Cloaking a UAV in Flight

If you will recall the Klingon Space Craft and Warship cloaked it's self as it attacked the USS Enterprise under Captain James T. Kirk. We know when we study nature, this is a tactic that predator and prey both use in survival. Cloaking, concealing and camouflage have always been methods of operation for offensive and defensive endeavors of achieving victory. Our lives and the lives of our ancestors depended on it. In war time we paint our planes, tanks and even battles ships colors, which mimic the natural surroundings adding an element of safety from enemy detection. Today we are uses Stealth Aircraft and designing uniforms, which blend into the scenery and even change colors as the surrounding background changes. It therefore stands to reason that we would want to protect our new robotic fighting machines is such ways. The simpler the technique the less chances it will fail to provide that extra security of cover. The more real it blends into the surrounding environment the less likely it will be detected and tracked as a target by the enemy.

Using very simple technology we can cloak a Predator UAV. First we paint the bottom of the aircraft with a coating, which makes it into a movie screen, yet still absorbs the enemy's radar. Next we allow a thin strip of carbon fiber material to drop from the center of the aircraft downward. The thin strip will be shaped like a sward to allow for laminar airflow and the least amount of parasite drag to help in performance and to minimize radar signature when flying to or from the enemy.

The strip will fall under gravity and if it fails to retract the aircraft can still land and it will drag on the runway with a very tiny skid plate. Inside the strip will be a wire running thru it and to the top of the aircraft. A video camera on top of the aircraft will constantly take a picture of the sky above. There will be small projector on the bottom of the skid plate facing up which will project the image of the sky above on the surface of the bottom of the Loitering Predator UAV. Anyone looking up at the drone will see only the sky and the projected sky and not the aircraft. You cannot shoot down what you cannot see, with small arm fire or shoulder launched SAM. Chances are they will not even know it is there anyway. You win, good guys 1, Enemy Zero (gone).

To cloak the aircraft from the top from enemy aircraft you would do the opposite, video the ground directly below and then project it on the aircraft above. This is the most simplest way to do it without expensive cost, re-design or making the entire skin of the aircraft a plasma screen TV. Think about it.

"Lance Winslow" - If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; www.WorldThinkTank.net/wttbbs

---

Issues with Aerial Fire Fighting

A few years ago I visited the Wyoming Contractor, which... Read More

DNA Testing Breaks Down Barriers in the Court Room

DNA testing has three major applications for forensic studies: identification... Read More

How Can DNA Testing Help an Immigration Case?

DNA testing is routinely used in immigration cases to prove... Read More

Gerald Hawkins

There is something about the Hawkins clan that I like.... Read More

Will Clones Run the World?

In the US it appears that we have decided that... Read More

X-37 UAV Has Potential

X-37 Moves Forward, Now What? Well, here are a few... Read More

Divining Your Soul Number

Your Soul Number, which defines your very essence or heart's... Read More

The Joy of Recycling

I have always been an advocate of recycling. Even though... Read More

The Ecology of Environmentalism

The concept of "nature" is a romantic invention. It was... Read More

Small Attack Submarines, Which Turn Into Hydrofoils and Fly

We propose single man underwater vehicles (attack submarines), which have... Read More

Launching 400 UAVs from a Transport Plane

How to launch hundreds of UAVs for an autonomous mission... Read More

Eugenics and the Future of the Human Species

"It is clear that modern medicine has created a serious... Read More

Ocean Polymer Goo to Stop Enemy Ships, a Concept

Naval blockade using polymer goo to stop fleeing ships might... Read More

Energy and America

America is entering into a time of Energy crisis. It... Read More

Servicing Missions to the Hubble Space Telescope

The Hubble Space Telescope received its first Service Mission in... Read More

A Unique History of the Light Bulb

Most people assume that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.... Read More

UAV Acoustic Apparatus for Insect Swarming Stimulus, part one

Can we coax warms of Locusts to attack our enemies?... Read More

Bio-Rhythm Disruption Frequency Identifier for Human Intentions

It appears we have found many identifiers for Bio-Metrics to... Read More

Underground Cities, Save the Humans

Perhaps we should design tunneling robots, which can dig out... Read More

Feb. 12 is Darwin Day -- Secular Americans Celebrate Bday of Evolution Champ

This Feb. 12 marks the 196th anniversary of Charles Darwin's... Read More

An Immortal Horse

Egyptian scholars know there is little other than fiction that... Read More

Where Do Insects Go When It Rains?

Have you ever wondered where insects go when it rains?... Read More

New Energy Bill: Reducing Our Dependence on Foreign Oil

The U. S. economy is feeling the brunt of skyrocketing... Read More

That Dust on Your Car May Soon Be Smarter Than You Think?

Here is a thought to get this topic started. A... Read More

There is a Core at the Center of the Earth; Right?

There are some who would like to discuss why they... Read More

The Wages of Science

In the United States, Congress approved, last month, increases in... Read More

Secrets of The Mathematical Symmetry of Nature and Patterns of Erosion

As scientists and theorists study patterns, design, chaos, complexity they... Read More

The Fall and Fall of the p-Zine

The circulation of print magazines has declined precipitously in the... Read More

How Do Cities Grow?

You see the cities in America started where there was... Read More

Sound From Transmission Power Lines Should Never Be Wasted

High Tension Power lines and transmission line towers make noise,... Read More

Building a Single Unit CO2 Laser Grid

When using a CO2 Laser to shoot down an incoming... Read More

Droughts and Salt Water Canals Random Thoughts

We need solutions to our drought crisis in this country.... Read More

MAV Propulsion and Testing

Perhaps we should be looking into advancing the propulsion systems... Read More