c/noncredibledefense · by nuke@sh.itjust.works · 2yNever 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
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
god that'd be a nightmare to design for stealth lmfao
nuke@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 2y
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
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