They 3D Printed a Stealth F-117 Nighthawk
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- Опубліковано 6 тра 2024
- Fighter pilot reacts to 3D printed F-117 Nighthawk. The F-117 is a single-seat, twin-engine jet fighter-bomber. It's made mostly of aluminum, with titanium in the engine and exhaust systems. The aircraft has a radar-absorbent material (RAM) coating on its outer surface. Check out the F-117 in person here: www.aerospaceutah.org. Support this channel by becoming a patron: / maxafterburner
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I would like to download those files and spend the next 10,000,000 hours printing one in my little home printer.
It would make for a nice conversation starter in the garage.
😂
Me to :D
The wild thing is that much of this technology is a product of 1970’s R&D. 50 years old. Imagine what operates behind the scenes today.
The person doing the mobile lighting is doing a great job 👍
I vividly recall my first 'close up' look at one of these stealthy birds. It was back in 1991 at a NJ air base air show. Armed guards made certain the crowd couldn't approach this plane closer than 50 feet I believe. I swear you drop ten years every time you shave that mustache!! Great walk around demonstration and truly appreciate your channel!! Jim C.
So good!
Unbelievable…..the incredible technology and other tools like this that humanity now has
It got shot down because they flew the same profile night after night. They had spotters outside the air field, knew it was the only thing up there. Lit the area around the plane a few times. Last time they powered up, caught it with the bomb bay doors open. Then got very very lucky. No planes invisible. Its part of a system, when you lack in some areas of planning and execution it can really negate the technological advantage.
The reason for the F18 to have incline 'vertical' stabilizers is because they work combined with horizontal stabilizers, for increased pitch, and improved centering. For those who don´t know about aviation design or mechanics.
I saw in a video that this badboy is "not so retired" and is flying around doing sneaky things.
Something about the "skin" looking thin always reminded me of some sort of cloth like material. Cool video!
Thanks!
It looks like it wasn't just the leading edges. If you look down the side of the inlet, it looks like that was also patched over and changed. As far as I remember, the aircraft should be super smooth, yet the side looks like it's made of several small square pieces painted over.
That's a remarkable jet, thanks for the tour :). Also, that is an awesome Air Force museum, the Blackbird, the f16, f15, f4c, and I even see an f105 in the back...a lot of history in that building to say the least.💯
So the A-12 & SR-71 they canted the verticals inboard to decrease the signature. Along with composite edge work. I will say the first unintentional reduced radar sig bird was the F-105 they actually had a special reflector plaque on the nose gear because the radar signature was so low. Yes, I do understand a bird isn’t truly “stealth” unless it addresses (Radar/Thermal/Acoustic/IR) signatures. But for early times the 105 was a half breed.
Awesome job on an awesome aircraft. That was quite interesting. Keep up the good work.
Glad you enjoyed it! It was super fun to make the video 👍
I visited the Hill AFB Museum and was pleased to see the fully restored F-117 on display.
Pretty cool stuff, it would be awesome to see a collaboration with yourself and the Top Aces private aviation company. Heard they're always looking for pilot skill candidates.
-All the best!
Mac.
Nebraska, Omaha
There's one on display at Warner-Robins in Georgia that has the entire exterior removed. Very cool!
All I can think about is the SR next to that bad boy what a garage.
Video on that coming soon!
@@MaxAfterburnerusa I'll be sure to watch it.
Hill AFB museum- was there a few months ago. Super cool. They have one of the F-111s my dad flew there. (Like the actual one he flew in.) Pretty cool since he grew up a few miles from there! Quite a few F-111 pilots ended up switching to F-117s when they retired the Aardvark.
Awesome!
Are the STL files available anywhere ? I need a winter project :P
Great video
Also I heard over Serbia they unfortunately flew the same route over and over and the Sam sight just got a lucky hit by sending Sam’s up at the same flight path of the jets , kinda of a a sh- moment for the USAF, send up many Sam’s one got lucky , and then they gave the wreckage to China right?!
probably stealthier than the real one
Nice vid.
...btw. How many times in minute can you say 3d printed and leading edge? :)
Nice SR-71 Blackbird in the background
Yes! Video on that coming soon!
Yea I came looking for this, like, they just casually have one sitting in the background
Beautiful aircraft an it’s still advanced looking even if it had been built today it just. Looks futuristic an always will , the new IGAD takes a few Qs from this beauty im sure
It’s just fun to look at!
Human technology 🤯
Right!?
Hi Max! 👋
Is this F-117 no longer able to fly and is it being dismantled or just being used for this project?
Can no longer fly and it is being "restored" for museum display.
Why retire something that's still effective? Why not keep upgrading it to keep it on the edge? And instead of taking time to 3D print the parts. I would shape it with modeling foam; that's what we would use back in our college auto design class: getting it done a lot faster.
It's because you would have to redesign the entire aircraft to accommodate the technology/mission it would actually be more difficult and less likely to succeed. It's kind of like putting a 6.2 liter LS in a miata you had laying around I mean sure you can do it, but it won't be easy or reliable. And it will likely cost just as much to mfg something from scratch
It was mostly used for precision bombing. So, it can be used still today in combination with F22's to protect them. Before, F117 were flying in combination with F15 up to a certain point in the terrain, in which F117 shuted down all electronic assistance and communication, becoming undetectable, then continued flying alone to hit the target. So, yeah, it can be operative in terms of technology these days.
40+ years later and it's technology is still sensitive.
All that work on the physical end to make sure US stealth & military technology but then we let China just buy it from Canada (PWC) like with the cobra helicopter blueprints & other classified US military tech.
It's a bit ridiculous considering one was shot down so definitely Russia & probably China more than likely have good samples of the stealth material. 😅
Interesting!
Why not just give the necessary info, not the classified data to your local high school wood shops and they can cut up some wood and frame it and finish it like the good old days, I understand how innovation 3d printing has progressed but the younger generation could grow on the old school development besides this aircraft was mocked up in wood just to test fit and make sure all the systems installations made sense etc.
Is it possible all the skin was also removed? That skin looks like a clothe placed over the frame. I was in the USAF museum in Dayton, Ohio, and the F117 in there looks different, no wavy surfaces, it was perfectly flat.
Max, you might want to check the Fighter Pilot Pod Cast on teh full story about the F-117. Yes they had an actual Night Hawk pilot on there, and there's a Reason for the F in the name for this plane (Which I never knew for sure, until i heard him reveal it !!!!). Also it was said not only on the news, but I believe also confirmed in that same interview, that the reason that the F-117 was shot down over Kosovo by the Christians, while we were defending the Muslims (not Sorry, that i added that bit, but that's the truth and it should be known to anyone of Faith that watches this channel), THAT the weapons bay door was stuck open, this giving the SAM operator enough of a glimpse of the plane to get a shot off. Maybe your'e correct, but the official or original reason for why it was shot down does make more sense ...oh and Tommmcaaaattttsss.
3D printed !?
Since when bondo over expanding foam is no longer good enough for display pieces ?
Works for Honda civics…
(Still prefer the F19…)
I had never heard anyone suggest that defensive action taken by the pilot of the 117 may have directly contributed to his being shot down, but it seems plausible if one considers the series of events that lead up to that point.
Several 117s had been attacking air defenses and other targets in a particular area. The enemy radar was having difficulty even detecting the stealth aircraft while the jets were easily able to target the source of the enemy SAM site radar emissions and destroy them. The SAM sites eventually began turning off their radar and only activating it long enough to briefly scan the skies every once in a while.
One SAM site somehow figured out that, for whatever reason, all of the stealth aircraft followed the exact same route when entering and exiting the area. Instead of searching 360°, the SAM site pointed their radar directly to where the 117s were flying in from. They then began turning on their radar intermittantly and agressively scanning that one area.
As luck would have it, our unfortunate 117 began its bombing run just as the SAM site turned on its radar. The radar waves hit the plane as it opened its internal bomb bay doors and released its bombs. The jet's stealth was completely compromised. The return signal it created was enough for the SAM to get a solid weapons lock and it fired immediately.
I imagine the pilot was quite surprised and panick probably took hold a little. Like you said, fighter pilots are trained to evade and defend, and I bet some of that training kicked in automatically.
The dopler shifting from the potentially erratic flying would have made it easier to continue to track the target now that it had been discovered.
Super cool jet! …But as an Air Force aircraft maintainer… not cool at all! LOL
Bro who gives a flying fuck. There is literally an sr71 there