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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.
The X-53 was a modified F/A-18 fighter used for a joint Air Force, Boeing and NASA project called the Active Aeroelastic Wing (AAW), which flew between 2002 and 2005.
31 maj 2023 · With continued requests from multiple A.net members, below is an update on estimated aircraft current market valuation (in USD) based on the oldest to newest airframes, along with sample monthly lease rates also based on oldest to newest airframes for many common models.
17 sie 2018 · Aircraft Modifications. The X-53 used wings from NASA’s retired F/A-18 TN 840 High-Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV).
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.
8 gru 2006 · Depending on mission requirements, these benefits should mean significant reductions in air vehicle takeoff gross weight and production costs. The pre-production version of the F/A-18 was an ideal host aircraft for proving AAW technology.
23 kwi 2007 · In this paper, we examine the problem of aircraft-to-aircraft “wing rigging” variation to identify the major effects of changes in overall wing incidence and twist upon cruise aerodynamic performance …
