Airborne Weapon Re-Arming
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http://www.fartechnologies.com/other.php?pageId=10
Check out the computer simulation clips. This is an interesting concept. Maybe we can cooperate with Israel and the US in developing such technology.
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As it is ... Air refueling is already a touchy and dangerous operation.
To think a wide body jet could extend a long load-bearing flap arms out of the rear to re-arm a fighter jet... amidst air turbulence and thus dis-balancing the aero-dynamics of the wide body jet.. is doomed from basic concept.
And to think the weight of the Reloading Weapons travelling along the extended arm would not have any adverse effect on the flight.
Let's say the interception and holding lock between the two planes was possible. Then there is the fighter receiving the weapons... on either side of it's wings.. wouldn't that be a problem of spiraling.
Just a dream concept for swallowing budget dollars. -
if it goes boom, it goes BOOM!!!!
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why take such a risk? why not just land and let the technicians take over
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why not use the airborne re-armer as a weapon platform. just stick an AWACS radome on it and let the missiles fly
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Yeah, great idea!Originally posted by sgFish:why not use the airborne re-armer as a weapon platform. just stick an AWACS radome on it and let the missiles fly
Use a 'flying battleship' to loft missiles into an engagement area, and fighters to use their radars to lock onto targets and guide the missiles in.
Feasible? Or too much of Dale Brown? -
Yes i agree this is a dangerous operation just like air to air refueling, maybe even more so since it is dealing with weapons.Originally posted by MobyDog:As it is ... Air refueling is already a touchy and dangerous operation.
To think a wide body jet could extend a long load-bearing flap arms out of the rear to re-arm a fighter jet... amidst air turbulence and thus dis-balancing the aero-dynamics of the wide body jet.. is doomed from basic concept.
And to think the weight of the Reloading Weapons travelling along the extended arm would not have any adverse effect on the flight.
Let's say the interception and holding lock between the two planes was possible. Then there is the fighter receiving the weapons... on either side of it's wings.. wouldn't that be a problem of spiraling.
Just a dream concept for swallowing budget dollars.
However, i do believe that one day such a capability will be essential and beneficial to us much like aerial refueling now. I am sure when the idea of aerial refueling is first being brought up, there are as much if not more skeptimism, simply because this have never been done before.
But if the demand for such capability is strong enough, the funding and technological issues will be solved eventually. -
No 1 in e past thought air-air refueling is possible, this might be e same, if there a need for it, it will be possible. But all this tech lead 2 the fact tat pliots need 2 stay ine air longer unless u flying SU-32/34 or in e case of UCAV, its hell
