Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
A joint USAF/NASA study has developed a conceptual design for a new high-speed research airplane (X-24C) and identified candidate flight research experiments in the Mach 3 to 6 speed range. Four major categories of high priority research experiments are described as well as the X-24C design concept. The vehicle, a rocket-boosted, delta planform aircraft, is air launched from a B-52 and is capable of forty seconds of rocket cruise at Mach 6 with a research scramjet. Research provisions include a dedicated 10-foot long research experiments section, removable fins and strakes, and provisions for testing integrated airbreathing propulsion systems.
Keywords:
AIRCRAFT DESIGN, TESTING AND PERFORMANCE
Type:
AIAA PAPER 75-1039
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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Aircraft Systems and Technology Meeting; Aug 04, 1975 - Aug 07, 1975; Los Angeles, CA
Format:
text
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