ON THE BOUNDARY OF THE FANTASTIC,

Abstract

Aviation designers conceived the idea of constructing an aircraft in such a manner that its wings could vary their position at the desire of the pilot. When it is necessary to increase the speed - they are laid back toward the fuselage, and the aircraft becomes arrow-like, and when the speed is decreased, the wings again straighten out, creating considerably greater lift. In this case the supersonic craft let us say a fighter-interceptor, transforms into an inoffensive slowly moving aircraft. For such an aircraft, airfields with runways of several kilometers in length will not be needed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 06, 1968
Accession Number
AD0685066

Entities

People

  • A. Molotkov

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Boundaries
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Fuselages
  • Landing Fields

Readers

  • Aerodynamics/Aeronautics.
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics
  • Hypersonics - Hypersonic Flow