Canard Rotor/Wing design-- usable for Mach1+

[Charles Gray]

The Current Boeing design is a subsonic version, however would
it be possible to design a Canard Rotor/Wing that could also function
(in fixed wing mode) at Mach 1+ speeds?

[Rob Mohr]

Aviation Week & Space Technology, aka Aviation Leaks & Weakly,
reported several weeks ago that the Boeing Canard/Wing dragon fly
prototype crashed during a test flight. If I remember correctly, the
crash happened during the transition part of the flight, hover/cruise.

[Thomas Schoene]

Charles Gray wrote:
> The Current Boeing design is a subsonic version, however would
> it be possible to design a Canard Rotor/Wing that could also function
> (in fixed wing mode) at Mach 1+ speeds?

IIRC, they have said that a supersonic version might be possible using an
oblique wing arrangement.

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[Thomas Schoene]

Rob Mohr wrote:
> Aviation Week & Space Technology, aka Aviation Leaks & Weakly,
> reported several weeks ago that the Boeing Canard/Wing dragon fly
> prototype crashed during a test flight. If I remember correctly, the
> crash happened during the transition part of the flight, hover/cruise.

Here's an article on it. The spokesman says it was in helicopter mode, and
had not begun transition testing. OTOH, they may have been shifting from
vertical to horizontal flight in helo mode.

http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/business/8788981.htm


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