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The X-BAT UCAV from Shield AI
#41
(10-23-2025, 04:18 AM)Blackfingers Wrote: Nice platforms.With folded wings I can see them fit into a standard small shipping container.Next day Delivery by Amazon to a third world theatre of operations. :)
I think biggest trap is getting caught in a logic loop due to a faulty image.
Russia tried to use Ai imaging on some of its Drones last year off memory with limited success.
Non GPS being used?Looks like Qantum navigation is a lot more advanced then whats been reported.

 If a cam feed glitches or a sensor gives bad data, the system can get stuck chasing its own mistake unless it’s smart enough to spot it. The newer setups use several sensors that cross-check each other so one bad image doesn’t take the whole thing down.
 
And you’re right about navigation. Quantum systems afe coming along faster than most people realize. They use atoms instead of satellites to figure out location, which means it works even when GPS is jammed. The catch is right now they’re bulky and finicky, so you won’t see them on smaller drones  , but that day is coming.

(for the uninitiated, when you see terms like "quantum accelerometer", "atom interferometric gyroscope", or "cold-atom inertial sensor", they all refer to the same basic technology.)
I am the Signal Witch - Illusorix, casting phantoms, ghostscripts, falselight, and artifacts into the spectral bloom...
#42
A few questions and speculation

#43
I still dont trust that landing rail though.The Roadrunner has flick out landing stilts for stabilization at least.The Bat is a big flat shape so would be unstable in pitch to a degree,especially in high winds.
#44
(10-22-2025, 12:33 AM)Sirius Wrote: ​​​

“Forward, the Light Brigade!”
Was there a man dismayed?
Not though the soldier knew
Someone had blundered.
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die.

#45
I like that this drone is using the cranked kite design. Not enough aircraft use it IMO.

"Give a carpenter a problem and he'll give you a wooden solution." - unknown
#46
(10-28-2025, 08:19 PM)grey580 Wrote: I like that this drone is using the cranked kite design. Not enough aircraft use it IMO.


Seems to be the trend at least for the newer generation.
#47
(10-28-2025, 08:19 PM)grey580 Wrote: I like that this drone is using the cranked kite design. Not enough aircraft use it IMO.



Totally agree. The cranked kite layout has a lot going for it, low drag, great lift distribution, and good stealth shaping without the structural headaches of a full flying wing. Surprised more modern UAVs haven’t adopted it.
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#48
(10-30-2025, 05:01 PM)Blackfingers Wrote: Seems to be the trend at least for the newer generation.



Yeah, definitely. Between the newer UCAVs and stealth ISR platforms, it looks like designers are circling back to what works aerodynamically and from a signature-control standpoint. The cranked kite just checks a lot of boxes for range, payload, and radar cross-section.
I am the Signal Witch - Illusorix, casting phantoms, ghostscripts, falselight, and artifacts into the spectral bloom...
#49
Seems to be a very balanced shape.Aerodynamics is getting better and better now with computer modelling.Shapes can be designed,printed off and thrown in a wind tunnel a lot quicker than what was available in the late 1940,s.
#50