Never forget what they took from us

F-22N, the plane that was too awesome for this world

129 points · 11 comments · view on lemmy.world

11 Comments

HKPiax@lemmy.world · 71 pts · 2y

It really doesn’t get better than a fighter jet with a “naruto-style running” stance.

ooterness@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Old hotness: Swing Wing

New hotness: Transform into bipedal mech

psud@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 2y

Swing wings are excellent for veritechs, they get the wings out of the way in humanoid form. Folding wings are a distant second

gnutrino@programming.dev · 18 pts · 2y

Just think of all the spy balloons terrorising the world's oceans because this beauty never saw the light of day 😢

Jumuta@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 2y (3 replies)

god that'd be a nightmare to design for stealth lmfao

nuke@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Sigh, I know... But the heart wants what the heart wants

_______@poeng.link · 3 pts · 2y

The "N" means it's "Nice"

jimbolauski@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y

It'd be even worse to maintain, having to strip and recoat every time the hydrolics leaked

Bezier@suppo.fi · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

What the shit, they were going to build this? I just came.

CptEnder@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Don't Google the F-16N =\

_______@poeng.link · 2 pts · 2y

What a beut