|
| If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|||||||
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
August 20th 08, 03:08 PM
posted to rec.aviation.soaring
|
|||
|
|||
The Space Shuttle started with auto tow
|
|
#2
August 20th 08, 08:55 PM
posted to rec.aviation.soaring
|
|||
|
|||
|
The Space Shuttle started with auto tow
Hi,
You can see the M2-F1 takeoff and land in the Disney film "The Boy Who Flew With Condors". Details are available he http://www.cumulus-soaring.com/video...lewWithCondors Good Soaring, Paul Remde Cumulus Soaring, Inc. http://www.cumulus-soaring.com "Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote in message . .. http://www.spacemart.com/reports/The...Wings_999.html
|
|
#3
August 21st 08, 02:09 PM
posted to rec.aviation.soaring
|
|||
|
|||
|
The Space Shuttle started with auto tow
At 14:08 20 August 2008, Bill Daniels wrote:
http://www.spacemart.com/reports/The...Wings_999.html Isn't it a bit of a stretch to consider this to be a predecessor to the Space Shuttle? I wouldn't classify the shuttle as a lifting body. Jim Beckman
|
|
#4
August 21st 08, 04:53 PM
posted to rec.aviation.soaring
|
|||
|
|||
|
The Space Shuttle started with auto tow
Jim Beckman wrote:
At 14:08 20 August 2008, Bill Daniels wrote: http://www.spacemart.com/reports/The...Wings_999.html Isn't it a bit of a stretch to consider this to be a predecessor to the Space Shuttle? I wouldn't classify the shuttle as a lifting body. "Although in the end the lifting body design was rejected for the shuttle, the lifting bodies provided extensive data on the aerodynamics and controllability of a low lift-over-drag unpowered vehicle that was directly applicable to the design of the shuttles." Jack
|
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Space Shuttle Pics | Phil J | Piloting | 2 | April 4th 08 10:04 AM |
| Space Shuttle. | Oz Lander[_2_] | Piloting | 50 | December 31st 07 02:16 AM |
| Space Shuttle Frequencies (in UK) ?? | Andrew | General Aviation | 4 | September 12th 06 09:26 PM |
Linear Mode
