AEDC Tests Blended-Wing-Body Model

Credit: ARNOLD ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT CENTER
The U.S. Air Force is conducting aerodynamic tests of a 2% model of a blended-wing-body (BWB) design at the Arnold Engineering Development Center near Tullahoma, Tenn. The object of the tests is to provide data to help evaluate the BWB's flight characteristics at higher Mach numbers than those...

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