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Beyond tube-and-wing : the X-48 blended wing-body and NASA's quest to reshape future transport aircraft /

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"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Larrimer, Bruce I. (Author)
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : NASA, [2020]
Series:NASA aeronautics book series.
Subjects:
X-48 (Research plane)
Blended wing-body aircraft > United States > Design and construction > History.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Boeing Company.
Research.
United States.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Seeking "an aerodynamic renaissance"
  • "The concept appears to be a winner"
  • From concept to design
  • Small-scale testbeds
  • NASA's first effort : the blended wing-body low-speed vehicle
  • Aerodynamic testing and vehicle fabrication
  • The X-48B and X-48C take to the air
  • Epilogue. Towards a full-size airplane
  • Appendix. X-48B and X-48C test flights at NASA Dryden.