New NASA X-Plane Construction Begins

Re:New NASA X-Plane Construction Begins by rbanffy on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @10:30AM (#16801618)

> pilot wears VR goggles

I would opt for much simpler camera, an already-proven ILS and windows that allow the pilot to look down on the side of the plane.

The fewer things to go wrong on a brand-new design, the better.

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Re:New NASA X-Plane Construction Begins by jandrese on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @10:56AM (#16801804)

What's the point of X-Planes if you aren't trying out the new toys?

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Re:New NASA X-Plane Construction Begins by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @11:19AM (#16801980)

The point is to investigate new airframe technologies, not fully integrated flight systems which the commercial world can handle with DoD contracts.

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Re:New NASA X-Plane Construction Begins by rbanffy on Tuesday April 10, 2018 @02:52PM (#16804008)

Also, to properly investigate something, it's usually better to investigate only one thing, not a combination of various different things that,with luck, means something.

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