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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: The Big Gimper on April 26, 2020, 08:19:02 PM

Title: Spaceplanes and Lifting Bodies Inspiration
Post by: The Big Gimper on April 26, 2020, 08:19:02 PM

Evolution of lifting body designs at NASA from the 60s to 70s: https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4220/pxii.htm

(original drawing by Dale Reed, digital version by Dryden Graphics Office.)

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWa21-sXQAIfajf?format=jpg&name=medium)

Title: Re: Spaceplanes and Lifting Bodies Inspiration
Post by: The Big Gimper on April 26, 2020, 08:22:26 PM

(https://scontent.fxds1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/94267570_116149040064187_4943623253093515264_o.jpg?_nc_cat=105&_nc_sid=2d5d41&_nc_ohc=1SMjjASyegEAX_lFNY7&_nc_ht=scontent.fxds1-1.fna&oh=70cf92bbcfe9c39bc657c399d18482ee&oe=5ECAA03F)

Title: Re: Spaceplanes and Lifting Bodies Inspiration
Post by: The Big Gimper on April 26, 2020, 08:27:04 PM

(https://external-preview.redd.it/wsFOlXO5sRokGa2oT_K5ZC9IwquO6O2YPeC3Gf94V1I.jpg?auto=webp&s=9b02661e74dc4503f6e2e3ff361ad48f0b3d9485)

Title: Re: Spaceplanes and Lifting Bodies Inspiration
Post by: The Big Gimper on March 21, 2021, 11:24:58 PM

Via Twitter.

Chris Combs @DrChrisCombs
Then there's this figure, comparing an eclectic mix of space planes ranging from the Shuttle and Buran to the Saenger TSTO!

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwyK4jQWUAAsjOm?format=jpg)

Title: Re: Spaceplanes and Lifting Bodies Inspiration
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 10, 2021, 01:41:57 AM

(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hUQ_KATyiXs/Xb5Pohq8prI/AAAAAAAAJRE/ocTPZXq-umQDfSVJUeraJUBDsqaHCny2ACLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/mike%2BACS%2B%2B41294149425_9c1d233785_o%2B%2B%255Br%255D.jpg)

Title: Re: Spaceplanes and Lifting Bodies Inspiration
Post by: raafif on September 25, 2023, 07:15:57 AM

Burnelli CBY-3 Loadmaster “lifting body” cargo plane N17N, built by Canadian Car & Foundry in 1944 and retired in 1964, on display at the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.

(https://images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/df6d73c0-1cac-4eb5-84b7-888fbe8c781d/dga14es-698fa0cf-0b14-411c-99c3-7d0745cdeedd.jpg/v1/fill/w_1032,h_774,q_70,strp/burnelli_cby_3_n17n_img_5585_by_rlkitterman_dga14es-pre.jpg?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7ImhlaWdodCI6Ijw9MTQ0MCIsInBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcL2RmNmQ3M2MwLTFjYWMtNGViNS04NGI3LTg4OGZiZThjNzgxZFwvZGdhMTRlcy02OThmYTBjZi0wYjE0LTQxMWMtOTljMy03ZDA3NDVjZGVlZGQuanBnIiwid2lkdGgiOiI8PTE5MjAifV1dLCJhdWQiOlsidXJuOnNlcnZpY2U6aW1hZ2Uub3BlcmF0aW9ucyJdfQ.39jEH2drzW5KSy37mHr0uzviyyoHeGREvXOL4_P6oRA)

Title: Re: Spaceplanes and Lifting Bodies Inspiration
Post by: elmayerle on October 10, 2023, 09:19:38 AM

Sierra Space Dreamchaser belongs here, especially since it derives from NASA's HL-20 design study.