After extensive research of flight I have come to a conclusion that many of the "Prototypes" Of future flight is just remakes of old planes, Mainly being old war birds of the second World War and Korean War with of course some exceptions. Many of the future models may look identicle or have same features but they have very different objectives of flight.
Not to long ago the U.S.A made a bomber just shy of costing a billion dollars. This bomber is called the "B2". The B2 bomber was made in 1997 but still has technology that is advance in our time. but the scary part of the plane is where it originated from.... Nazi Germany in the Second World War. Considering 70 years ago a similar aircraft was created (Ho229)and being ready to be tested and now the same layout is used to create a billion dollar bomber is mind blowing. Back in 1945 this captured aircraft was made out of mainly wood. The reason for this was to stay off the radar. The goal of this light bomber was to reach a surface Cieling of 15000 meters and to drop up to 3000 kilograms of bombs.
Today the b2 even though getting close to 20 years old is still in service in the US airforce. The reason the b2 is such a unique design is because it is so sleek and flat. Making the b2 have barely any drag. Strangely the b2 bomber only has a top speed of 1100 Kmh but makes up for it with the bomb load of eighty 500 lb bomb capacity
What is the future of the flying wing? Since the flying wing is such a neat inovation of flight it is most likely the design will be hanging around for a while. After looking through Prototypes of a flying wings models have popped up with slightly different features. Obviously the objective is to always have a better aircraft which the Prototypes do. The one model of a wing shows a different tail giving different drag (More Elevators and Alierons in the back compared to the B2 Bomber)
Pictures; B2 Bomber, Ho229, Flying Wing Prototype.
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