page_title: McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD
section_title: F-15 ACTIVE
hierarchical_section_title: McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD / Specifications / F-15 ACTIVE
caption_attribution_description: Striking Silhouette: F-15B used by NASA for programe ACTIVE, Advanced Controls Technology for Integrated Aircraft. Dryden Flight Research Center.
context_page_description: The McDonnell Douglas F-15 STOL/MTD is a modified F-15 Eagle. Developed as a technology demonstrator, the F-15 STOL/MTD carried out research for studying the effects of thrust vectoring and enhanced maneuverability. The aircraft used for the project was pre-production TF-15A No. 1, the first two-seat F-15 Eagle built by McDonnell Douglas, the sixth F-15 off the assembly line, and was the oldest F-15 flying up to its retirement. It was also used as the avionics testbed for the F-15E Strike Eagle program. The plane was on loan to NASA from the United States Air Force.
  This same aircraft would later be used in the F-15 ACTIVE from 1993 to 1999, and later in the Intelligent Flight Control System programs from 1999 to 2008.
  While with NASA, the aircraft's tail number was 837; for the Quiet Spike program and Research Testbed it was 836, and 835 was used for the Highly Integrated Digital Electronic Control program.
context_section_description: Data from NASA.
  General characteristics
  Crew: 2
  Capacity: 17,000 lb (7,112 kg)
  Length: 63 ft 8 in (19.42 m) excluding flight test nose boom
  Wingspan: 42 ft 10 in (13 m)
  Height: 18 ft 6 in (5.64 m)
  Wing area: 608 sq ft (56.5 m²)
  Empty weight: 35,000 lb (15,876 kg)
  Gross weight: 47,000 lb (21,319 kg)
  Fuel capacity: 11,520 lb (5,225 kg) (approx. 1,700 gal)
  Horizontal tail span: 28.2 ft (8.60 m)
  Canard span: 25.6 ft (7.80 m)
  Powerplant: 2 × Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 turbofan engines, equipped with Pratt & Whitney P/YBBN 20 Degree three-dimensional thrust vectoring nozzles, 17,800 lbf (79 kN) thrust each dry, 29,000 lbf (130 kN) with afterburner
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 1,522 mph (2,450 km/h, 1,323 kn)
  Maximum speed: Mach 2.0
  Service ceiling: 60,000 ft (18,288 m)
caption: Top view of the F-15 ACTIVE in 1996
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