Jabarkan Spesifikasi dari Boeing X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing

Lebar sayap: 38 ft 5 in (11,71 m)

Tinggi: 15 ft 3 in (4,65 m)

Max berat lepas landas: £ 39.000 (17.690 kg)

Powerplant: 2 × General Electric F404-GE-400 turbofan mesin rendah-bypass, 16.000 lbf (71 kN) dorong masing-masing

Kecepatan maksimum: 1.032 kn, 1.912 km / h (1.188 mph)

Layanan langit-langit: 50.000 ft (15.000 m)

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Pendleton, E., Bessette, D., Field P., Miller, G., and Griffin, K., "Active Aeroelastic Wing Flight Research Program: Technical Program & Model Analytical Development," Journal of Aircraft, Volume 37, Number 4, July–August, 2000.

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Pendleton, E., "How Active Aeroelastic Wings are a Return to Aviation’s Beginning and a Small Step to Future Bird-like Wings," Invited Paper, Japan Society of Aeronautical and Space Sciences Aircraft Symposium, Sendai, Japan, October 11, 2000.

The Boeing Company, “The Active Aeroelastic Wing Flight Research Program (The X-53) Final Report”, Volume 1 and II, AFRL-VA-WP-TR-2005-3082, October, 2005.

Pendleton, E., Flick, P., Voracek, D., Reichenbach, E., Griffin, K., Paul, D.,“The X-53,A Summary of the Active Aeroelastic Wing Flight Research Program,” Paper 07-1855, Proceedings of the 48th AIAA Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 23–26, 2007.

Technology that enables wing 'warping' rolled out at Dryden, Boeing

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