Stargazer2006 said:
shockonlip said:
The fuselage designs of these remind me more of McDonnell hypersonic designs.
So maybe when you say Boeing, you really mean the current owner of McDonnell.
I think Meteorit can confirm, but the 1074-*** series of designs predate the McDonnell Douglas merger by a couple of decades at least, so, no, it IS Boeing all the way.
Not the 1074 designs, which look VERY Boeing, but Meteorit's original post and the color frames posted
below it (the delta winged vehice), before you posted the Boeing 1074 design. Those designs look very
much to me, like McDonnell designs, Stargazer.
Also, for Meteorit, since he seems very interested,
from the AIAA paper that flateric
posted that showed the picture. Not a lot of info, but
in case he was wondering what the paper said abut it.
The paper title again was:
AERONAUTICAT. TECHNOLOGY 2000: A PROJECTION OF ADVANCED VEHICLE CONCEPTS
Authors:
Cecil C. Rosen III,
Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology,
NASA,
Washington, D.C.
Robert 3. Burger,
Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board,
National Research Council,
Washington, D.C.
Armand Sigalle,
New Product Development,
Boeing Commercial Airplane Company,
Seattle, Washington
pg. 9 bottom
Hypersonic Aircraft.
Hypersonic aircraft, both manned and unmanned,
operating in the sensible atmosphere, will be
able to function at speeds up to Mach numbers
of 12. For such vehicles, new propulsion technologies,
control techniques, and fuel handling (cryogenics)
capabilities will be required. Figure 11 presents
essential and enhancing and supporting technologies
for this class of aircraft.
The hypersonic aircraft illustrations (interceptor,
missiles, and a transport) Figures 12
through IS, reflect potential military and civil
vehicle ConceptS. These aircraft would make use
of multicycle propulsion systems for high total
flight envelope efficiency and new materials and
structures to allow high heat loads and low weight
for both airframe and engine. Cruise Mach numbers
of 6 to 8 would he realized with ranges of hundreds
of miles for the interceptors to thousands of miles
for the other aircraft. The propulsion concepts
include airturbo ramjetlrockets and hydrogen erpansion
cyrojets for the lower hypersonic speeds. For
very high speeds, supersonic combustion ramjets, or
"scramjets," would be utilized.
Integration of the airframe and propulsion
system are important for low total vehicle drag
and proper conditioning of the intake air for
propulsion system operation as well as for the
handling of the hot exhaust gases.