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- Lifting Bodies: NASA’s wingless aircraft that paved the way for the . . .
Starting in the 1960s, these unique aircraft helped prove the aerodynamic viability of wingless flight, shaping the future of spaceplane design The M2-F1, built in 1963, was NASA’s first crewed lifting body Its lightweight structure was made of a steel tube frame covered in plywood, and its odd look earned it the nickname “flying bathtub ”
- NASA M2-F1 - Wikipedia
The NASA M2-F1 is a lightweight, unpowered prototype aircraft, developed to flight-test the wingless lifting body concept Its unusual appearance earned it the nickname "flying bathtub" and was designated the M2-F1, the M referring to "manned", and F referring to "flight" version
- Aircraft without wings! (NASA M2-F1) - Aircraft Nerds
The wingless, M2-F1 aircraft design was initially conceived as a means of landing a spacecraft horizontally after atmospheric reentry The absence of wings would make the extreme heat of reentry less damaging to the vehicle
- NASA – The M2-F1: ‘Look Ma! No Wings!’
The world’s first manned lifting body, the M2-F1 was made of wood, had an internal framework of steel tubes, looked like a bathtub sitting on a tricycle, and had no wings
- Tailless Aircraft: How Airplanes Fly Without a Tail
A tailless airplane is one where everything needed to fly, like lift, control, and stability, is built into the main wing It’s got no other horizontal aerodynamic surface besides its main wing The Role of a Tail in Conventional Aircraft Conventional aircraft—the ones we typically see—are equipped with a tail for two main purposes:
- NASA’s Lifting Bodies: Flight Without Wings - Jets ’n’ Props
The wingless breed alive and kicking Series of tests conducted by the space agency under the lifting body program proved that pilots could maneuver and safely land a wingless vehicle at a predetermined site
- Wingless Flight in the M2-F1 - Fear of Landing
“Lifting” reentry is achieved by flying from space to a conventional horizontal landing, using a blunt half-cone body, a wingless body, or a vehicle with a delta platform (like the shape of the current Space Shuttle), taking advantage of any of these configurations ability to generate body lift and, thus, fly
- Northrop M2-F3 - The Wingless Plane - PlaneHistoria
But ever hungry for more advancements, between 1963 and 1975, NASA tried to improve this process by funding a series of experimental wingless aircraft called ‘lifting bodies’ designed to fly rather than crash land back on Earth One of these was the M2-F3, issued by NASA and built by the main contractor, Northrop
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