NASA Langley Dorsal Intake Tailless Fighter concept

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Attached is picture of a NASA Langley study, from a TsAGI Technical Bulletin, unearthed by Paralay. Rather interesting similarities to Mikoyan 7.01 design....

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Found some more on the "Langley fighter"


Source:

R.V.Hood, S.M.Dollyhigh and J.R.Newsom (NASA Langley Research Center) Impact of Flight Systems Integration on Future Aircraft Design AIAA Article 84-2459

 

[Stargazer]

this is NASA Langley in-house fighter research concept
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,29.msg12703.html#msg12703

In fact more pictures of the same appear but they are listed under "Thrust Vectoring Configuration" and the model is given as the "TVC-2 FF Model":

http://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/Additional_Photos_for_30_X_60_Full_Scale_Tunnel:_Other_Tests_2#Thrust_Vectoring_Configuration

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Consolidating posts...


One more drawing of this design attached.

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

Purely out of curiousity, could an underslung inlet work better on this design?

 

[Pyrrhic victory]

http://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/643_Models:_R-X

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Merged posts from another topic.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

a fighter without tail fin,designed in 1989.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19890015799_1989015799.pdf

And from AIAA;


it was working by TVC or Thrust Vector Control.


http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/3.45715?journalCode=ja

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

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[hesham]

Oh sorry my dear Paul,


I always forget this topic.