Dragon Wings – North American X-15 , No3 ‘Little Joe The II’ USAF / NASA

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                      North American X-15

North American X-15 byl experimentální raketový letoun vyvinutý pro NASA. X-15 dosáhl rychlostní a výškové rekordy počátkem 60. let 20. století. V současné době drží světový rychlostní rekord nejvyšší dosažené rychlosti pilotovaného stroje, jeho hodnota byla 6 Machů.Třináct letů tohoto letounu dosáhlo okraje vesmíru, letoun přispěl svými informacemi ke konstrukci letadel a vesmírných lodí.

The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. The X-15’s official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a manned, powered aircraft, set in October 1967 when William J. Knight flew Mach 6.70 at 102,100 feet (31,120 m), a speed of 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h; 2,021 m/s), has remained unbroken as of 2019.

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Length: 50 ft 9 in (15.45 m)
• Wingspan: 22 ft 4 in (6.8 m)
• Height: 13 ft 6 in (4.12 m)
• Wing area: 200 ft² (18.6 m²)
• Empty weight: 14,600 lb (6,620 kg)
• Loaded weight: 34,000 lb (15,420 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 34,000 lb (15,420 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Reaction Motors XLR99-RM-2 liquid propellant rocket engine, 70,400 lb_f at 30 km (313 kN)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 4,520 mph (7,274 km/h)
• Range: 280 mi (450 km)
• Service ceiling: 67 mi (108 km, 354,330 ft)
• Rate of climb: 60,000 ft/min (18,288 m/min)
• Wing loading: 170 lb/ft² (829 kg/m²)
• Thrust/weight: 2.07

Little Joe II was an American rocket used from 1963–1966 for five unmanned tests of the Apollo spacecraft launch escape system (LES), and to verify the performance of the command module parachute recovery system in abort mode. It was named after a similar rocket designed for the same function in Project Mercury. Launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, it was the smallest of four launch rockets used in the Apollo program.