Shit, probably sets back testing phase somewhat. It's oft repeated that flying these flying wing configurations is hard, so probably bound to happen for a firm doing it for the first time. Hopefully it's not damaged too much (doesn't look like it).
I don't like speculation, we have no idea what happened. Looks like a controlled landing without power, maybe engine gave out. We'll have some idea of what to expect by watching future flight testing. Official explanations will be useless as usual.
Looks almost AI, uncanny. Must be quite the spectacle for watchers.
This is significant wave height we are speaking, most military ships have survivability limit at sea state 7. Beyond sea state 5 they only care about surviving it out. (Unless it is a whooping 100K tonnes carrier, or a submarine). Above sea state 3 requires inhumane piloting skills at helicopter operations.
Lost the engine, autopiloted, landed smoothly. Kudos to engineers, a flying lost the engine but not flight stability.
what do u mean ?
I talk about the dude taking photos and uploading it for everyone to see as if his live depend on it. Not the people that work on the project.
There was a airport there so they try to land it to airfiled but perhaps with no engine power and force landed at ground closse to airport
According to what I heard, the engine lost power. Looks like an engine malfunction. UCAV glided without engine power. First, they thought of an unpowered landing on the road, but decided to land on an empty field, not to risk a driver.www.instagram.com
Landing intact after hitting a roadway lamp and cutting some leaves. That's very stable for a flying wing.
