AD-1
The NASA AD-1 is both an aircraft and an associated flight test program conducted between 1979 and 1982 at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards California, which successfully demonstrated an aircraft wing that could be pivoted obliquely from zero to 60 degrees during flight. The unique oblique wing was demonstrated on a small, subsonic jet-powered research aircraft called the AD-1 (Ames-Dryden-1). The aircraft was flown 79 times during the research program, which evaluated the basic pivot-wing concept and gathered information on handling qualities and aerodynamics at various speeds and degrees of pivot.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Scaled Composites
- Country of origin
- United States
- First flight
- 1979-12-29
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 147 kt
- Max speed
- 170 kt
- Service ceiling
- 12,000 ft
- Max takeoff weight
- 2,145 lb
- Empty weight
- 1,450 lb
- Fuel capacity
- 80 US gal
- Powerplant
- 2 × Microturbo TRS 18 turbojets
- Engines
- 2
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 38.8 ft
- Wingspan
- 32.3 ft
- Height
- 6.8 ft
- Number built
- 1
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.