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Re:Boeing MQ-25 Stingray by rumanator on Friday November 01, 2019 @02:47PM (#21422388)
> Makes me wonder if the form-factor of a carrier can be shrunk since drones can reliably hit much smaller landing spots reliably.

As unmanned aircraft don't need to meet requirements regarding G-force limits on takeoff and landing, I'm sure it would be possible to shrink carriers.

Re:Boeing MQ-25 Stingray by mikece on Friday November 01, 2019 @02:52PM (#21422437)
Catapult-launch and arrested recovery will still require significant force handling ability whether there's a human meat bag at the controls or not, but not having a human on board allows for a much more efficient aircraft design (though that designed efficiency would lead to variable designs depending on the mission: endurance/ISR, high-speed/high-G attack, or heavy-lift/cargo/tanker, etc).
Re:Boeing MQ-25 Stingray by a3n on Friday November 01, 2019 @03:21PM (#21422707)
Catapult launch could probably be much more forceful and frequent without a mounted H1-A Human.
Re:Boeing MQ-25 Stingray by alexhutcheson on Friday November 01, 2019 @03:56PM (#21423053)
The human tolerance has never really been a limiting factor. As catapult technology and jet technology has gotten better, we've used the additional thrust to launch heavier, more capable aircraft, rather than increasing the initial launch speed.
Re:Boeing MQ-25 Stingray by toomuchtodo on Friday November 01, 2019 @03:28PM (#21422772)
True, with newer catapult systems linear motor driven instead of steam driven.