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The Boeing X-40 Space Maneuver Vehicle is a test platform for the Boeing X-37 reusable spaceplane, built by Boeing Phantom Works. It sought to test the X-37's systems in order to "reduce the cost and risk of future reusable space launch vehicle system."
Training glider for yaw-roll coupling Quiet observation aircraft [39] X-27: Lockheed None 1971 high-performance research aircraft. High-performance fighter [40] Proposed development of Lockheed CL-1200 Lancer. Canceled and never flew. X-28 Sea Skimmer: Osprey: USN 1970 Low-cost aerial policing seaplane [41] X-29: Grumman: DARPA, USAF, NASA 1984 ...
The NASA X-43 was an experimental unmanned hypersonic aircraft with multiple planned scale variations meant to test various aspects of hypersonic flight. It was part of the X-plane series and specifically of NASA 's Hyper-X program developed in the late 1990s. [ 1 ]
The X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle is a reusable robotic spaceplane. It is an approximately 120-percent-scale derivative of the Boeing X-40, [6] [22] measuring over 29 feet (8.8 m) in length, and features two angled tail fins. [26] [41] The X-37 launches atop an Atlas V 501 [26] [19] or a SpaceX Falcon 9 [42] or Falcon Heavy [43] rocket.
Specifications or photos of the X-41 program have not been released to the public; thus little is known about its goals. It has been described as an experimental maneuvering reentry vehicle capable of transporting a 1,000-pound payload on a sub-orbital trajectory at hypersonic speeds and releasing that payload into the atmosphere.
Data from McDonnell Douglas aircraft since 1920: Volume I [13] General characteristics. Crew: 16 combat crew, with provision for 2 additional flight mechanics and six-man relief crew; Length: 132 ft 4 in (40.34 m) Wingspan: 212 ft 0 in (64.62 m) Height: 42 ft 0 in (12.80 m) Wing area: 4,285 sq ft (398.1 m 2) Empty weight: 86,000 lb (39,009 kg)
The Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster is an experimental American bomber aircraft, designed for a high top speed.The unconventional approach was to mount the two engines within the fuselage driving a pair of contra-rotating propellers mounted at the tail in a pusher configuration, leaving the wing and fuselage clean and free of drag-inducing protrusions.
Twenty service test aircraft were ordered, Vega Project V-140, as YB-40 along with four crew trainers designated TB-40. [2] Because Vega had higher priority production projects, the YB-40/TB-40 assembly job was transferred to Douglas. A variety of different armament configurations was tried. Some YB-40s were fitted with four-gun nose and tail ...