Beyond tube-and-wing : the X-48 blended wing-body and NASA's quest to reshape future transport aircraft /
"This book details the remarkable efforts to develop a new aircraft configuration known as the Blended Wing-Body (BWB). Responding to a challenge from NASA, McDonnell Douglas Corporation initiated studies in the early 1990s to determine if this new configuration could bring about significant ad...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Washington, DC :
NASA,
[2020]
|
| Series: | NASA aeronautics book series.
|
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | "This book details the remarkable efforts to develop a new aircraft configuration known as the Blended Wing-Body (BWB). Responding to a challenge from NASA, McDonnell Douglas Corporation initiated studies in the early 1990s to determine if this new configuration could bring about significant advantages over conventional sweptwing, streamlined tube, and swept-tail designs. Research precipitated the design and construction of two small-scale demonstrators: the X-48B. After McDonnell Douglas' merger with Boeing, the X-48B flew 92 test flights before modification into the X-48C, which in turn flew 30 flights under the auspices of NASA's Environmentally Responsible Aviation Program"-- |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | viii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781626830592 1626830592 9781626830585 1626830584 |