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Re: Future of dogfighting
« Reply #60 on: July 06, 2007, 07:56:03 AM »
I think... Hydrogen is good to go.
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Re: Future of dogfighting
« Reply #61 on: July 06, 2007, 09:19:43 AM »
I think... Hydrogen is good to go.

Not so good, considering it needs more volume...

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Re: Future of dogfighting
« Reply #62 on: July 06, 2007, 01:06:13 PM »
how about an NFB-2 Spirit nuclear powered fighter bomber? ;D

The US has experimented and flown a nuclear powered bomber in the past, and if enough money was thrown into applying modern technology to this problem perhaps an efficient and potentially powerful alternative to fossil fuels is possible for large aircraft.

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Re: Future of dogfighting
« Reply #63 on: July 06, 2007, 03:21:16 PM »
SO which fuel do we have left???
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Re: Future of dogfighting
« Reply #64 on: July 06, 2007, 03:29:59 PM »
Nuclear!! What happends to the reactor if the aircraft crashes or gets shoot down? It does not sound safe to me.  :o
I agree with Raptor on the hydrogen part, the spaceshuttle is a good example of the amount it takes just to get the thing off the ground, and still it needs help with solid rockerboosters. Ok, i know its much larger then a fighter, but you do want to be able to travel some distance before you run out of fuel.  Maybe its time to build a X-wing or a TIE-fighter and move on into space (Antigravity propulsion).  ;)

Anyway, the military fuel used today is cleaner then the ones used by civilian airliners. Problem is that its really expensive. After these fourt generation fighters its really time to think about  alternative fuel or powerplants for the next generation, or there wont be any future at all for dogfighting.
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Re: Future of dogfighting
« Reply #65 on: July 06, 2007, 03:39:09 PM »
I added the UAVs and I restarted the poll.
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Re: Future of dogfighting
« Reply #66 on: July 06, 2007, 10:01:47 PM »
There was some plans for a Liquid Metal Nuclear Cycle bomber, an imroved B-68 Hustler, but i think the whole engine would be more lethal than the weapons it could carry...then there was the Zip fuel, a highly efficiency fuel that was to be used on the B-70....

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Re: Future of dogfighting
« Reply #67 on: July 06, 2007, 10:46:46 PM »
How about not use any form of fuel. Have the dogfights online, on a viritual battlefield ? Btw i take that one back, stupid idea.  :P

Without the fossile fuel, it looks like we are screwed.... :-\
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Re: Future of dogfighting
« Reply #68 on: July 07, 2007, 06:05:45 AM »
Nuke bomber means ALOT of power, so we could see some new weapons.

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Re: Future of dogfighting
« Reply #69 on: July 07, 2007, 04:32:03 PM »
I don;t think nuke airplanes will ever succeed... it is just tooooooo dangerous!!! WHat if it fails to land??

No, too risky
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Re: Future of dogfighting
« Reply #70 on: July 08, 2007, 04:58:23 AM »
Didnt they say nuke subs would never work?

too risky to the crew?

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Re: Future of dogfighting
« Reply #71 on: July 08, 2007, 02:58:37 PM »
well, if you ask me, an aeroplane has much more probabilities to fall than a submarine to "crash". And I think it wouldn't be nice for the people nearby the accident....
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