Douglas X-3 Stiletto

Douglas X-3 Stiletto

RiikUSA
RolliEksperimentaalne
Esimene lend15. oktoober 1952
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2007 Douglas X-3 Stiletto was a 1950s United States experimental jet aircraft with a slender fuselage and a long tapered nose, manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. Its primary mission was to investigate the design features of an aircraft suitable for sustained supersonic speeds, which included the first use of titanium in major airframe components. Douglas designed the X-3 with the goal of a maximum speed of approximately 2,000 m.p.h, but it was, however, seriously underpowered for this purpose and could not even exceed Mach 1 in level flight. Although the research aircraft was a disappointment, Lockheed designers used data from the X-3 tests for the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter which used a similar trapezoidal wing design in a successful Mach 2 fighter.

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The Douglas X-3 Stiletto was an experimental jet aircraft designed to test the feasibility of a slender fuselage and a low-aspect ratio wing for supersonic flight. The X-3 was developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and flew for the first time in October 1952. The X-3 had a distinctive appearance, with a long, needle-like nose, a thin, tapered wing, and two Westinghouse J34 turbojet engines mounted in pods under the wing. The X-3 was intended to reach speeds of over Mach 2, but it never achieved this goal due to the inadequate thrust of the engines and the high drag of the wing.
The X-3 did provide valuable data on the effects of high-speed flight on the stability and control of aircraft, as well as on the heating and structural problems caused by aerodynamic friction. The X-3 also influenced the design of later aircraft, such as the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter and the North American XB-70 Valkyrie. The X-3 was retired in 1956 after only 51 flights, and is now on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

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