Seems to me that these two types were built off the original X-1 frame. Any good references to these two out on the 'net?
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
Seems to me that these two types were built off the original X-1 frame. Any good references to these two out on the 'net?
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
Bill - Do you have access to the book "The X-Planes: X-1 to X-45" by Jay Miller? Has some great stuff on all the "X" planes.
According to this book, the A and B models "utilized the basic wing, horizontal tail and powerplant of the first generation aircraft, but had an almost totally new fuselage. The latter offered improved fineness ration, increased propellant capacity, a revised and much improved cockpit and associated canopy, ..."
John
'Fraid not.
I suspected as much. I'm trying to find out if it's feasible to convert an X-1 into one of the others.
Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
I was startong to get info together for the same thing.
The Dryden site has a great basic rundown and GREAT pictures. Here is the site.
Rich
I found the Dryden site last night with a little googling. I even bumped into a forum where the same search has been going on since March. Drawings were mentioned but I couldn't find any on the site. BUT, I did remember having some xeroxes of the first "Replica" which had a series on the X-planes. A little digging in the archives (and a sore toe [darned computer parts laying around!]) found the article. There are some general arrangement drawings in the article but they're not a consistent scale. The X-1A drawing is pretty darn close to
1/72nd.Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.
If you hadn't found it yet, and sorry for pointing wrong on the first post.
Rich
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