The fundamental aerodynamic benefits of variable sweep are shown to have a strong influence on supersonic transport design. Improved operational characteristics, such as shorter take-off and landings, lower take-off and approach noise, and lower take-off and landing speeds are achieved when compared to the present subsonic jets. A smaller gross weight airplane with smaller engines for a given payload range mission is the result of superior aerodynamic performance when compared to a low aspect ratio fixed geometry approach. The economics of the variable sweep SST are shown to compare favorably with present subsonic jets.
Variable Sweep - Application to the Supersonic Transport
Sae Technical Papers
SAE World Congress & Exhibition ; 1964
1964-01-01
Conference paper
English
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