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:
    Combs, H. G. (Autor:in) / Campbell, D. H. (Autor:in) / Cassidy, M. D. (Autor:in) / Sumpter, C. D. (Autor:in) / Seitz, E. (Autor:in) / Kachel, B. J. (Autor:in) / James, R. P. (Autor:in) / Walters, J. (Autor:in) / Love, J. (Autor:in) / Passon, R. T. (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1977-10-01


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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