Centurion (top)

Centurion (front)

Centurion (side)
 35¡
40¡

300"
143.6"

49¡

Maximum diameter = 60"

Forward static
pressure ifices
or 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 M First sym

longitudinal control bending
12.8 Hz
Stabilon
surface

Aircraft pitch
rate gyros
Aircraft normal First sym W/B
Control sticks accelerometers bending 4 Hz
Pitch damper
Pitch stick transducers Wingtip accelerometers
M Pitch feel spring
Series trim actuator
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18.67 ft

837

63.75 ft
 32.5 ft

54.2 ft

17.7 ft
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Cambered leading edg

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HL-10 HL-10 modified

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BLAST
BEWARE OF

NORTHROP

RESCUE
Top hatch

Body
Wing flap Rudder 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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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: 6. Curtiss 1911 Model D 22. Boeing 777

"It is my belief that flight is possible..." 7. Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) (formation) 23. Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk "Stealth Fighter"
Wilbur Wright September 3rd, 1900 8. Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" 24. Rutan Model 76 Voyager
From a letter written to his father, announcing his intention to make
"some experiments with a flying machine" at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. 9. North American P-51D Mustang (formation) 25. Grumman F-14 Tomcat (formation)
10. Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress 26. Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey)
Numbering sequence: left to right, top to bottom
11. Douglas SBD Dauntless (formation) 27. Apollo Spacecraft/Saturn V Launch Vehicle
People
12. Boeing Model 314 Clipper 28. Grumman Lunar Module (LM)
A. U.S. World War I Aviator D. NASA Shuttle Astronaut
B. U.S. World War II Flier E. Space Walkers 13. Consolidated PBY Catalina 29. Rockwell Shuttle (Space Transportation
C. NASA Research Pilot 14. Boeing B-29 Superfortress System)
Planets (Navy P2B-1S)/Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket (launch) 30. International Space Station
I. Saturn III. Mars 15. Douglas DC-3 31. Rockwell Space Shuttle Orbiter
II. Moon IV. Jupiter 16. Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird Naming and Designation Source:
Aircraft and Spacecraft (Numbered 1-31) 17. North American X-15 Directory of Airplanes, their Designers
1. Wright EX "Vin Fiz" 18. Bell X-1 "Glamorous Glennis" and Manufacturers
2. Curtiss Model D Headless Pusher 19. Boeing 747-100 NASA Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) Edited by Dana Bell, copyright 2002
3. Curtiss June Bug Shuttle Orbiter Enterprise (OV-101) The Smithsonian National Air and Space
20. Wright 1903 Flyer Museum ISBN 1-85367-490-7
4. Wright 1909 Military Flyer
5. Bleriot XI 21. Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket Key created by NASA Dryden Graphics Dept.
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ation
Note:All dimensionseet
in f

17.32

7.50

Reflector plane

55.60 55.60
2.50

41.21
Model
2.75 7.53
1.86 Canoe
18.50

107.40
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 FORCE
U.S. AIR
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NA
 Maximum mission
altitude attained;
rocket engine shutdown
Lifting Body launched
from B-52

Altitude

B-52 with Lifting Body Unpowered steep

attached to pylon under wing 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 Linear Aerospike
Rocket Engine 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
Hydrogen fuel is ignited
engine. This increases the
in the supersonic airflow,
air pressure higher than
with the rapid expansion
the surrounding air.
Scramjet Engine of hot air out the exhaust
nozzle producing thrust.
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.
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)