NASA AND MCDONNELL DOUGLAS
NASA AND MCDONNELL DOUGLAS have joined in a $17-million program to build and flight test the X-36, a 28% scale prototype of a stealthy tailless fighter design. It weighs 1,300 lb. and is powered by a 700 lbf. Williams turbofan with thrust vectoring. Aerodynamic instability in pitch and yaw are...
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