 2,000C, hotter than the melting point of steel.

At 3pm BST on Thursday , the US Defence Advance Research Projects Agency will launch the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 on the back of a rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. If all goes to plan, engineers will launch the Falcon HTV-2 to the edge of space, before detaching the plane and guiding it on a hypersonic flight that will reach speeds of 13,000mph (about 20 times the speed of sound) on its return to Earth.

The Falcon started life in 2003, part of a US military research project to build a plane that could reach (and potentially deliver bombs to) any part of the world in less than an hour.

The plane has been tested in computer models and wind tunnels, but they can only simulate speeds up to Mach 15 (11,400mph). A real test is the only way to determine if the plane will remain flying at high speeds.

Thursday's flight will also test the carbon composite materials designed to withstand the extreme temperatures the plane will experience on its skin and also the navigation systems that will control its trajectory as it moves at almost four miles per second.

The design and flight pattern of the plane has been tweaked since an aborted test flight in April last year. Nine minutes into that mission, which succeeded in flying for 139 seconds at Mach 22 (16,700mph), the onboard computer detected an anomaly and ordered the plane to ditch into the ocean for safety reasons.

Unlike most other rocket launches, this one will not be shown live online, though it will be possible to follow the plane's progress via tweets from @DARPA_News."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/10/us-military-fastest-plane-falcon

All we need now is to invent a shield like on star trek, we could go top speeds without cooking the plane  [rocket]

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Re: US Military Launches fastest-ever plane
« Reply #1 on: September 21, 2011, 12:21:47 PM »
The glide has been proven in computer models and intertwine tunnels, but they can only assume speeds up to Physicist 15 (11,400mph). A realistic endeavor is the exclusive way to regulate if the planer faculty stay moving at countertenor speeds.



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Re: US Military Launches fastest-ever plane
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2011, 02:49:22 PM »
the world shouldnt need to deliver a bomb anywhere it wants within an hour... its like lets speed up the worlds end.

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Re: US Military Launches fastest-ever plane
« Reply #3 on: September 21, 2011, 05:52:54 PM »
if only they would create more spaceships so we can colonize other planets

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Re: US Military Launches fastest-ever plane
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2011, 07:01:44 PM »
then there would be wars between the earthians and the people who live on those other planets.

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Re: US Military Launches fastest-ever plane
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2011, 07:29:24 AM »
still humanity will survive... just like steven hawking said

humanity can not last unless we inhabit other planets, one catastrophe and we are all wiped out

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Re: US Military Launches fastest-ever plane
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2011, 01:35:45 PM »
we havent killed ourselves yet

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Re: US Military Launches fastest-ever plane
« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2011, 03:33:56 PM »
imagine the world living for peace

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Re: US Military Launches fastest-ever plane
« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2011, 04:22:32 PM »
imagine a world were every cartoon on tv is created by me   [hide]

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Re: US Military Launches fastest-ever plane
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2011, 12:36:40 AM »
how about a world where everyone makes professional looking cartoons?

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Re: US Military Launches fastest-ever plane
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2011, 02:02:05 AM »
naw Bevis and BUTT head is like Lol but its awesome!! and the piece thing? its never gonna happen, its nature for man to fight.. but just listen to Nickelback - If everyone cared

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Re: US Military Launches fastest-ever plane
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2011, 11:06:22 PM »
well man doesn't have to fight others, we can fight nature>>>>> or something that makes more sense.

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Re: US Military Launches fastest-ever plane
« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2011, 11:12:50 PM »
GREAT idea lets make everything extink... How do you think all the buffolo died?