The History Of The Xv-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft From Concept to Flight (Monographs in Aerospace History #17)

Maisel, Martin D. , Demo J. Giulianetti & Daniel C. Dugan

Verlag: NASA, Washington D. C., 2000

Beschreibung

B&W Illustrations; This is an oversized paperback book with cardstock covers and a glued spine. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing and wear to the covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "The XV-15 Tilt Rotor technology demonstrator was the culmination of efforts begun in the early 1950s to produce an aircraft that could takeoff, land, and hover like a helicopter, but with the speed of an airplane. The rotor pylons tilt from vertical to horizontal to eliminate the speed barriers imposed on conventional helicopters by retreating-blade stall and allowed the XV-15 to operate at speeds of 550 kph (345 mph TAS). This is the second of the two XV-15s built by Bell under a joint NASA/US Army program. It served from 1979 through 2003, demonstrating operations under a wide range of conditions and logged 700 hours in testing. ". Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers A34137

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The History Of The Xv-15 Tilt Rotor Research...

Verlag: NASA, Washington D. C.

Erscheinungsdatum: 2000

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: Near Fine

Auflage: 1st Edition; 1st Printing.