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Re:US Navy X-47B Robot Fighter Jet Completes First Phase Of ... by ThomBush on Saturday June 30, 2012 @01:50PM (#4182287)
Super high tech, advanced-robot fighter jet... not able to retract landing gear? (from video). Did that bother anyone else?
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Re:US Navy X-47B Robot Fighter Jet Completes First Phase Of ... by protomyth on Saturday June 30, 2012 @03:31PM (#4182586)
Generally, the first test flights won't have an aircraft raise its gear.

http://www.upi.com/Business_News/Security-Industry/2011/02/0...

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Re:US Navy X-47B Robot Fighter Jet Completes First Phase Of ... by russell on Saturday June 30, 2012 @02:16PM (#4182373)
I imagine it can retract its landing gear. It was probably left down for the test; one less thing to fail.
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Re:US Navy X-47B Robot Fighter Jet Completes First Phase Of ... by smallblacksun on Saturday June 30, 2012 @04:48PM (#4182778)
The article has a picture of it with it's landing gear up.
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