@WorldWideDefenseAeronauticLabs look at it the most passenger craft look unispired or boring. and now look to fighters. and your definition of a weapon is pretty good. i would say look trough some of the commetns to look on other ideas if you havent jet.

I think anything can be a weapon, if it’s effective at killing or harming. That’s what a weapon is right? Let’s say a human soldier, he/she can be a weapon. Their effectiveness is judged by their ability to harm or kill. It can be a pillow... it can be an airplane... anything. Of course to a sensible extent, like a blade of grass. You get the point though, I hope! And what do you mean that combat aircraft look nicer than passenger aircraft?

@BACconcordepilot but better than the civilian version. i think its the colouring that makes the change here. i have the theory that boeing is waiting that USAF fases out the boeing b52 bomber sso that being can send the 747 military version into the race for the next big boombringer.

@BACconcordepilot heck the avro york get better in look in a camouflage sceme.

@JohnnyBoythePilot the dection part is wrong. they cant react but they can detect. so if you fly superfast and want to use stealth you have to fly very low.

@Irobert55
How is it useless? The enemy can't detect you, and your moving at a high rate of speed.

@JohnnyBoythePilot but stealth is useless at supersonic speed.

@Irobert55
Hypersonic is a bit overkill. At least Mach 3 for my ideal superfighter. One thing to note, the F-22 and B-2 had stealth coated onto their structure. The F-35 uses composites with the stealth "baked" into the structure panels. Basically, the F-35 doesn't need expensive hangars like the F-22 and B-2. It's stealth coating won't shed at high speeds, and the F-35 can withstand much tougher environmental conditions compared to the F-22 and B-2, thanks to the stealth being baked into the skin/structure.

@Patton2 nice to build uppon. i wil hold it in mind for later.

@JohnnyBoythePilot you forget that hypersonic kills stealth. or why did the b2 spirit fly at around 1000 km/h when the plane could potentialy go supersonic?

Military aircraft, even transports just have an aggressive but charming tone to them, especially on simpleplanes. Civilian aircraft can be quiet boring here on simpleplanes unless they have an incredible amount of detail.

My ideal weapon is a super-fighter that features incredible avionics and radar, and near-hyper sonic speeds with insane maneuverability, stealth features also in mind. However the fighter would be optional manned, and instead of windows would feature cameras like the ADF-01 FALKEN, minus the COFFIN flight controls feature. When unmanned, it could either be controlled by an AI or a ground based operator that is inside a full-motion representation of the cockpit, so the pilot would get a feel of the fighter, minus the G-forces. That is my ideal super-fighter.

@DerekSP exactly. the stratocruiser was also more or less the first plane that demonstratet that piston engines are at the end of theyr evolution in planes.

@Irobert55 yes, the Stratocruiser. So?

@DerekSP you forget that the first transatlantik passenger palne was a modification of the b29.

A weapon in my eye will hurt badly and I will go blind

ALSO, people are always attracted to "secret" stuff. It is way easier to get on board of a 747 than inside a B-52

But there is no reason for a commercial plane to look like the B-2

But in general, people like military aircraft more because of their shape, their design.
If a commercial jetliner looked like a B-2 Spirit, then it would have much more fans than an ordinary 737 or A330. I say ordinary because all commercial airplanes are the same; a tube, two wings, some engines

tbh I like
<--- this thing
more than any military aircraft

Which do you like better, a peregrine falcon or a stork? That’s why.

That’s deep @SledDriver

As for weapons, idk it just looks awesome.

@Irobert55 lol

Combat aircrafts are one of the most invested aircrafts out there using technology acquired from multiple sources. And most civilian aircrafts acquired technology from years of research from combat specialized aircraft. So, it’s natural that your combat aircraft gets the best of the best.
.
.
In terms of building planes in simpleplanes, combat aircrafts are one of the simplest planes you can build. And because almost all stock missions require agility, speed, and sometimes weapons, said plane can be fitted accordingly quickly unlike civilian aircrafts.
.
.
TL:DR Combat aircrafts were just more versatile than civilian aircraft.

@Stellarlabs what the hell ist that? a back scratcher? a toilet brush? i only know its funny but true.