B-21 Raider thread of hype and appreciation



Wow. America’s next top war plane. She looks sleek and fast to me. Also a fair bit smaller and lighter than her big sister the B-2 I reckon. Notice two-wheel main bogies instead of the B-2’s four-wheel bogies.

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Ward Carroll did a interesting discussion with “Pako” a StrikeEagle WSO “retired” on the unveiling

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Today it took its first flight!

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Ah no way i missed that!

You forgot to mention that the chase plane was an F-16 :slight_smile:

It’s apples’ iBomber:

It is tiny. Not just a bit smaller than a B-2, it’s half a B-2!

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The F-16 flying alongside really puts it in perspective. We all know from flying it in VR how tiny a fighter that is^^

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Better footage of the first flight:

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Whats that line that its dragging?

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Sensors most likely.

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Either noise or some turbulence sensors i think

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Yeah, that thing needs its air data sensors calibrated very finely indeed in order to fly right.

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