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Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii

Section I . . . . Charteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

A. Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
B. Description of the Proposed Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
C. Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Section I I. . . . USAF Research and Development Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

A.Principal Problem Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
B. Present Development Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Figure 1 . . . . Three-view General Arrangement of Proposed Multi-engine Research Aircraft . . . 2

Figure 2 . . . . Cut Away of Research Aircraft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Figure 3 . . . . Three-view General Arrangement of Research Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Figure 4 . . . . Section Cutaway of Research Aircraft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Figure 5 . . . . Ground Cushion Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Figure 6 . . . . Airflow Into Intake During Take-off and Landing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Figure 7 . . . . Section of Airflow Pattern for Take -off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Figure 8 . . . . Typical Section of Exhaustor Duct Showing Take-off Gas Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Figure 9 . . . . Section Through Rear of Aircraft at Supersonic Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Figure 10 . . . .Typical Cross-Section Through Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Figure 11 . . . .Through Flow at Low Forward Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Figure 12 . . . .Cross-Section Showing Bearing Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Figure 13 . . . .Perspective View Showing True Path of Bearing Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Figure 14 . . . .Exhaust Jet Angles at Low Forward Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Figure 15 . . . .Conanda Effect: High Aspect Ratio Jet Bending. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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TABLE OF CONTENTS (Cont)


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Table I . . . . Physical Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Table II . . . .Weight Breakdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Table III. . . .Contractor Estimated Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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