Here is the 1950’s one
Yes — the aircraft in the image does appear too modern for the mid-1950s based on several features. Here’s a breakdown of why:
🔍 Modern Design Elements:
Sleek, blended fuselage
The smooth, almost stealth-like fuselage design is reminiscent of post-1970s aircraft design. Mid-1950s jets still had more angular or segmented airframes.
Delta wings with blue highlights
While delta wings did exist in the 1950s (e.g., Convair F-102, Dassault Mirage III prototypes), the extreme tapering and modern materials/colors shown here lean toward a later generation.
Twin-engine rear with afterburner flames
The sharply defined rear engine configuration and flame effects suggest powerful turbofans or turbojets with afterburners. In the 1950s, afterburning engines were still in early stages and not as refined or integrated as seen here.
Lack of visible intakes or sensors
1950s aircraft often had more prominent nose or wing-mounted air intakes and antennas — this craft’s clean design suggests either a stealth concept or something more advanced.
📅 1950s Comparison:
Aircraft like the F-100 Super Sabre or English Electric Lightning were high-tech for the time, but they had:
More visible rivets and panel lines
Simpler cockpit integration
Straight or mildly swept wings early on
This aircraft looks more like something from the late 1970s onward — possibly even influenced by 1980s stealth or high-speed reconnaissance concepts (e.g., SR-71 Blackbird, B-1 Lancer, or experimental aircraft like the YF-23).
✅ Verdict:
Yes, too modern for mid-1950s.
It looks more like a late Cold War or even early 21st-century design in terms of aerodynamics and propulsion.
Thanks for the clarification — that it's a drone changes the context quite a bit.
Now looking at it from an 1980s drone design perspective, here's an updated assessment:
✅ What Fits the 1980s Context:
Twin-engine configuration with visible afterburners
While rare for drones at the time, the U.S. and USSR were experimenting with high-speed UAVs (like the Lockheed D-21 and Soviet Tupolev Tu-123). The engines and flame effects seen here could plausibly fit an experimental supersonic reconnaissance drone of the late Cold War.
Delta wing layout
This configuration was being used on both manned and unmanned aircraft in high-speed roles. The D-21 drone had a similar sharp delta shape.
No cockpit canopy (unmanned)
Fits perfectly for a drone — especially recon or strike variants. By the 1980s, high-speed, non-recoverable drones were already being deployed by superpowers.
⚠️ What Feels Too Modern for the 1980s:
Sleek, seamless airframe
The surface of this drone looks highly refined — like modern stealth drones (RQ-170 or X-47B). In the 1980s, most UAVs still showed clear panel lines, rivets, and bulkier avionics housings.
Bright engine flames
Drones of the era were usually optimized for stealth or surveillance, not afterburning thrust. This visible exhaust suggests a high-performance, possibly strike-focused drone, which would be quite futuristic for the time.
Blue accent coloring
Operational military drones in the 1980s would almost never use visible bright markings, especially for stealth or reconnaissance. It gives off a sci-fi or concept prototype vibe.
🧠 Final Judgment:
Borderline too modern for the 1980s — but not impossible.
If you frame this aircraft as a top-secret experimental drone, perhaps developed in the late '80s under a black project (like how the F-117 was kept secret), it would be just barely believable.
But for a typical 1980s military drone, this design is too advanced in terms of aerodynamics and likely performance.
If you're worldbuilding or designing for an alternate Cold War history, this could be a plausible 1988-era prototype — something in your universe might use in an experimental strike-recon drone program.
@SPWithLizzie uh, so?? The MJ-4 was a fighter, and the Most powerful military rn is just making them. I am serious, this has to be 2000’s. A fighter drone??
@SPWithLizzie I was saying the funky trees stuff, but yes, these are ram jets.
+1@AviationLoverGEEK444 You actually caught on to something!
@GeneralCorpInc naw its ok.
+1@GeneralCorpInc government. (like do i just start wars and stuff or..... wait. nvm, i want to just stay with KE.)
+1Can I be Germany then?
+1@SPWithLizzie ight. I can change the engines out for it!
+1@GeneralCorpInc ohhhh 17-RS
+1@GeneralCorpInc well, still, if the admin of the RP is in it actively producing vehicles for it, it can seem biased.
+1@GeneralCorpInc no, it’s the SR-17
+1@SPWithLizzie you can purchase the engines if you want…
+1@GeneralCorpInc what country are you? If you are one I ain’t joining.
+1@Bugati87 I don’t trust this.
+1@Bugati87 Get them out.
+1@Bugati87 in my country?
+1@Bugati87 any travel has been blocked to our country aswell.
+1@Bugati87 you are across the ocean!!!
+1@AviationLoverGEEK444 yes.
+1@RB107 ok!
+1@RB107 I am upping military grade defensive equipment near all areas of importance
+1@DeeganWithABazooka but wait till b1Blancer says something
+1@DeeganWithABazooka I think…. Under 100.
+1@SPWithLizzie Yet
+1@AviationLoverGEEK444 ok. You are unblocked. Do not screw up.
+1@SomeSPGuyWhoLikesLore pole-land is open, or you can be a defense contractor for your-pan?
+1@RB107 ok… can I get 400 Regulars, 20 gunships, 10 medical, 30 spec ops, and 10 tankers, 10 firefighting ones, and 10 SAR, how much will that be?
+1@RB107 how much each?
+1@NotRob119 Roger-Roger
+1@keiyronelleavgeek566 you aren’t one of us anymore… sanctioned.
+1@Mitterbin look at my SessNuH 130 and add an @ to avlover and copy the tags with the countries on them.
+1@Mitterbin please tag the whole RP!
+1@keiyronelleavgeek566 you’ve changed…
+1@GeneralCorpInc fallout
+1@RepublicofWrightIsles @DeeganWithABazooka I don’t either but I know the first one means: Shut your %$£¥ mouth!
+1Belljim
+1AviationLoverGEEK444
Unity Steaks:
@Bugati87
Kingdom of Bell-Lands:
@SPWithLizzie
Republic of spin:
+1@B1BLancer
Swisher-man:
@Voytek
Check-or-slow-vak-air
@MIGFOXHOUND31BSM26
@GeneralCorpInc what. The. Bro is Mr. 5x5
+1@deutschFELLAtheLeopard2A7 @SPWithLizzie I looked at the modern Japanese flag and flipped the colors and added a lightning bolt
+1@GeneralCorpInc @SPWithLizzie I am on General corps’ side, he knows his [Her?] facts
+1@SPWithLizzie the control range is what the range of drones means
+1@NotRob119 NOOO MAKE A FORUM FOR IT I WILL READ IT
+1The one below didn’t know it was a drone
+1Here is the 1950’s one
Yes — the aircraft in the image does appear too modern for the mid-1950s based on several features. Here’s a breakdown of why:
🔍 Modern Design Elements:
Sleek, blended fuselage
The smooth, almost stealth-like fuselage design is reminiscent of post-1970s aircraft design. Mid-1950s jets still had more angular or segmented airframes.
Delta wings with blue highlights
While delta wings did exist in the 1950s (e.g., Convair F-102, Dassault Mirage III prototypes), the extreme tapering and modern materials/colors shown here lean toward a later generation.
Twin-engine rear with afterburner flames
The sharply defined rear engine configuration and flame effects suggest powerful turbofans or turbojets with afterburners. In the 1950s, afterburning engines were still in early stages and not as refined or integrated as seen here.
Lack of visible intakes or sensors
1950s aircraft often had more prominent nose or wing-mounted air intakes and antennas — this craft’s clean design suggests either a stealth concept or something more advanced.
📅 1950s Comparison:
Aircraft like the F-100 Super Sabre or English Electric Lightning were high-tech for the time, but they had:
This aircraft looks more like something from the late 1970s onward — possibly even influenced by 1980s stealth or high-speed reconnaissance concepts (e.g., SR-71 Blackbird, B-1 Lancer, or experimental aircraft like the YF-23).
✅ Verdict:
Yes, too modern for mid-1950s.
+1It looks more like a late Cold War or even early 21st-century design in terms of aerodynamics and propulsion.
@DeeganWithABazooka naw.
+1ChatGPT question
+1Thanks for the clarification — that it's a drone changes the context quite a bit.
Now looking at it from an 1980s drone design perspective, here's an updated assessment:
✅ What Fits the 1980s Context:
Twin-engine configuration with visible afterburners
While rare for drones at the time, the U.S. and USSR were experimenting with high-speed UAVs (like the Lockheed D-21 and Soviet Tupolev Tu-123). The engines and flame effects seen here could plausibly fit an experimental supersonic reconnaissance drone of the late Cold War.
Delta wing layout
This configuration was being used on both manned and unmanned aircraft in high-speed roles. The D-21 drone had a similar sharp delta shape.
No cockpit canopy (unmanned)
Fits perfectly for a drone — especially recon or strike variants. By the 1980s, high-speed, non-recoverable drones were already being deployed by superpowers.
⚠️ What Feels Too Modern for the 1980s:
Sleek, seamless airframe
The surface of this drone looks highly refined — like modern stealth drones (RQ-170 or X-47B). In the 1980s, most UAVs still showed clear panel lines, rivets, and bulkier avionics housings.
Bright engine flames
Drones of the era were usually optimized for stealth or surveillance, not afterburning thrust. This visible exhaust suggests a high-performance, possibly strike-focused drone, which would be quite futuristic for the time.
Blue accent coloring
Operational military drones in the 1980s would almost never use visible bright markings, especially for stealth or reconnaissance. It gives off a sci-fi or concept prototype vibe.
🧠 Final Judgment:
Borderline too modern for the 1980s — but not impossible.
If you frame this aircraft as a top-secret experimental drone, perhaps developed in the late '80s under a black project (like how the F-117 was kept secret), it would be just barely believable.
But for a typical 1980s military drone, this design is too advanced in terms of aerodynamics and likely performance.
If you're worldbuilding or designing for an alternate Cold War history, this could be a plausible 1988-era prototype — something in your universe might use in an experimental strike-recon drone program.
+1I am calling @Generalcorpinc
+1@SPWithLizzie again, not possible for the 1950’s
+1@SPWithLizzie uh, so?? The MJ-4 was a fighter, and the Most powerful military rn is just making them. I am serious, this has to be 2000’s. A fighter drone??
+1@SPWithLizzie your desc. Says Capable of light air superiority and light ground attack.
+1@SPWithLizzie also, country music is kinda fire
+1@SPWithLizzie then why can it go 300 miles???? I am the second most advanced country and I have one half that that weights 2x less than this!
+1