Category: x-plane

NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet is cleared for final assembly

Post author By Randall
Post date December 17, 2019
Categories In assembly, jet, lockheed martin, Nasa, quiet, Research, sonic boom, supersonic, Tech, test, tomorrow, Transportation, x-59, x-59quesst, x-plane

[ad_1] This is NASA’s first large-scale, piloted x-plane (or experimental aircraft) in more than three decades, and its goal is to reduce the loudness of a sonic boom to more of a sonic thump. When the long, slender jet transitions to supersonic speed, it will make about as much noise a car door closing, and […]

NASA will soon start testing its first all-electric X-plane

Post author By Randall
Post date October 4, 2019
Categories In all-electric, gear, Nasa, Tech, tomorrow, Transportation, x-57, x-plane

[ad_1] NASA will begin by conducting ground tests on the Mod II to prepare for the project’s next phases, which will include taxi and, eventually, flight tests. It’s not entirely clear when those will take place, but the Mod III and IV configurations of the plane will have wings unlike the current iteration. When a […]