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Originally Posted by ERTW
lifting bodies are new to me. There's a pdf in post #2.
Lifting Body Design - The Rocketry Forum
the flat is on top, and it flies at a large angle of attack. I'll explore any tech transfer to ground vehicles (specifically my malibu  |
Thanks, the PDF in post #2 goes a long way in explaining how it's supposed to work.
There were another series of lifting bodies from the early 1970's which had flat bottoms and flew in level flight. Which is why these inverted cone ones always look upside down to me.
Lifting Bodies » Galaxy Wire
Collect Aire 1/48 X-24B Lifting Body
Here is the X-24 with the original short nose.
NASA - NASA Dryden Fact Sheet - Lifting Bodies
I built a metal model similar to these in shop class around 1974, I was 14 years old and was crazy about aircraft. It weighed a lot, covered the spars with heavy aluminum foil, it never flew but was always meant to be a static model anyway.
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http://s184.photobucket.com/albums/x...%20and%20Ends/
