On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 14:40:30 -0600, Dan Marotta wrote:

On 4/23/2017 10:05 AM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Sun, 23 Apr 2017 07:38:17 -0700, Bruce Hoult wrote:

On Sunday, April 23, 2017 at 4:48:21 PM UTC+3, Ron Gleason wrote:
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/Features/
TGALS_first_flight.html

Looks like a SH fuselage with side canopy hinges. Anyone know more
details?
27 foot (8.2m) wingspan, even with two joined together!

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/f...mbnails/image/
ed14-0320-034.jpg

Surely the main question is why did they bother?

Scaled Composites seem to have the problem of designing and building
this type of aircraft pretty much cracked, and already carrying quite
large rockets, so why not buy one or two from them?

Not Invented Here?

I wondered if that might be it. My guess is that NIH plus at least one
of the project bosses obviously being a keen RC flyer, is a reasonable
explanation. The link Bruce posted makes the RC connection clear.


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