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The Boeing X-48 is an American experimental unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) built to investigate the characteristics of blended wing body (BWB) aircraft. Boeing designed the X-48 and two examples were built by Cranfield Aerospace in the UK. Boeing began flight testing the X-48B version for NASA in 2007. The X-48B was later modified into the X-48C ...
The Wing is The Thing. Archived from the original on 2002-12-01. V. Mukhopadhyay (April 2005). Blended-Wing-Body (BWB) Fuselage Structural Design for Weight Reduction (PDF). 46th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference. NASA Technical Reports Server. " 'Blended wing' craft passes wind-tunnel tests".
Vectored thrust configuration for VTOL flight. [24] X-15: North American USAF, NASA 1959 ... X-48: Boeing NASA 2007 Blended Wing Body (BWB) [61] X-49 SpeedHawk: Piasecki:
Boeing and Airbus have explored designs for blended wing aircraft – now California-based JetZero aims to put one into service by 2030.
Boeing X-48 – Blended wing aircraft; Piasecki X-49 – Compound helicopter technology demonstrator; Boeing X-50 Dragonfly – Gyrodyne unmanned aerial vehicle; Boeing X-51 Waverider – Mach 5+ scramjet missile demonstrator; Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing – Wing warping flight demonstrator
Computer-generated model of the Boeing X-48. Blended wing body aircraft have a flattened and airfoil shaped body, which produces most of the lift to keep itself aloft, and distinct and separate wing structures, though the wings are smoothly blended in with the body.
Blended-wing planes have already been flying for years in the military. The B-21 Raider is among the blended-in wing planes bought by the USAF. US Air Force via AP.
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