X-3

"f86sabre" (f86sabre) 06/04/2016 at 10:25 • Filed to: planelopnik

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The Douglas X-3 Stiletto in flight. It was intended to test concepts for sustained supersonic flight. It struggled due to engine power issues to achieve its design goal of Mach 2, but it did pioneer design concepts that found their way into the Lockheed Starfighter.

beardsbynelly - Rikerbeard > f86sabre 06/04/2016 at 10:35

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Roger Ramjet and his Eagles
Fighting for our freedom
Fly through and in outer space
Not to join him but to beat him.

Roger Ramjet he’s our man
Hero of our nation
For his adventure just be sure
And stay tuned to this station.

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > f86sabre 06/04/2016 at 10:38

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Still hope to make it over to the R&D hangar at Wright Patterson to see it. I didn’t get to see that hangar the last time I was there. The X-3 is one of the more interesting looking X planes, even if roll inertia coupling made it a handful to fly.

McMike > f86sabre 06/04/2016 at 10:41

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I think I built a model of this plane when I was a kid.

facw > Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch 06/04/2016 at 11:30

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You’re sort of too late. The R&D hangar is no more, but in it’s place is the new 4th hangar (which I think is supposed to open this month?) and it’s going to be a cool place:

-this space for rent- > facw 06/04/2016 at 12:07

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Opens Wednesday!

Bman76 (no it doesn't need a WS6 hood) M. Arch > facw 06/04/2016 at 12:26

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Even better!

Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius > f86sabre 06/04/2016 at 13:19

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Glide speed must have been 500 miles per hour in that thing

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > f86sabre 06/05/2016 at 14:03

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I’m surprised it had a yoke instead of a stick.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 06/06/2016 at 11:13

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A quick search didn’t turn up any info, but I wonder if this had manual flight controls. If they weren’t power assisted the yoke would have been useful for added leverage.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Drakkon- Most Glorious and Upright Person of Genius 06/06/2016 at 15:36

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Wiki sez takeoff speed was 260kt (300mph) That's nuts.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 06/06/2016 at 15:43

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Not sure how a yoke gives move leverage over a control stick.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom 06/06/2016 at 15:55

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Easier to apply full force from both arms for pitch control, easier to apply force in roll by rotating a column than by pushing a stick sideways. I suppose it depends on the control linkages.

Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 06/06/2016 at 16:31

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This is what I get for posting without thinking first. A yoke makes more sense if the flight controls are unboosted, which I'm guessing they probably were.

-this space for rent- > f86sabre 06/08/2016 at 12:53

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Living in the shadow of XB-70 now