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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I know that Pilots are flown remotely, and talking to people who have flown both fighters and flown drones from the ground there is no comparison. Human Pilots in the air in the glass cockpit with entire emmersion in their environment with sound, sight and estimation are superior pilots and tend to get more out of their machines.
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Is anything the pilots see even real anyways? I too think unamanned planes are the way to go, but I'm talking an unmanned multi-role fighter that would be leightweight and maneuvrable by virtue of not having life support weight and g-force limitations. Obviously you can't replace the F-18s with predator drones.
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Originally Posted by Bigtime
Until I see the entire USAF replaced by unmanned aircraft I'm quite happy to see our government purchase manned fighter aircraft.
Not too mention the entire achilles heel of relying on your entire Air Force to be connected on-line or however they do it. One well placed EMP or disruption of your communications lines and there goes your air force.
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Modern planes are fly-by-wire and inherently unstable for maneuverability. Wouldn't an EMP majorly eff up the planes anyways?
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Originally Posted by sclitheroe
You can get over it now. The overall design for the Arrow, and every aircraft like it from that generation was quickly outmodded. The need for straight-and-fast interceptors was greatly overblown.
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Straight-and-fast? I thought one of the Arrow's traits was maneuverability... wasn't it the first plane to be able to do a 2g turn? Anways, it wasn't just that we lost the Arrow. We lost most of our aerospace industry.
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Originally Posted by Bigtime
That happiest plane ever!
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It's great friends with the new Mazda3s.