B-21 Raider's First Flight: Unveiling Secrets and Surprises

[@nuvostef]

Just a minor note: the name “Cerberus” is pronounced “SER-ber-us”. 😊 Good viddy, thank you.

[@SouravKumarRoyChowdhury]

Another would be RCF, should be RCS....

[@taylormay9938]

@@SouravKumarRoyChowdhury Right? I don't get how someone putting out aviation videos can get RCS wrong. And mispronounce Cerberus when it's literally on screen right in front of you while reading it...

[@robertbutsch1802]

KER-ber-us. Also, “It is difficult to overstate…”, not “It is difficult to understate…”

[@iomeliora9430]

It look like dyslexia actually

[@мурф]

As everybody keeps repeating...It's actually not even pronounced Serberus - in Greek it's pronounced Kerberos. Even the military misspelled it on their own plane. And, Kerberos was never depicted as being horned so, that's another strike for the OP.

[@LtNduati]

It looks so much like a manta ray, or a stingray and I kind of love when engineering can mimic nature, it's almost poetic imo

[@gusgone4527]

Designers of old were unable to reproduce the efficiency of biological form and function. Mostly due to a lack of understanding but the limits of material science played a part too. That's not the case now!

[@sergeant_salty]

If you look at the side profile of a B-2 it looks just like the side profile of a diving hawk. sleek

[@BattleBrotherCasten]

Reminds of a bird and a manta ray had a baby.

[@AURORAREVEALNOW]

The word Manta is used for the classified top secret TR-3A Black Manta and the X-33A Manta UCAV.

[@AURORAREVEALNOW]

@gomilitary68 It was a flight test for the aircraft's performance.

[@billg3645]

I saw the B-2 testing at Edwards…and the Space Shuttle land there once, as well. The B-21 will be the most advanced stealth aircraft until the NGAD and F/A-XX make their debut. So, I would expect it will be the most invisible plane yet in the American arsenal. Plus, I think it’s still probably easier to make a stealthy bomber than a stealthy fighter. I worked in one capacity or another for the AF for over thirty years. So, I’m pretty proud of the lot of them and what they do. I hope Northrup Grumman is able to put the pedal to the metal on development, testing and deployment of these beauties.

[@Mm-vr8ss]

You’re right the control surfaces on a fighter give it a much larger rcs. So even though bombers are larger they are easier to make stealthy. However stealth bombers are not maneuverable at all.

[@cobra-judy-anspq11]

​@Warlock2018a That’s pretty cool. I was stationed at a SAC base in Blytheville, AR, which is really near Memphis. I was aware at the time that one of the Navy’s schools was located there. I was at Blytheville in ’85 and ’86. So, you and I were in the same place at almost the exact same time. Years later…after I’d left my job at the AF Standards Lab I worked a job that took me to MCAS Yuma. While I was there I got to see some Marine F-35Bs take off and land…another very cool airplane.

[@cobra-judy-anspq11]

@@Mm-vr8ss It’s amazing, to me, that they even fly at all…even with the assistance of digital flight controls. That they maintain stability with no vertical control surfaces is kind of amazing.

[@kiabtoomlauj6249]

@@Mm-vr8ss That's why zero of these endless KZbin cartoon 6th gen CGI fighter jets that are looking like Battlestar Galactica spacehips --- without any vertical stabilizers, or any thing like what the revolutionary YF-23 had, in the 1990s --- is going to work. The B-2 & B-21 (and the up coming Chinese first generation "flying wings") are GLIDERS. They CAN be made to go fast, once they reach a certain "terminal" speeds; but they PHYSICALLY can't make instantaneous, sharp angle turns... or do the publicly displaying acrobats shown in the 2D F-22 or 3D Su-35. Or come to a hovering position like the F-35B. All fighter jets MUST be both fast AND maneuverable. They must be able to fly right side up or upside down or with wings straight up and down, perpendicular to the earth surface.... and STILL be able to make sharp, INSTANT maneuvers out of those positions. That means they WILL ALL have vertical structures, of one type or another (traditional like all fighter jets, including the F-22, have ....OR the compromise designed like the unique F-23 had)... The B-2 and B-21, even if they carry zero cargo, simply can't do those maneuvers... because, again, they are GLIDERS. Gliders are excellent bombers, or flying gas tanks, or stealth drones... but they can never be fighter jets, regardless of their size... There is no practical technology that would allow fighter jets to have the physical structure of gliding bombers. "Jet streams" (seen on missiles and spaceships, etc), computer-assisted mechanisms, etc. aren't going to do it, either. Theoretically, presumably, you could spend $2B or $3B and come up with one or two prototype that could come close to a traditional fighter jet, with the body/structure of a B-2/B-21. But even the US can't afford such nonsense. Fighter jets are needed by the THOUSANDS, by the US armed forces... and none, per unit, is going to cost more than $80M - $120M. THAT, indeed, was/is why only 189 F-22s were built (it's not because Obama was too stupid and he cancelled it for stupidity: it being between $300M - $400M a unit, it's just way too expensive to build and to maintain, beyong 150 or so units)... And it's actually MORE TRADITIONAL than the YF-23. Today, 2024, the YF-23 still is more revolutionary, as a fighter jet design, than 100% of all the other jets on earth. And the one the Brits, Italians, and Japanese are teaming up to build LIKELY is going to have a lot of the physical structure of the YF-23. (... Even the Brits' clay-model "Tempest" looked like the YF-23, in its tail parts...as is the Russian aluminum model "Checkmate" that is NEVER going to be built, due to Russian having no reliable access to high-end semiconductors... which are only produced in the US, Western Europe, Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea.... )

[@Youtubeuser1aa]

@@kiabtoomlauj6249 I don’t think you ACTUALLY know what they will look like or what they need to do.

[@senoJSR]

There is a B2 at the US Air Force Museum that you can walk up to and under. I was shocked by how small it was compared to how I had imagined

[@HomercidalOne]

I had the same reaction to the SR-71 (A-12) when they put one on a stick outside the local aerospace museum.

[@armr6937]

@@HomercidalOne I was surprised at how large it was when I saw it at USS Independence Museum.

[@gags730]

@@armr6937 Same here... I thought the SR-71 was large too. Its over 100 feet long and about 55 feet wide. For comparison a F35 is about 50ft long and 35 ft wide. Maybe he is confused?

[@Yuki_Ika7]

yup, i live 2 hours away from there!

[@mattcalifornia7318]

@@HomercidalOneThat's surprising. I thought the A-12/SR-71 are much bigger than expected. I've seen them at the Science Center in LA and Blackbird Park in Palmdale. Same with the B-1 I saw in the Air Force museum in Omaha. I had no idea it's about the same size as a mid-sized airliner. I haven't seen a B-2 up close yet.

[@mapanggulo]

The F-35 does not have secondary weapons bays, only the F-22 does. The F-35 can not currently carry AIM-9 heat seeking missiles internally, it has to carry them externally on wing mounted launchers that does effect the F-35's stealth capabilities.

[@williamdrijver4141]

F-35 has two internal weapon bays I think.

[@kameronjones7139]

​@@williamdrijver4141those are not secondary doors intended to carry aim9. Those are the primary bomb bay doors

[@nightizzat4574]

we gonna see f22 and f35 with white colour

[@kameronjones7139]

@gomilitary68 did you mean to comment on this?

[@sofascialistadankulamegado1781]

@@kameronjones7139 Cats have sensitive nerves at the base of their tails to facilitate in the function of sexual intercourse. Text "STOP" to unsubscribe from Cat Facts.

[@Miguelcooldude777]

The B-21 most likely has only 2 engines, one of the contributor to this idea is the fact that the plane only has two doors (that look like horns like you mentioned) to allow air to flow in, unlike the B-2 which has 4 doors to allow air into its engines.

[@JSFGuy]

As in aux Air doors? Auxiliary air? Supplemental for low speed like others have?

[@Miguelcooldude777]

@@JSFGuy The butterflies inlet doors; to allow more air to reach the engine.

[@daltonv5206]

@@Miguelcooldude777 not needed for high performance. Needed for low performance like they said. When more oxygen is needed. So basically when taking off

[@JSFGuy]

@@Miguelcooldude777 all right, I was asking for clarity. I know what aux air doors do and they're not for performance therefore interrupted disturbed airflow to the inlet. Why do you think it's for high performance? Why would you have doors open during Showtime?

[@Miguelcooldude777]

@@JSFGuy because that’s when the engine needs more air to produce more power I believe?

[@25kmgb]

So lucky to have been driving north on Highway 14 Friday as this plane began its test flight over Palmdale/Lancaster! It was flying low and slow and really looks other worldly. It definitely looks menacing!

[@Gunni1972]

You are frightened of Geometry. Get a shrink.

[@chrislong3938]

I saw a B-2 during an air show here in Colorado several years ago. What a plane!!!!! It made a low and slow pass over us from East to West as it headed towards the mountains, the pilot, who was being broadcast over the PA said that he was going to demonstrate the visual stealth ability of the plane and started going into a left bank south. As the plane made it bank and turn its upper side was exposed and the sky seemed to become part of it and the plane just vanished before our eyes! I was stunned! It was there and you could hear it, albeit quietly, but you could barely see it and it was only a few miles away! Then it completed its turn and suddenly reappeared as it made its second pass over the crowd. Then it flew off to the East! I'd never imagined anything so beautiful!!!!

[@edwardklein5770]

I hadn't realized the Raider was smaller than the B-2. Do you have a video that shows them side by side? I don't remember seeing such a comparison in previous B-21 videos.

[@PilotPhotog]

I overlay them so you can see the size difference in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnfPgoeGjc2ehLcsi=u5pZH09-QT50CXPe

[@JSFGuy]

At the very last minute of the video it shows a side by side.

[@daholl8942]

not sure if this is helpful but a b2 has a 172 ft wing span and the b21 has a 136 ft wingspan. its not tiny by any means but a good bit smaller than the b2

[@edwardklein5770]

@@PilotPhotog Found it! Thanks!

[@imhimdk1785]

@@daholl8942that is helpful cuz I found it helpful goid looks💪🏾

[@NoName-ds5uq]

Cerberus is also the name of a Royal Australian Navy shore establishment largely responsible for training new recruits. I went through HMAS Cerberus in 1988. Moran division, GE-41, Bravo class, before cat school. There was interest from some observers about us buying a small number of B-21s because our defence minister was at the unveiling, to replace our long lost F-111s, but everything has gone quiet since. AUKUS has changed everything though, and that came out of the blue, so who knows? They’d make a brilliant deterrent in the shorter term until and after the RAN SSNs come into service.

[@timbaskett6299]

With the way the exhausts are designed (at least in the computer rendering) I suspect that there maybe a cold air duct that mixes cold air with the hot exhaust to reduce the IR signature. I could see the Raider being used as a High Value Asset escort. Even if it requires an off platform sensor/targeting system.

[@einehrenmann6156]

The cold air ducts are very likely as the F35 already uses such a system to combat more advanced IR sensors. I am sure they incorporated that into this design.

[@JamesStreet-tp1vb]

I had often wondered why aircraft didn't have the feature of an exhaust, cold air intake to reduce the IR exhaust heat signature or some way to cool down the exhaust plume like maybe dumping liquid nitrogen behind the plane into the hot plume at the same time flares are deployed. In fact, I didn't know that the B21 WOULD do just that. It would seem that with flare decoys and the exhaust cold air intake feature, heat seekers could be foiled almost every time.

[@rudyyarbrough5122]

The fact that the exhaust comes out above the fuselage means that ground-based IR trackers will not have much of a target.

[@peteorengo5888]

The line behind the test airplane is actually a hollow tube used to measure the static air pressure away from the airplane. Same as the extended pitot tube, they are used to calibrate the airplane’s instruments.

[@BrandoDrum]

The sawtooth rear end of the B2 allowed it to fly low level with 1980s level flight control tech. I'm quite sure the B21 would put perform the B2 on low level missions because it's just got 40 years of computational advancements to leverage.

[@bdh985]

Great analysis as always, your videos just get better and better!

[@PilotPhotog]

Thank you!

[@andrewfranson4756]

The auxiliary air inlet doors appear to form F22 style vertical stabilizers, pretty cleaver.

[@sberry80]

It's the most advanced aircraft by far. When the NGAD is released by the airforce and the navy releases their 6th gen fighter it will be interesting to see which jet is more advanced, the fighters or the bomber

[@michaeldelaney7271]

The Air Force and the Navy will insist that their fighters be able to engage in WW-1 style dogfights, so their RCS will not be as good as the B-21 (or B-2). Fighter jocks love their dogfights, even though they should avoid them like the plague. With superior (vastly superior) stealth, there's no reason to close to visual range with an enemy fighter.

[@user-uf2df6zf5w]

​@@michaeldelaney7271 Well, what if the adversary has a roughly similar number of planes with roughly similar stealth capabilities? Than there is no other option than to close in. The reason no serious dogfight occurred in the last 40 years is because American aviation wasn't facing an opponent with the same capabilities.

[@dom3827]

No offense, but advanced? By the time it started to be developed it already was outdated, because stealth jets nowadays are as easy to detect as a normal plane. Germany taught that to the US airforce by detecting 2 F 35 on a secret mission in german airspace and exposing them.

[@CivisMilitarum]

The Raider has a high probability of modular design. With minimum configuration to house larger internal payloads up to complex mechanisms that act like a drum magazine that will index to consecutively release ordinance. Im sure for airflow they incorporated what they've learned from the R&D from the YF-23 and their peers in the business.

[@FloridaManMatty]

Your renderings are superb. You didn’t sleep over the weekend, did you?

[@PilotPhotog]

Nope - neither did my GPU

[@scottnj2503]

Out of touch for a while. Great post to start catching up with and belated Congratulation on 101K subscribers 🤓

[@SPak-rt2gb]

VX-30 Bloodhounds test squadron also uses the three headed dogs. I think the Rear end of the B-21 is still secret we haven't seen it from the top yet

[@dmacpher]

We have - at least at an oblique angle. Taxi test photos

[@justme3894]

Amazing video as always....Thank u for what u provide us....

[@PilotPhotog]

Glad you enjoyed it! I am very happy to see people finding value in my content- cheers!

[@justme3894]

@@PilotPhotog we do appreciate ur content, ur effort....and it is invaluable for us your followers..... keep it up...

[@PilotPhotog]

@@justme3894copy and thank you!

[@Opusss]

"The low level flying requirement was not part of the design for this new bomber." That is hardly what we can deduce. The low level flight needs were likely addressed in other ways with this vessel. For all we know the B-21 is just as capable in low level flight as the B-2.

[@vulpo]

Great video!!! I have been waiting for this. Thank you for creating such excellent content.

[@JumperSig]

B-52’s are huge, as it is so abundantly obvious. However, when I stood underneath with the bomb bay doors open, it didn’t seem so big. Weird how that works. That was at Ft. Bliss, Army Airfield.

[@Wesley_H]

4:42 Wait. This is the first I’ve heard of the B21 going supersonic. Is that an error?

[@christopherhague2329]

It is an error.

[@arnaubeltran2881]

7:22 ; Secondary bays in the F35? I didn't know those had. Could you explain?

[@busardr1452]

Engines will be a higher bypass version of the P&W F135, guaranteed. I am guessing around 60k-65k lb of combined maximum thrust with the slightly higher bypass ratio at mil power, no AB. Possibly more because that isn't too far off current F135-PW-100 claimed engine performance of 28k lb individual output at mil power. Impressive.

[@KC_Smooth]

I can't wait to see what the NGAD will look like and how many similarities it will have to the B-21 albeit in a smaller package.

[@panpiper]

Getting the B-21 operational and fielded in adequate numbers quickly is absolutely critical to the West's deterance capacity.

[@Gunni1972]

Can you elaborate on what would be considered "ADEQUATE"? Because that is one of those Buzzwords that "Make or Break" a project. Snap, Crackle, Pop-language, Boomer.

[@panpiper]

@@Gunni1972 The planned purchase of 100 is likely, IMO, 'adequate'. (Though I'd be much happier with twice the number.) While building up to that, anything less than that is very nice and a lot better than none.

[@dmacpher]

We got some photos of the rear aspect during the taxi test long before the first flight.

[@Usasuperpower]

Very proud to be American!!!

[@jonniiinferno9098]

CER-BER-US... 😉 great video - cant wait to learn more about the B-21 Raider !!!

[@ronpascual3231]

B-21 is probably the most advanced Jet Bomber of the US Military🇺🇸

[@CrossWindsPat]

WOW I also just realized like how many you could technically store in the same space. They would interlock and leave like no empty room hahaha! Hyper efficient!

[@robambrose4199]

playing Tetris with them sounds more sensible than bombing other humans with them and I'm not even a people person lol.

[@ExHyperion]

@@robambrose4199the people this thing will bomb will likely turn around and come back to bomb us, them or us world we live in

[@robambrose4199]

@gomilitary68 What stealth plane? lol.

[@CrossWindsPat]

@gomilitary68 I dont fucking know lol. Thats the whole point.

[@ShawnHinck]

Remember that the spirit and nighthawk were not black because of working at night, but rather because of the coatings of the day. Black at night is actually not a good color, ideally, you wanna be the same color as things during the day so that at night when you lose that light, it’ll appear the same. We learned back in World War II that black aircraft actually stood out more against the sky because they were darker. They were still hard to see, but they were easier to see than something that was more grey

[@gnolan4281]

Superb presentation. What niche does the plane fill? Something must have been lacking in the present coordinated strike force but I don't know enough about the subject. When is the expected deployment date?

[@axlfrhalo]

It's cool to see that even the seams within the fuselage follow the 90 degree angle rule

[@ijontichy7179]

Cerberus, not Cerebus ;) Hercules used to put this 3 headed dog on a leash. Every cerberus has a hercules out there, if you know what I mean :)

[@Quang249]

Love your update report.

[@TairnKA]

Since we don't know how the weapon bay doors operate, I hope they've found a way to reduce, or better yet, eliminate their disruption of the B-21s stealth when open? Maybe it has some type of duel rotary launcher (for smaller weapons, like shown), that holds two or three missiles, but has a modular magazine to feed more missiles into the launcher?

[@pastorrich7436]

Great details added to your model!

[@PilotPhotog]

Thank you, I was trying to update it with what we saw on Friday's flight - cheers!

[@nightmareevan0]

It headed to Edwards AFB as shown on the landing gear ED and was paired with an F-16 from Edwards AFB too.

[@paulmicheldenverco1]

Hopefully, we will always speculate about the weapons potential and it will never see combat.

[@jimmay1988]

I think they are armed with GAU-8s in the secondary bay and 360deg thrust vectoring for dogfights.

[@HenrySousa-n2c]

......Absolutely, a great video production...USA All the way🦨👍

[@starteck5017]

Regarding the devil horn triangular doors mentioned . Those doors opened would also give the plane more yaw stability . Great idea but how was it figured out that they actually use that set up ?

[@danfitzgerald2734]

Nice work!

[@CausticLemons7]

Could the lighter color be anti-flash white combined with modern stealth coatings?

[@PilotPhotog]

I could see that being a possibility - thanks for commenting!

[@larrykirkland8891]

I read a report that there may be ( 5 ) B-21's delivered by the end of 2021. Notice the aircraft only has a single truck Landing gear unlike the twin truck LG of the B-2. Which means prob just 2 engines and lighter over-all weight, fuel and hence Bomb capacity. The trick is going to be to produce them at a cost that can be bought in numbers like 100+ as desired. Not the 2 Bil each of the B-2.

[@RatusPretentious]

The smaller overall plan size also reduces drag created on the B-52s body! Offsetting the massive bulk of a B-52! So massive efficiency saving for else-where!!! Size isn't everything, just how it is utilized!!!

[@stupitdog9686]

Can't wait untill they become commercialy avaliable & I can buy one!!

[@Axemantitan]

Could the color be anti-flash white? Is it designed to carry nuclear weapons?

[@augustobraidotti6992]

Will it have the slight anti-resistance ( electro gravitity )?

[@nickhayley]

Could it also be possible that a a number of b21's are painted light grey and some painted dark grey or black? I don't know how much the colour would contribute to reduced visibility to the human eye. And surely would have no impact on the visibility on radar. Thoughts?

[@EstorilEm]

It’s almost certainly a RAM consideration, likely for maintenance and cost reduction. Could be something as simple as the old color causing excessive thermal expansion in the sun, or poor UV resistance - leading to drastically increased RAM maintenance costs. As long as the color is somewhat neutral, I don’t think they really care. If you’re close enough to see a high-altitude stealth bomber, something has already gone horribly wrong lol.

[@larrythompson8459]

Thanks for this..as a usaf veteran I love our Air Force and all of the tech Happening.

[@SABjork]

how did you get Cerabus from Cerberus?

[@AURORAREVEALNOW]

Truth: The design of the B-21 was taken from the second design of the B-2 bomber(exact same design of the B-21), which the second design of the B-2 bomber exists but is kept classified top secret. The reality is that the B-2 we have ain't the real B-2.

[@DFMurray]

B-21's EWAR suite would make a Growler blush.

[@leonardgmiller8924]

At a Garnd prix gere in Melbourne where i live one year had a flyby first FA18 loud dast excellent the a globe master slow much quiter but like a giant cloud going over the track beautiful site next fly iver it had its rear door open where they jump from it looked like you could land a FA18 in the cargo bay lol

[@naduncan08]

Looks like the underside of a manta ray ! Oh, how we learn from nature, 'eventually' !

[@Mr.redacted.]

Is there any significance to the Swallow silhouette on the forward underside?

[@atway70]

The Illusive Man spared no expense on the SR-2 model!

[@ecleveland1]

I see the B-21 as a larger more advanced version of the F-117 Nighthawk. I think it’s going to be used in much the same way as the Nighthawk was when it came out. Limited yet highly accurate and effective in its weapons inventory. Radar detection and anti aircraft missile systems have evolved so the stealth bombers had to evolve as well.

[@williamdrijver4141]

In contrast to the B-2, does the raider have airco in the cockpit?

[@bosoerjadi2838]

Great report. One minor thing though, Cerberus is pronounced as Cer-be-rus, not Ce-re-bus.

[@baxtermullins1842]

The devices are calibration instruments for airspeed, angle of attack and sideslip. You can see the same thing on Boeing commercial aircraft flight test aircraft.

[@__hjg__2123]

great vid!!!!

[@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P]

FIRSTLY.... Thanks for giving us a Great narration of aspects of the B-21 'Raider'! Secondly, I have seen those 'horns' 😈on a different video that Had NO narration but showed the aspect of the plane itself...they do look larger than those found on the B-2 'Spirit'! Lastly, the color ~ 8:05 ..... Argghhh, I have to get a Different color of those bombers When and IF they make a model of it... ⬛ +⬜ +⬜ Good Show 'TOG'!!!

[@ClutchCobraKID1]

I think the B21 most likely has 2 engines total plus it has 2 wheels on each rear landing gear instead of 4 like on the B2 and it looks like the nose gear wheels on the B21 are smaller, on the B2 the nose gear wheels look like they are nearly the same size wheels as the rear landing gear and youd think if the B21 had 4 engines instead of 2 then each rear gear would have 4 wheels instead of 2 but the B21 is also smaller however the space inside the aircraft is so tight that it might make more sense to have 2 smaller engines side by side in each nacelle then to have 1 larger engine on each side. 2 smaller engines in a side by side configuration will take up less height or vertical space but a little more width then 1 single engine and produce more thrust if the dbl engines are generally the same design as the larger single side engine. If we look at the B52 for example, if they were to replace the side by side dbl engine pods with a single engine (which isn't possible on the B52 without major major modifications btw) to produce the same amount of thrust as the dbl engine pods then that engine would have to have wayy more height then the dbl engine pods and that height would have to be equal to its width to make up a proper circle for the blades and whatnot. Plus the radical intake and exhaust designs of both the B2 and the B21 kinda gives you a horizontal oval. Now however this is not a supersonic aircraft so that frees up your intake design a little bit and the B21 is smaller then the B2 so it is very possible they only used 2 engines in the name of efficiency and range but prolly not payload but who cares if you can just aerial refuel anyways, they just need stealth tankers now lol cause I don't think a B21 is very steathly when hooked up to a KC135 or KC10 😆. I think the B2's range after aerial refuelling is something like 8 to 11 thousand miles based on payload, wind, altitude, pressure etc(on MS Flight Sim it tells you range after aerial refuel in the loading screen when your loading into a flight with a B2, that's how I knew that lol). I think the B21 is white just so it's easily observable from camera stations or satellites or something along those lines and it prolly doesn't have a stealth paint coating on it or they prolly wouldn't be able to detect it if it wasn't giving off any signal emissions and was in Stealth Mode lol jk, and the underbelly metal work looked a little rough but it is a prototype and that could just be some metal expansion that made it look a little rough on the belly or maybe even how the sun was hitting it, iunno 😆. I think in the future we will prolly see B21s in stealth color coatings like the F22 or the F35. I also think when they put the plane into actual production and start giving them to the military that they will prolly rename it the B22 😮. And if they're not planning on doing that, then they should 😆 although I could see how that might be confusing to somebody but who cares B22 sounds kooler then B21🤣. Also this thing could be capable of low altitude flight with it's new shape and if it's goin slow enough or has enough alpha(aoa) and the secondary air doors are open, those doors could help stabilize flight, they kinda look like small rudders almost and I wouldn't be surprised if they had a rudder flight control surface on them but doubtful, at least in this videos animation they do look like lil rudders, I didn't see the secondary air doors open during the first flight vid but I'll go back and rewatch. The flight controls computer on the B21 is prolly like a 5 terabyte modern SSD for comparison whereas the flight computer on the B2 is prolly like an N64 cartridge compared to that of the B21 😂. If the B2 didn't have a flight surfaces control computer it wouldn't fly or the pilot would have to be making hundreds or thousands of changes/corrections every second which just isn't possible. Plus their could be other flight surface controls that we didn't see in the first flight vid like maybe on top of the plane or something. I was wondering what the towed array was that the B21 deployed after first takeoff and after watching this video I realized that it is infact in line with the forward flight testing extended pitot tube (if that's even what it is) so it is way out back to prolly take air readings and maybe even temp readings for air coming out of the engine exhaust. Also narrator was kinda mispronouncing Cerberus I think, NBD. And the vid creator should've given us all the cameras audio nd video from the first flight vid. 3 headed dog that guards the underworld lol (Greek mythology, ya know?lol) I guess the 3 headed dog that guards the underworld is America's nuclear triad jk. Good vid, we prolly won't know if this plane has 2 or 4 engines or anything else about this plane for yrs to come. I remember when the cockpit area of the B2 was an absolute no camera zone and when the plane was parked they had a giant red rbf cover right behind the seats covering wall to wall nd ceiling to floor. Btw 4get aircraft generations, it will just confuse you, they have to be evaluated on a case by case basis, especially military aircraft. Geez real sry I wrote so much. Be safe, Fly safe but most of all Drive safe lol. Pz Pz Update: I rewatched the first flight and saw the secondary air doors, koool. I didn't catch that the first time. The B21 kind of does sound like it's only got two engines cause in the actual vid a B2 takes off right after the B21. And you can see smoke behind the B2 but not the B21, somebody in the comments said that the engine intake might split and send cooler air into the exhaust gases to cool them down for better stealth. That's probably true. But I don't know both planes sound similar but also sound different. Someday we'll know lol 😆.

[@jamese.9844]

How do you get tickets for a flight.?😮😅

[@gafrers]

0:51 0:56 "Cerebus"? It is Cerberus.

[@Villa-Pasirbaru]

...it's been said that the B2 was the first to electrically charge air particles to reduce take-off / air-friction drag...I watched a B2 fly over me at very low altitude and low speed wondering how it stayed aloft without stalling...for sure the B1 takes it to a new-level...

[@peterulibarri3781]

Beautiful aircraft! The acft most likely landed at EAFB Ca. not Area 51! 10:29

[@busardr1452]

How are they scrubbing the boundary layer into the inlets?

[@koori3085]

Would imagine 2 P&W F135s pumping out 28K lb thrust would float that big wing along alright, cool vid!

[@HD23777]

Super video brother!

[@XerrolAvengerII]

A little confused between cerberus and erebus, they do look similar though.

[@alecbrown66]

A minor note here regards the engine entry ducts. On concorde they found getting towards supersonic speed induced too much air for the jets to ignite the fuel. So, they came up with a control ramp that, as the jet increased speed, blocked off a significant part of the jet inlets and slowed the air to the perfect speed for the jets to operate at perfect efficiency. I expect cerberus (much better name than raider!) To have an up to date version of this.

[@BeamRider100]

I believe diverterless supersonic inlets would be used. Possibly in combination with ramps for different engine modes. No doubt there's many details in that alone for us to ponder.

[@EstorilEm]

It didn’t block air, it repositioned the shockwave to allow the engines to “breathe” still.

[@EstorilEm]

@@BeamRider100doesn’t need DSIs as this thing will never go supersonic. Inlet air will always be at an optimal subsonic flow. Also, DSIs wouldn’t work with this conformal / LO intake shape design.

[@TheDirtracingboy31]

I believe it looks like two smaller weapons bays on the outside of the large one. I may be wrong but maby

[@Triple87]

Glad you addressed the air inlet doors on top. I was kind of laughing since we were debating it in general. 😂 Good stuff, Tog. Well under 24 hours. 😂🫡

[@PilotPhotog]

I still can't believe I was able to finish it in time lol - the last four hours or so....

[@Nicklan1961]

It's about time I wouldn't want to have to depend on these guys for my survival I can tell you that.

[@RatusPretentious]

You show a shallow bomb bay! The bulky height of the body allows for a sideways conveyor munitions cycle around system, between both engines! & the length may also allow a front to back additional cycle option!

[@justandy333]

Excellent video my friend. You got a sub from me. I absolutely love the look of the B2. So futuristic and alien looking. You take 1 look at it from the front and you know it means business! The B21 has much cleaner lines and looks to it, it looks stunning in that white colour scheme. I'm assuming the coating on the B21 will be much much easier to maintain than the B2?

[@hlaokaboutfightiganimalstun]

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[@CodyBelichesky]

Point Mugu is not said Moo-Goo. It’s Muhgoo. Killer video as always!

[@grahamfloyd3451]

Cerberus (Serberus), not Serebus. To nitpick further I wish the animator drew the crew inside at an appropriate scale, not as giants lol.

[@sirave6017]

Why state it may have the most destructive flying potential when it clearly has less payload? Is there enough room in the weapons bay for 'drones' that are ALSO carrying weapons? I don't see how that's possible...you have amax volume of space...if only 1 MOP can fit...the B2 could fit more drones also..just needs an upgraded weapons bay to make compatible.

[@Fifthmiracle]

Destructive potential isn't just about the avalable payload, you also have to penetrate the enemy air defenses to drop that payload. The B-21 has a lower RCS than the B-2 allowing it to hold at risk targets the B-2 might have difficulty with. It doesn't matter how much you can carry, if you can't get to the target.

[@sirave6017]

The B-2 was built for minimal RCS as well? I'm sure whatever advancement in coatings have been made are applied to it as well as the B-21. I would think the only difference is the physical size, yes much smaller, and airframe shape which appears pretty similar, unless I'm completety ignorant of RCS.@@Fifthmiracle I would think if the B-2 was that detectable, we would have had the B-21 15-20 years ago?

[@jeremyhoward9346]

If you recall from your Greek mythology class, you would know how to pronounce Cerberus.

[@AdamosDad]

It could be possible to have two or three rotary magazines for bombs and have centerline bomb bay doors. One on the centerline and another two on either side going out into the thicker lifting body of the craft.

[@johntracy9398]

I had a B2 fly over my house at a fairly low altitude last month. They're pretty noisy.

[@Inkling777]

I heard and saw one overfly an Auburn football game. You are right. The stealth definitely does not extend to being quiet.

[@russcarroll3176]

There was also an issue with heat from the engines cracking the rear panel of the B-2. It'll be interesting to see if they solved this.

[@forfun6273]

I really hope it does have the ability to target other aircraft. I mean it would be so sick if it could hold a dozen aim-260s or whatever. Like total area denial for wherever it’s operating.

[@gsc512]

I thought she was heading to ellensworth AFB in South Dakota the same location as the b1s

[@kcav1255]

One if the things I've been wondering about is what the cockpit and any crew quarters are like. Since this is designed to basically fly around the world without landing, is there a sleeping area? Is it designed to hold a second set of pilots? Do they have the same small microwave in the back like the bigger bombers do for a hot meal? Seems like a lot to fit in that seemingly small space.

[@jamesjohnson1710]

I think the aircraft has soooo much more to it than meets the eye and we would want to be careful about how much should be made public about our weapons of war it's capabilities and the such

[@micelaneo4761]

I think the main element of the NGAD is the B-21.

[@RichardShelton]

Most respectfully, check your pronunciation of the word 'Cerberus'. Your video was great, as always.

[@PilotPhotog]

Thank you and always trying to improve, appreciate the feedback.

[@YZXRYDR]

What do I think? As a pure laymen at this type of thing, I think I saw one of these a few years ago in an earlier test flight. From what I guessed, it was maybe a mile away. It was flying up around 1,000 ft. to 2,000 ft. altitude (from my front porch perspective). Even though it was southbound, flying away from me from about a mile to my west, it didn't make any sound at all. It was evening and very lightly overcast when I saw it. Assuming now that it was camouflaged to look like a UAV, the wings were dark gray with white spots placed underneath to look like lights. The remainder must have been painted light gray because I didn't notice it. All I noticed was the flying wing. By the way the 'Phoenix Lights' craft was described, I thought that's what I was seeing. FWIW, I'm west of Whiteman AFB.

[@MrCateagle]

I would argue that the inlets also incorporate diverterless inlet technology. My informed suspicion is that the engines are dry, higher bypass ratio versions of the F135 but with a fan tailored to take much higher distortion levels. BTW, I loved the "Hitchhiker's" reference.

[@EstorilEm]

I agree that they’re non-after burning F135s (no-brainer engine choice if you’re NG) BUT I don’t think they require any sort of DSI - the whole point of that design is in its name; diverterless SUPERSONIC inlet. No part of this aircraft should ever see supersonic flow, the DSIs are required for fast fighters/bombers as a simple alternative to dynamic air inlet ramps and such. It’ll have a conventional “s-duct” of some sort, like the B2, F-22, F-35, etc. (well, the F-35 has a DSI and s-duct technically I suppose.)

[@MrCateagle]

@@EstorilEm Probably much the same system as used on the B-2 where the air from in front of the intake is ducted down to use as bay cooling air, exiting around the exhaust ducts.

[@tanpengjoo7205]

MADE IN USA ALWAYS POWERFUL N BEAUTIFUL

[@thelonehunter6025]

Even though it is a smaller bomber that can carry about half the payload of a B2 it's still makes up for it by being way stealthier nearly invisible and all the capabilities that come with that plane besides being just a bomber. People aren't really considering the fact that it'll be the best spy plane in US history. Sure it can't fly as fast as an SR 71 but if basically no one can see it in radar until it's like 10 miles away from you then its an amazing reconnaissance platform. Not to mention that it could function as a UAV being controlled from the US mainland without a pilot. And because it's considerably cheaper than the B2 instead of having 20 like we have right now the US is already planning to have a 100 of them. So sure they carry less bombs but if you have more of them then it makes up for it.