USS Carolina do Norte (BB-55) - Fotos e Vídeos

USS North Carolina (BB-55)
País	Eua
classe	Encouraçado da classe Carolina do Norte
Lançado	13 de junho de 1940
Descomissionado	27 de junho de 1947

USS Carolina do Norte (BB-55) é o navio líder dos navios de guerra da classe Carolina do Norte e o quarto navio de guerra da Marinha dos Estados Unidos a ser nomeado para o Estado da Carolina do Norte. Foi o primeiro navio de guerra americano recém-construído a entrar em serviço durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial e participou de todas as grandes ofensivas navais no Teatro de Operações do Pacífico; Suas 15 estrelas de batalha fizeram dela o navio de guerra americano mais condecorado da Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Fonte: USS Carolina do Norte na Wikipedia

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Localisation	Wilmington, NC
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General Characteristics and Role

The Boeing X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft was an experimental subscale jet developed by McDonnell Douglas (later Boeing) for NASA and the US Air Force in the mid-1990s. Its primary role was to test the feasibility of a fighter aircraft design that lacked the traditional vertical and horizontal tail surfaces. The X-36 was intended to explore how a tailless configuration could enhance stealth (by reducing radar cross-section) and improve maneuverability, particularly at high angles of attack, compared to conventional fighter jets. It was flown remotely by a pilot in a ground station due to its small size and lack of a cockpit.

Property	Typical Value (X-36)
Papel	Experimental Aircraft (Agility and Stealth Research)
National Origin	Estados Unidos
Fabricante	McDonnell Douglas / Boeing
First Flight	17 May 1996
Pilot/Control	Unmanned, remotely controlled from a ground cockpit.
comprimento	5.77 m (18 ft 11 in)
Envergadura	3.17 m (10 ft 5 in)
altura	0.95 m (3 ft 1 in)
Max Takeoff Weight	567 kg (1,250 lb)

Powerplant and Flight Controls

Engine: 1 x Williams International F112 turbofan engine.
Thrust: Approx. 3.1 kN (700 lbf).
Top Speed: Estimated at 370 km/h (230 mph).
Flight Control System: Required a highly advanced Digital Fly-By-Wire (DFBW) system to maintain stability, as the aircraft was inherently unstable without tail surfaces.
Control Surfaces: Yaw and pitch control were achieved using canards (foreplanes) and a combination of split ailerons (flaperons) and a **thrust-vectoring nozzle** on the engine.

Program Outcome and Legacy

Test Program: The X-36 completed a highly successful test program, demonstrating excellent maneuverability with its tailless design. It achieved a total of 31 flights, logging 15 hours of air time.
Success Metric: The program demonstrated that a tailless fighter design could achieve up to a 40% increase in cruising lift and a significant improvement in agility over conventional designs.
Influence: Although the X-36 never led directly to a production aircraft, its successful demonstration of control and stability heavily influenced subsequent low-observable (stealth) aircraft design and DFBW control systems, including possible future unmanned combat air vehicles (UCAVs).
Preservation: Both X-36 prototypes are now preserved: one is at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Ohio, and the other is at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center (now Armstrong) in California.