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EMW A6 Comparison to X-15
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robert arndt wrote: http://www.germanvtol.com/a6folder/a6.html Rob A pretty weak connection. Also, keep in mind that the very late war projects were largely make work and fantasy fuel for the Furher rather than anything that could be promptly realized. In the case of a ramjet mount on the X-15, the lower fin would have been the only place it could have been fitted, having nothing to do with anything the Germans did. |
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steve gallacci wrote in message ...
robert arndt wrote: http://www.germanvtol.com/a6folder/a6.html Rob A pretty weak connection. Also, keep in mind that the very late war projects were largely make work and fantasy fuel for the Furher rather than anything that could be promptly realized. In the case of a ramjet mount on the X-15, the lower fin would have been the only place it could have been fitted, having nothing to do with anything the Germans did. SNIP: Every designer's scratch pad had advanced designs - still do, for that matter. I was designing better rocketships than Buck Rogers flew when I was in grade school before Pearl Harbor. Didn't do my grades any good, but sure helped my day dreams. Why not cite Dr. Sanger's designs - they were a lot more advanced than any A6,9 or 10. And there's a lot of work and time between a pretty picture and the first flight. Walt BJ |
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"robert arndt" wrote in message m... The EMW A6 does bear a strong resemblence to the X-15 though in basic configuration... In the same way that most every airplane resembles all other airplanes. What dose not ring true about the drawing is that the fuze is beautifully "area-ruled". That is, the fuze is made smaller where the wings and tail attach in an attempt to keep the total area constant. I was under the impression that the "area rule" came from postwar research. Am I wrong? Vaughn Rob |
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I don't think the image shows any aspect of "area rule". It looks more like
relatively thick wings with a serious anhedral. This still doesn't lend any credence to the drawing's authenticity--I don't know either. "Vaughn" wrote in message ... "robert arndt" wrote in message m... The EMW A6 does bear a strong resemblence to the X-15 though in basic configuration... In the same way that most every airplane resembles all other airplanes. What dose not ring true about the drawing is that the fuze is beautifully "area-ruled". That is, the fuze is made smaller where the wings and tail attach in an attempt to keep the total area constant. I was under the impression that the "area rule" came from postwar research. Am I wrong? Vaughn Rob |
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, "Vaughn" wrote: "robert arndt" wrote in message m... The EMW A6 does bear a strong resemblence to the X-15 though in basic configuration... In the same way that most every airplane resembles all other airplanes. What dose not ring true about the drawing is that the fuze is beautifully "area-ruled". That is, the fuze is made smaller where the wings and tail attach in an attempt to keep the total area constant. I was under the impression that the "area rule" came from postwar research. Am I wrong? It came out of research at Langley done by Richard Whitcomb and others from 1949-51. He was awarded the Collier Trophy for the work in 1954. Work there on transonic airflow and drag began around 1943, but Whitcomb's contribution was critical, and began in 1948. |
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