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1957 hypersonic flat bottom missile

Thread starter flateric
Start date May 22, 2007

flateric

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May 22, 2007

#1

Found at NASA Glenn site

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Firefly 2

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May 22, 2007

#2

The extreme sweep/ flat underside principle was known even then... wow.

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Wahubna

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Oct 13, 2015

#3

Firefly 2 said:
The extreme sweep/ flat underside principle was known even then... wow.

And what is that principle?

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lastdingo

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Oct 13, 2015

#4

* lifting body; lift by angle of attack
* low supersonic drag of high sweep

Later on, the Sänger II project used approx this approach as well.

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