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I'm no miltary person, but would modifying an old plane to fly without a pilot either as a autonominous plane or remote piloted drone allow it to be come more d
by 123pie123 5y ago
I'm no miltary person, but would modifying an old plane to fly without a pilot either as a autonominous plane or remote piloted drone allow it to be come more dangerous than the oringinal fitted out plane?
ie because there's no human inside so it should be able fly tighter turns, also be a lighter aircraft
- mschild 5y agoDepends on the plane, but it seems that most aircraft can sustain about the same force as the people flying them. I'm sure there are safety margins but an F-16 can sustain about 9 G's [0]. A trained fighter pilot with an anti-G suite can sustain around 9 G's as well [1]. The G-force capabilities don't seem to have improved much since the F-16. The F-35 can also "only" do 9 G's [2]. This does make sense though. Whats the point of building an aircraft that can withstand much higher G's if there is no pilot that can ever fly it in such a manner. Plus it might just become exponentially more expense to exceed this limit. [0] https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104505/f-16-fighting-falcon/ https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/1045... [1] https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/gravity-forces/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/gravity-forces/ [2] https://www.airforce.gov.au/technology/f-35a-specifications https://www.airforce.gov.au/technology/f-35a-specifications
- FridayoLeary 5y agoI understand the Eurofighter can withstand forces well above 9g. Maybe most jets aren't built to sustain forces they will never encounter anyway.