Kiran Jonnalagadda’s Blog

Saturday, May 21, 2005

For his latest glider project, Kishore’s experimenting with a delta wing design. The material is aircore plastic. It’s the same material that is used to make those yellow STD/ISD/PCO boxes.

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  sutanu — May 22, 2005 10:52:47 PM — # ↩

  hmmm… The glider looks like a B2 bomber of US Airforce… right?
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    Kiran Jonnalagadda — May 23, 2005 3:23:14 AM — # ↩

    The B2 is way older than delta wing technology. Delta wings are typically used on fighter plans that need high manoeuvrability. It’s been used on several planes like the XF-92, B-58, MiG-21 and Mirage III.
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      sutanu — May 23, 2005 9:54:01 AM — # ↩

      Thanx for the info, i was searchin for fighter planes snaps… but UAF website didn’t give sufficient pix… the only pic i got similar to this type of wing is B2
      
      BTW can u tell me the name of the flight which can camouflage itself from the heat signature… I was lookin for that in the UAF site, but didn’t get it
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        Kiran Jonnalagadda — May 23, 2005 10:09:25 AM — # ↩

        I’m not an aircraft-head, but from what I do remember, there are two (radar) camouflage designs. The first is very blocky – no curved surfaces anywhere. This means it’s very unlikely the plane will bounce a signal back directly at a radar. In the second design, the plane is full of tight curves, which means the radar will receive a very weak signal.
        
        I don’t know anything about camouflaging heat signature, but I suspect it has something to do with masking IR radiation.