Background of Army's XV-4A Hummingbird Program and development of all-jet VTOL research aircraft by Lockheed Aircraft Corp; aircraft is mid-wing monoplane, powered by 2 Pratt and Whitney JT-12 turbojet engines; maximum vertical takeoff weight is 7200 lb; maximum design level flight speed is Mach 0.68; structure employs aluminum alloys in most areas, with stainless steel, or titanium, in hot areas; 17% of structure is titanium; aircraft uses augmented, deflected exhaust from its 2 turbojet engines for vertical thrust; basic concept, design of VTOL propulsion system, VTOL control characteristics, and overall performance.


    Zugriff

    Zugriff über TIB

    Verfügbarkeit in meiner Bibliothek prüfen


    Exportieren, teilen und zitieren



    Titel :

    Hummingbird program


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    SAE -- Paper


    Beteiligte:
    McReynolds, J. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    SAE Meeting ; 1964 VTOL-STOL



    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1964


    Format / Umfang :

    10 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


    The Hummingbird Program

    McReynolds, John | SAE Technical Papers | 1964


    Hummingbird A160

    Karem, A. | British Library Conference Proceedings | 2005



    Future of hummingbird

    Wagner, J.L. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1961