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X-48B Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Takes First Flight [1 attachment]
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007...st_Flight.html
RELEASE: 07-165 X-48B Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Takes First Flight EDWARDS, Calif. -- NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., provided critical support for the first flight July 20 of the X-48B. The 21-foot wingspan, 500-pound remotely piloted test vehicle took off for the first time at 8:42 a.m. PDT and climbed to an altitude of 7,500 feet before landing 31 minutes later. The Boeing Co. of Seattle developed the blended wing body research aircraft. "Friday's flight marked yet another aviation first achieved by a very hard-working Boeing, NASA and Cranfield team," said Gary Cosentino, Dryden's Blended Wing Body project manager. "The X-48B flew as well as we had predicted, and we look forward to many productive data flights this summer and fall." NASA's participation in the blended wing body effort is focused on fundamental, advanced flight dynamics and structural concepts of the design. It is a Subsonic Fixed Wing project managed by NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, Washington. In addition to hosting the X-48B flight test and research activities, NASA provided engineering and technical support -- expertise garnered from years of operating cutting-edge air vehicles. NASA assisted with the hardware and software validation and verification process, the integration and testing of the aircraft's systems and the pilot's ground control station. NASA's range group provided critical telemetry and command and control communications during the flight, while flight operations provided a T-34 chase aircraft and essential flight scheduling. Photo and video support completed the effort. Boeing's Phantom Works designed the X-48B flight test vehicles in cooperation with NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to gather detailed information about the stability and flight-control characteristics of the blended wing body design, especially during takeoffs and landings. The Boeing blended wing body design resembles a flying wing, but differs in that the wing blends smoothly into a wide, flat, tailless fuselage. This fuselage blending provides additional lift with less drag compared to a circular fuselage, translating to reduced fuel use at cruise conditions. Since the engines mount high on the back of the aircraft, there is less noise inside and on the ground when it is in flight. .... (image) http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Pho...D06-0201-2.jpg |
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X-48B Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Takes First Flight [1 attachment]
Boy, that was a fast post! I just heard about this on NPR (National Public
Radio) here in Richmond, Kentucky. Nice bird!!! -- Chaplain (COL) Lonnie J. Potter National Recruiting Coordinator Headquarters (HQ) Division United States Corps of Chaplains |
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X-48B Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Takes First Flight [1 attachment]
""§qu@re Wheels"" mostly_harmless@pangalactic_vector_exchange_trans ponder31_universe.net wrote in message news:MVpqi.9897$rX4.6304@pd7urf2no... http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007...st_Flight.html RELEASE: 07-165 X-48B Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Takes First Flight EDWARDS, Calif. -- NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., provided critical support for the first flight July 20 of the X-48B. The 21-foot wingspan, 500-pound remotely piloted test vehicle took off for the first time at 8:42 a.m. PDT and climbed to an altitude of 7,500 feet before landing 31 minutes later. The Boeing Co. of Seattle developed the blended wing body research aircraft. I do not think this is a real photo. "Dutch" |
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X-48B Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Takes First Flight [1attachment]
Dutch wrote:
""§qu@re Wheels"" mostly_harmless@pangalactic_vector_exchange_trans ponder31_universe.net wrote in message news:MVpqi.9897$rX4.6304@pd7urf2no... http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2007...st_Flight.html RELEASE: 07-165 X-48B Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Takes First Flight EDWARDS, Calif. -- NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif., provided critical support for the first flight July 20 of the X-48B. The 21-foot wingspan, 500-pound remotely piloted test vehicle took off for the first time at 8:42 a.m. PDT and climbed to an altitude of 7,500 feet before landing 31 minutes later. The Boeing Co. of Seattle developed the blended wing body research aircraft. I do not think this is a real photo. "Dutch" well, it's certainly posed, & apparently includes artificial light sources, but i doubt it's artificial. redc1c4, (but then again, i could be wrong %-) -- "Enlisted men are stupid, but extremely cunning and sly, and bear considerable watching." Army Officer's Guide |
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X-48B Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Takes First Flight[1 attachment]
Looks like a model?
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X-48B Blended Wing Body Research Aircraft Takes First Flight [1 attachment]
Dave Strebe wrote in news:sk2ri.13925$_d2.12921@pd7urf3no:
Looks like a model? It is! Flies though... http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/n...007/07-42.html |
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