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The X-planes are a series of experimental United States aircraft and rockets, used to test and evaluate new technologies and aerodynamic concepts. They have an X designator within the US system of aircraft designations, which denotes the experimental research mission.
17 sie 2018 · With landing gear and flaps down, NASA Dryden’s (now Armstrong’s) Active Aeroelastic Wing F/A-18A research aircraft, also known as X-53, rolled toward final approach to the Edwards Air Force Base runway at the end of a test flight in Edwards, California.
17 sie 2018 · The X-53 used wings from NASA’s retired F/A-18 TN 840 High-Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV). Several of the existing wing skin panels along the wing box section of the wing just ahead of the trailing-edge flaps and ailerons were replaced with thinner, more flexible skin panels and structure, similar to the prototype F/A-18 wings.
The Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) is an experimental aircraft designed to test a cutting-edge wing technology concept. This technology allows the wings of an aircraft to flex during flight to improve aerodynamic performance.
X-plane (ang. samolot serii X) – seria amerykańskich eksperymentalnych statków powietrznych, głównie samolotów o napędzie rakietowym, przeznaczonych do testowania nowych technologii i okrytych tajemnicą w czasie prowadzenia przy ich pomocy prac badawczych.
The X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW) development program is a completed American research project that was undertaken jointly by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Boeing Phantom Works and NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, where the technology was flight tested on a modified McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.
28 cze 2024 · NASA Armstrong, in cooperation with the AFRL and Boeing Phantom Works, researched a high-tech adaptation of the Wright brothers rudimentary "wing-warping" approach to aircraft flight control in the Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW), also known as X-53, flight research project.
