X-43B.Stargazer2006 said:Nice model pics. I had seen all these designs before of course, but the last one doesn't ring a bell... Any idea what it is?
Thanks. I wasn't aware of a "B" variant with forward canards.sferrin said:X-43B.Stargazer2006 said:Nice model pics. I had seen all these designs before of course, but the last one doesn't ring a bell... Any idea what it is?
There was suppose to be a "C" as well. Both cancelled of course.Stargazer2006 said:Thanks. I wasn't aware of a "B" variant with forward canards.sferrin said:X-43B.Stargazer2006 said:Nice model pics. I had seen all these designs before of course, but the last one doesn't ring a bell... Any idea what it is?
See the poster I posted in:Stargazer2006 said:Thanks. I wasn't aware of a "B" variant with forward canards.sferrin said:X-43B.Stargazer2006 said:Nice model pics. I had seen all these designs before of course, but the last one doesn't ring a bell... Any idea what it is?
You can thank Admiral Steidle and John Mankins and the spiral of spirals for that.sferrin said:There was suppose to be a "C" as well. Both cancelled of course.Stargazer2006 said:Thanks. I wasn't aware of a "B" variant with forward canards.sferrin said:X-43B.Stargazer2006 said:Nice model pics. I had seen all these designs before of course, but the last one doesn't ring a bell... Any idea what it is?
Looks like I missed it the first time around or I'd have posted the high rez pics way back when. Mods feel free to move them.Meteorit said:We also have a thread on X-43B.
Off the old NGLT website at MSFC? I believe remnants of that site still live on in a few pieces, at least within a few months ago when I came across it again.sferrin said:3 B's and a C
Yes. Same duPont designed a spaceplane with fantastically optimistic weight and performance assumptions, and essentially kicked off the NASP.Stargazer2006 said:This makes me wonder if it's the same Dupont as in the infamous DP-2 project...
As a high school student in 1987, I had a summer internship working with this group at Wright-Patterson AFB. I helped with some computer projects in support of crew escape vehicle research for the National Aerospace Plane and Space Station Freedom.flateric said:Escape capsule for Boeing's 1988 horizontal-take-off and landing 'Hypervelocity Technology Vehicle'...mmm...familiar 'conical accelerator' shapes...
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HYPERVELOCITY TECHNOLOGY (HVT) CREW ESCAPE
Lanny A. Jines, P.E.
Aerospace Engineer
Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratories
Flight Dynamics Laboratory
Crew Escape and Subsystems Branch
Air Crew Escape Group
WPAFB, OH 45433
The seller has been clueless for a long time, I just wanted to know if the model itself looked legitimate or worthwhile.George Allegrezza said:So they are claiming a NASP model was built in 1975? Something doesn't compute there.
It's a legit model. I did a restoration of just such a model for a client a couple years back. Another one of these is shown here: http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=8613DonaldM said:I just wanted to know if the model itself looked legitimate or worthwhile.
PaulMM (Overscan) said:X-30 / "Orient Express" mockup at Wright-Patterson Air Force base (?)
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/bertreiheld/sets/72157622871828572/