How Do Stealth Airplanes Work?

How does radar not detect a B-2 stealth sub ? How can an aircraft with a 172 - understructure wingspan show as small as just a prominent bird , if anything at all ? The Northrop B-2 Spirit escapes radar by being specifically designed to meditate radio waves away from the source so it ’d never be observe .

But the stealth sub has more radar skirt tricks than just reflection . The B-2 was made with the aid of a supercomputer and computational example to develop its curved shape , and the B-2 ’s aerodynamic wing blueprint and locating of the engine ( embedded in the plane ’s body ) , all contribute up to make it more unseeable to microwave radar . The engine ’s intake and fumes are on top of the plane to avoid being pick out by ground - based devices . Even the key of the aircraft is special , with iron particles in it to take up electromagnetic energy and commute it to heat .

There are a draw more fascinating tidbits on how the B-2 works in the video byReal Engineeringbelow .