Bottom line results were made of a three-phase study to determine the feasibility of designing, building, and operating, and maintaining an air-launched high performance aircraft capable of cruising at speeds up to Mach 8 for short durations. The results show that Lockalloy heat-sink structure affords the capability for a 'work-horse' vehicle which can serve as an excellent platform for this research. It was further concluded that the performance of a blended wing body configuration surpassed that of a lifting body design for typical X-24C missions. The cost of a two vehicle program, less engines, B-52 modification and contractor support after delivery, can be kept within $70M (in Jan. 1976 dollars).


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    Titel :

    Configuration Development Study of the X-24C Hypersonic Research Airplane


    Beteiligte:
    H. G. Combs (Autor:in) / D. H. Campbell (Autor:in) / M. D. Cassidy (Autor:in) / C. D. Sumpter (Autor:in) / E. Seitz (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1977


    Format / Umfang :

    54 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch