Recently, at the Air Valley Air Show opened at the Edwards Air Force Base in the United States, Lockheed Martin brought a famous product, which is the "dark star fighter" that Tomco was flying in " Top Gun " II. Before the movie was released, there were many hypes about it online. Someone cut a short trailer video, saying that it was an SR-72 "critical eagle" reconnaissance aircraft. The so-called SR-72 pictures on a certain encyclopedia were all used to make up for the numbers.
Tomco's landline attends the air show?
Do you still remember this video back then? Some people swear that it is a SR72
The picture of a certain encyclopedia SR72 is "Dark Star"
Of course, some people say that it is a sixth-generation aircraft under development in the United States. Los Angeles also made a gimmick and even put the "Dark Star" and other aircraft in the hangar. As the saying goes, true and false are both fake, which makes everyone stunned, so until today, there are still people who seriously discuss when it will be put into service. In fact, the so-called "dark star" is just a fictional fighter jet in the movie. In essence, it is just a prop, just like the "Eddie" and "Eagle Claw" in the science fiction movie " Top Secret Flying ".
It's just a prop
However, at the Air Valley Air Show that opened on the 15th, Luo Ma was doing something again, and he deliberately put the "Dark Star" and the famous SR-71 "Black Bird" reconnaissance aircraft together, making them look like father and son. From the appearance, the "dark star" is indeed like the "own son" of " Blackbird ", with exactly the same paint, similar cockpit and nose design, as well as the air intake and double vertical tail , which is almost from the same mold. When the director designed this movie prop, he has referenced the "black bird" shape a lot.
actually put it with the Blackbird
Look closely and the roughness is still there. There is still
Make a bunch of doll ground crew, it's really a "child"
In Top Gun II, "Dark Star" is positioned as a Mach 10 fighter jet, far exceeding the Mach 3.32 maximum speed of "Black Bird". Seeing this, many people must be curious. With the current aviation technology in the United States, if it is necessary to build it, can it become a reality?
Can dark stars become reality?
In fact, the speed of Mach 10 is not to mention a manned plane or an unmanned missile, and the United States is also stumbling. There are almost everything from hypersonic aircraft developed by the US Air Force, Navy, Army, NASA and DARPA. However, there are almost everything from the above, except for AGM-183A, other things are either failed or tested once or twice, with no sign of the eight characters, and the flight speed is only Mach 5. The dream is too far away from reality.
continue to look at the Dark Star, too lazy to draw a picture of hypersonic missiles. However, compared with the national team, private American companies are more powerful. For example, an aerospace startup called Hermeus showed its "Quat Horse" hypersonic aircraft prototype developed in November last year. Although it is still a ground test prototype without a landing gear, its ultimate goal is Mach 5. If speed and manned driving are not considered, the "Quat Horse" should be the closest aircraft to Tomco's "Dark Star" fighter.
Quart Horse, this is the hypersonic aircraft closest to Dark Star.
American folk are still powerful
Interestingly, the head of the "Quart Horse" is actually forked, like the manta hit in the sea, without a shape similar to "Dark Star". Although "Dark Star" looks very handsome, from the perspective of aerodynamic design, it is not the choice of hypersonic aircraft.None of the dozens of hypersonic aircraft that the United States and Russia have disclosed are similar to the "dark star", so it is unrealistic to make the "dark star" really fly, and the strength of the United States does not allow it.
This forked mouth looks like a manta ray
is actually not big in size, and it is still just a small-scale ground test machine
In fact, let alone the "dark star", it is its "dad", the "Black Bird" reconnaissance aircraft developed in the 1960s, and it is impossible for the United States to copy it. This is like the "Apollo" moon landing project. The once incredible glory is that due to the age of time, the technology has been lost, and the team has been disbanded, which really cannot be reproduced casually. Of course, it is not realistic for other countries to develop fighter jets like "Black Bird" and "Dark Star".
The United States cannot make
Is this prop nearby?
