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Boeing X-51 Waverider

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Hypersonic Speeds cause instability, unable to fix problem.

Background

Wikipedia

"The Boeing X-51 Waverider is an unmanned research scramjet experimental aircraft for hypersonic flight at Mach 5 (3,300 mph; 5,300 km/h) and an altitude of 70,000 feet (21,000 m). The aircraft was designated X-51 in 2005. It completed its first powered hypersonic flight on 26 May 2010. After two unsuccessful test flights, the X-51 completed a flight of over six minutes and reached speeds of over Mach 5 for 210 seconds on 1 May 2013 for the longest duration powered hypersonic flight.

Waverider refers in general to aircraft that take advantage of compression lift produced by their own shock waves. The X-51 program was a cooperative effort by the United States Air Force, DARPA, NASA, Boeing, and Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne. The program was managed by the Aerospace Systems Directorate within the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). X-51 technology is proposed for use in the High Speed Strike Weapon (HSSW), a Mach 5+ missile which could enter service in the mid-2020s."

Federation

Classed as a Mach 9+ Hypersonic Missile under the name "Zircon X." Higher powered SCRAM jet engines and potential Nuclear Powered Propulsion to allow indefinite flight.

Controls

Travel

-Use Throttle and normal plane controls to get the missile to targets

Attack

-Activate Air to Ground
-Select Cleaver
-Launch Cleaver at targets
-(This can be configured to target aircraft)

Attachment to Aircraft

-Place cockpit on the missile
-Remove Fuselage block on top of detacher
-Resize with "Fine Tuner" mod
-Add toggleable control surfaces on your aircraft's current control surfaces

General Characteristics

  • Successors 1 airplane(s)
  • Created On Mac
  • Wingspan 9.0ft (2.7m)
  • Length 26.2ft (8.0m)
  • Height 4.1ft (1.2m)
  • Empty Weight 11,769lbs (5,338kg)
  • Loaded Weight 17,147lbs (7,778kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.196
  • Wing Loading 28.1lbs/ft2 (137.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 609.4ft2 (56.6m2)
  • Drag Points 510

Parts

  • Number of Parts 36
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 266