March 2, 20242 yr When testing is over and the upgrades installed in the others, can do mach 5. https://www.noozhawk.com/stratolaunch-aircraft-completes-flight-test-off-vandenberg-sfb-coastline/#:~:text=With its quirky aircraft attracting,hypersonic vehicle%2C TA-1 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
March 3, 20242 yr Good grief no, absolutely NOT. The pictured aircraft is a test vehicle launch platform...the Talon TA-1 test vehicle it has been carrying into flight lately might be able to hit Mach 5, but not the launcher pictured above. No way no how those straight wing and tail surfaces are going supersonic. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
March 3, 20242 yr 53 minutes ago, Bob Scott said: Talon TA-1 test vehicle it has been carrying into flight lately might be able to hit Mach 5, but not the launcher pictured I think that was what he meant. https://www.stratolaunch.com/vehicles/talon-a/
March 3, 20242 yr Moderator Supersonic, Hypersonic... BAH! Whether it's the early 1970's or Today... the first time one of those "Sonic" jobs flies over CornLand and shatters some Farmer's windows, he gets on the phone and calls his good ol' boy down the dirt road who just happens to be a Congressman, and so on and so on... in the end, Strat-o-launch, Boom(stick) and the rest of the PVC Pipe Dream "xxxSonic" Testbeds sit at Marana, AZ rotting and corroding in the hot Desert sun, worth nothing more than the sheet Al-U-Minium they were built from. All because a gaggle of Karens and Kenyons cannot tolerate big bada booms from time to time...
March 3, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, martin-w said: I think that was what he meant. https://www.stratolaunch.com/vehicles/talon-a/ Well, the thread title is about a 400-foot wingspan plane, and the picture in the OP is of a 400-ft wingspan plane--the launch vehicle--with a comment about making Mach 5. It reminds me of the clickbait links that say something like "actors we lost this year" under a photo of a famous and very much still alive actor. It's misleading. Bob Scott | President and CEO, AVSIM Inc ATP Gulfstream II-III-IV-V Sys1 (MSFS20+24/XPlane12+11): AMD 9800X3D, water 2x240mm, MSI MPG X670E Carbon, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, nVidia RTX4090FE Alienware AW3821DW 38" 21:9 GSync, 2x4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2x2TB Samsung 990 SSD, EVGA 1000P2 PSU, 12.9" iPad Pro Thrustmaster TCA Boeing Yoke, TCA Airbus Sidestick, Twin TCA Airbus Throttle quads, PFC Cirrus Pedals, Coolermaster HAF932 case Sys2 (P3Dv5/v4): i9-13900KS, water 2x360mm, ASUS Z790 Hero, 32GB GSkill 7800MHz CAS36, ASUS RTX4090 Samsung 55" JS8500 4K TV@60Hz, 3x 2TB WD SN850X 1x 4TB Crucial P3 M.2 NVME SSD, EVGA 1600T2 PSU Fiber link to Yamaha RX-V467 Home Theater Receiver, Polk/Klipsch 6" bookshelf speakers, Polk 12" subwoofer, 12.9" iPad Pro PFC yoke/throttle quad/pedals with custom Hall sensor retrofit, Thermaltake View 71 case, Stream Deck XL button box Sys3 (DCS/P3Dv4/ATS/ETS): AMD 7800X3D, MSI MPG X870E Carbon, Noctua NH-D15S, 64GB GSkill 6000/30, EVGA RTX3090 Alienware AW3420DW 34" 21:9 GSync, Corsair HX1000i PSU, 4TB Crucial T705 PCIe5 + 2TB Samsung 970Evo Plus, TM TCA Officer Pack, Saitek combat pedals, TM Warthog, TM RS300 FF wheel/pedals, Coolermaster HAF XB case
March 3, 20242 yr Author Some people on another forum that lived in the far south of California desert near Mohave, Arizona posted they heard something strange in the sky. It was these planes. They must sound strange. I don't know anything about them. He hadn't seen anything in the air, yet was still excited about what he heard. "which sports a dual-fuselage and a high-wing design with a wingspan extending 385 feet, is the namesake of an enormous legendary bird of prey....air-launched Talon-A has been designed as an autonomous reusable testbed that will allow future flight testing to be more accessible and affordable while flying super fast — Mach 5, or five times the speed of sound — to conduct science and technology experiments." Maybe this gigantic strange thing in the air that caused all the phone calls to police was a launch platform vehicle that will piggy back some sort other vehicle. The article isn't real clear. 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
March 3, 20242 yr I thought the article was pretty clear that the Roc aircraft in the photo above with the 400' wingspan was the carrier/launch aircraft for the Talon hypersonic vehicle (the one intended to reach Mach 5). With the 6 engines and twin fuselages, I could see it having an odd sound as it flew over.
March 4, 20242 yr Administrators Looks like a similar one that launches the Virgin Galactic Space Plane! Charlie Aron AVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-Registrar Awaiting the new Microsoft Flight Sim and the purchase of a new system. Running a Chromebook for now!
March 4, 20242 yr 2 hours ago, charliearon said: Looks like a similar one that launches the Virgin Galactic Space Plane! They were both designed and built by Scaled Composites for similar purposes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaled_Composites_Stratolaunch?oldformat=true
March 4, 20242 yr 13 hours ago, Bob Scott said: Well, the thread title is about a 400-foot wingspan plane, and the picture in the OP is of a 400-ft wingspan plane--the launch vehicle--with a comment about making Mach 5. I'm sure he didn't think an aircraft with 400 foot, straight, wing was going to do Mach 5, Bob. 😁 But you never know. Edited March 4, 20242 yr by martin-w
March 12, 20242 yr They had a successful first flight of the Talon-A a couple days ago. https://www.twz.com/air/stratolaunchs-hypersonic-talon-a-makes-first-powered-flight
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