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X-15 Configurations

This scale-model of North American's initial X-15 design was tested in North American and NACA wind tunnels note the conventional tail and fuselage side-tunnels that extend far toward the aircraft nose. North American engineers would determine that the variable wedge-angle stabilizer created a weight issue, and aeronautical testing by Langley engineers confirmed that the side-tunnels made the design less stable.

Date
1958-05-06
Photographer / author
NACA
Collection
LRC
Archive
NASA Image and Video Library
Type
photograph

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"X-15 Configurations" (1958-05-06). NASA/LRC/NACA. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/LRC-1958-B701_P-01975

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