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Re: ditching landing gear, As I understand it, the Gremlins UAV swarm platform uses a ‘live capture’ system from to launch/recover from a C130 - no gear. You b

Re: ditching landing gear, As I understand it, the Gremlins UAV swarm platform uses a ‘live capture’ system from to launch/recover from a C130 - no gear. You basically turn cargo aircraft into aircraft carriers. https://www.darpa.mil/program/gremlins https://www.darpa.mil/program/gremlins

jointpdf 6y ago
My mental image for this is the Protoss Carriers from Starcraft.
- zizee 6y ago
  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AM0qqQhgbn0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AM0qqQhgbn0
- vulcan01 6y ago
  My mental image is the Arsenal Bird from Ace Combat 7 :)
  - matheusmoreira 6y ago
    I thought the same thing! https://i.redd.it/4deoeuq9e4m21.png https://i.redd.it/4deoeuq9e4m21.png Drones are the game's main theme and it's great.
- sevenstar 6y ago
  This also reminds me of the Terminator bridge scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mkmBWIUT54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mkmBWIUT54
dmos62 6y ago
Funnily enough, this existed, but it was an airship instead of C130 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_aircraft_carrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_aircraft_carrier
- xkcd-sucks 6y ago
  The linked on "parasite fighters" says that they are part of "composite aircraft systems". Before this, I thought the aerospace company Scaled Composites was a reference to materials (like fiberglass etc). The more you know!
  - pvg 6y ago
    The 'Composites' in Scaled Composites is definitely a reference to the materials. From Burt Rutan's wikipedia page: With his VariEze and Long-EZ designs, which first flew in 1975 and 1979 respectively, Rutan is responsible for helping popularize both the canard configuration and the use of moldless composite construction in the homebuilt aircraft industry.
mrec 6y ago
See also the XF-85 parasite fighter concept for a manned version. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin

jointpdf 6y ago

My mental image for this is the Protoss Carriers from Starcraft.

zizee 6y ago
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AM0qqQhgbn0 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AM0qqQhgbn0
vulcan01 6y ago
My mental image is the Arsenal Bird from Ace Combat 7 :)
- matheusmoreira 6y ago
  I thought the same thing! https://i.redd.it/4deoeuq9e4m21.png https://i.redd.it/4deoeuq9e4m21.png Drones are the game's main theme and it's great.
sevenstar 6y ago
This also reminds me of the Terminator bridge scene. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mkmBWIUT54 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mkmBWIUT54

dmos62 6y ago

Funnily enough, this existed, but it was an airship instead of C130 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_aircraft_carrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_aircraft_carrier

xkcd-sucks 6y ago
The linked on "parasite fighters" says that they are part of "composite aircraft systems". Before this, I thought the aerospace company Scaled Composites was a reference to materials (like fiberglass etc). The more you know!
- pvg 6y ago
  The 'Composites' in Scaled Composites is definitely a reference to the materials. From Burt Rutan's wikipedia page: With his VariEze and Long-EZ designs, which first flew in 1975 and 1979 respectively, Rutan is responsible for helping popularize both the canard configuration and the use of moldless composite construction in the homebuilt aircraft industry.

mrec 6y ago

See also the XF-85 parasite fighter concept for a manned version. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin