Centurion (top)

Centurion (front)

Centurion (side)

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300" 143.6"

49 Forw ard static pressure ifices or Maximum diameter = 60"

98"

57"

504"

D-558-II
wing configurations

Free floating slat

Fixed slat

Leading-edge chord extension

Basic wing

Wing-fence

Wing-fence (2)

Wing-fence/slat

Trailing edge flap control Wingtip accelerometers Leading edge flap control Push-pull tubes longitudinal control

M
Stabilon surface Aircraft pitch rate gyros

First sym bending 12.8 Hz

Control sticks

Aircraft normal accelerometers Pitch damper Pitch stick transducers Pitch feel spring Series trim actuator

First sym W/B bending 4 Hz

Wingtip accelerometers

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18.67 ft

837

63.75 ft

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54.2 ft

17.7 ft

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804

NOR THR OP

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Attac ed flo h w

Cambered leading edg e

HL-10

HL-10 modified

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Top hatch

Wing flap

Rudder

Body flaps

Body flaps

Helios (front)

Helios (top)
247'

Helios (side)

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Aircraft Configuration

Length: 8 ft 4 in. Weight: 70 lbs Performance: Maximum speed 240 knots

Top view

Front view

Side view

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NAC

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NOR THR OP

803

Identification Key for :

"Celebrating One Hundred Years of Powered Flight 1903-2003"

by Dr. Robert T. McCall 2003 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: 6 feet by 18 feet Commissioned by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.
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Central Quote: "It is my belief that flight is possible..." Wilbur Wright September 3rd, 1900
From a letter written to his father, announcing his intention to make "some experiments with a flying machine" at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

Numbering sequence: left to right, top to bottom People A. U.S. World War I Aviator D. NASA Shuttle Astronaut B. U.S. World War II Flier E. Space Walkers C. NASA Research Pilot Planets I. Saturn III. Mars II. Moon IV. Jupiter Aircraft and Spacecraft (Numbered 1-31) 1. Wright EX "Vin Fiz" 2. Curtiss Model D Headless Pusher 3. Curtiss June Bug 4. Wright 1909 Military Flyer 5. Bleriot XI

6. Curtiss 1911 Model D 7. Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) (formation) 8. Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" 9. North American P-51D Mustang (formation) 10. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 11. Douglas SBD Dauntless (formation) 12. Boeing Model 314 Clipper 13. Consolidated PBY Catalina 14. Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Navy P2B-1S)/Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket (launch) 15. Douglas DC-3 16. Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird 17. North American X-15 18. Bell X-1 "Glamorous Glennis" 19. Boeing 747-100 NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise (OV-101) 20. Wright 1903 Flyer 21. Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket

22. Boeing 777 23. Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk "Stealth Fighter" 24. Rutan Model 76 Voyager 25. Grumman F-14 Tomcat (formation) 26. Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) 27. Apollo Spacecraft/Saturn V Launch Vehicle 28. Grumman Lunar Module (LM) 29. Rockwell Shuttle (Space Transportation System) 30. International Space Station 31. Rockwell Space Shuttle Orbiter Naming and Designation Source: Directory of Airplanes, their Designers and Manufacturers Edited by Dana Bell, copyright 2002 The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum ISBN 1-85367-490-7
Key created by NASA Dryden Graphics Dept.

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Note:All dimensions in f eet

17.32 7.50 Reflector plane 55.60 2.50

55.60

41.21 Model 2.75 1.86 Canoe 7.53

18.50

107.40

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Ball nose config.

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Maximum mission altitude attained; rocket engine shutdown Lifting Body launched from B-52

Altitude

B-52 with Lifting Body attached to pylon under wing

Unpowered steep glide to lakebed landing

Time

Wing flap Canard

27 ft 2.44 in. Strake flap

48 ft 1 in. Rudder F-5A nose section

14 ft 9.5 in.

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Normal Bell-Nozzle Rocket Engine

Linear Aerospike Rocket Engine

27.7 ft

58.3 ft

X- 43
The supersonic airflow into the engine is compressed more as it enters the inlet and passes through the engine. This increases the air pressure higher than the surrounding air.

Scramjet Engine
Supersonic combustion ramjets, or Scramjets, operate by burning fuel in a stream of supersonic air compressed by the forward speed of the aircraft. Unlike conventional jet engines, scramjets have no rotating parts. In normal jet engines, rotating blades compress the air, and the airflow remains sub-sonic.

Hydrogen fuel is ignited in the supersonic airflow, with the rapid expansion of hot air out the exhaust nozzle producing thrust.

Conventional Jet Engine

Rotating compressor blades draw in air and compress it. Mixture of fuel and air burns and expands in combustion chamber. Hot, compressed air is forced out the exhaust nozzle, producing thrust.

12 ft

5 ft

Pegasus booster Hyper-X

Interstage adapter

105 f (32m)

30 ft (9.1m Ground line 185.75 ft (56.62m)