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Offline mthrockmor

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Future of air combat
« on: September 29, 2011, 09:50:44 PM »
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Re: Future of air combat
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2011, 09:53:07 PM »
Technology will always crash or fail, a human pilot does not have a hard drive or software glitch
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Offline Raphael

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Re: Future of air combat
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2011, 09:55:11 PM »
yay more slaugther machines! yay!
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Re: Future of air combat
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2011, 09:56:30 PM »
Quote from: mthrockmor on September 29, 2011, 09:50:44 PM
This technology will not take over the entire system but will be a major player shortly.



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Offline DREDIOCK

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Re: Future of air combat
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2011, 10:02:41 PM »
Quote from: F22RaptorDude on September 29, 2011, 09:53:07 PM
Technology will always crash or fail, a human pilot does not have a hard drive or software glitch

But human pilots also make mistakes,crash and fail. Human pilots are also more susceptible to the effects of certain maneuvers such as black outs, red outs etc.

Difference is. Technology crashes or fails. it cost you the craft. Humans crashes or fails. It costs you the craft as well as the trained pilot.

You want to know the future of air combat? Your playing it in AH or any other other flight sims out there.

that being said. Anyone else notice how it looks an awful lot like a flying saucer?
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Re: Future of air combat
« Reply #5 on: September 29, 2011, 10:08:04 PM »
Quote from: DREDIOCK on September 29, 2011, 10:02:41 PM
But human pilots also make mistakes,crash and fail. Human pilots are also more susceptible to the effects of certain maneuvers such as black outs, red outs etc.

Difference is. Technology crashes or fails. it cost you the craft. Humans crashes or fails. It costs you the craft as well as the trained pilot.

You want to know the future of air combat? Your playing it in AH or any other other flight sims out there.

that being said. Anyone else notice how it looks an awful lot like a flying saucer?
I don't believe in unmanned fighters, if they want it on drones and bombers what ever but a human pilot should always be in the plane instead of hundreds of thousands of miles away.

 It looks like a B2
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Re: Future of air combat
« Reply #6 on: September 29, 2011, 10:16:55 PM »
Quote from: F22RaptorDude on September 29, 2011, 10:08:04 PM
I don't believe in unmanned fighters, if they want it on drones and bombers what ever but a human pilot should always be in the plane instead of hundreds of thousands of miles away.

 It looks like a B2


just like with WWI aircraft an the birth of the fighter plane
Its only a matter of time before someone get the bright idea to mount a gun on a drone and use it to shoot down other drones.
Actually Im kinda surprised none of the forces we're up against in Afghanistan and Iraq havent done it yet. It can be done relatively low tech with stuff you can get at your local hobby and electronics stores.
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Re: Future of air combat
« Reply #7 on: September 29, 2011, 11:55:21 PM »
You'd think the US would be in here recruiting for top notch Drone pilots used to shooting w/ a lag interface and having no fear of losing a 100k piece of equipment because I'll just respawn.
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Re: Future of air combat
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2011, 01:41:39 AM »
Quote from: wil3ur on September 29, 2011, 11:55:21 PM
You'd think the US would be in here recruiting for top notch Drone pilots used to shooting w/ a lag interface and having no fear of losing a 100k piece of equipment because I'll just respawn.

yeah, then then whine would be to wanting to switch sides because there's no good fights   :devil.

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Offline bozon

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Re: Future of air combat
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2011, 03:20:16 AM »
Dropping the need to support a piece of meat in the cockpit significantly lowers the price and complication of the equipment. It means in turn that the country can support a significantly larger number of aircrafts. In addition, if you shoot down a drone the operator just got more experienced - if you shoot down a human pilot he is replaced by a noob. That is not to say that manned fighters will cease to exist, but the center of mass will shift significantly towards drones and manned flight will serve as backup and a flexible response to unpredicted scenarios.
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Re: Future of air combat
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2011, 04:03:48 AM »
I enjoyed the music on that video.
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Re: Future of air combat
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2011, 07:46:03 AM »
Quote from: Raphael on September 29, 2011, 09:55:11 PM
yay more slaugther machines! yay!

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Re: Future of air combat
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2011, 08:59:04 AM »
Quote from: F22RaptorDude on September 29, 2011, 09:53:07 PM
Technology will always crash or fail, a human pilot does not have a hard drive or software glitch

The opposite actually.  A human can break at any time for 100s of reasons.  Software cannot generate new glitches once they are all removed.  It also performs the same task consistently not being effected by emotion, what it had for breakfast, or not having enough sleep, etc etc etc.

 
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Re: Future of air combat
« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2011, 09:18:51 AM »
theres still a human involved...the guy flying it from a ground station.  As for lag it's just about non existent, I work with a large UAV every day...it's my job.  You would be surprised at whats out there and how well it works.
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Re: Future of air combat
« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2011, 11:43:45 AM »
Manned fighters will no longer be practical. Blinding pilots with lasers has to be right around the corner. It's way to easy to do. It may take the next big war to prove I'm right. Right now lasers may be unfeasibly inexpensive to use.
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