x-project (collection)

x1

x1a

x2

x3

x4

x5

x7a

x8

x9

x10

x11

x12

x13

x14a

x14b

x15

x16

x17

x18

x19

x20

x21a

x22

x24

x25

x26

x26b

x27

x28

x29a

x30

x31

32

x33

x34

x35

x36

x37

x38

x39

x40

x43

x44

x45a

x45b

x46

x47a

x47a

x49

x50a



Do you know any other x plain? I heard about x- 51, x-54, and x-59

Very good post. There are some really interesting designs in there, esp. the X-25

there are some really nice deigns but what i am interested in are th diamond looking crafts they could be the reasearch that went into making the aurora

nice collection of photos! what's awesome is if you have the time and money to make the trip the air force museum at wright-patterson AFB in dayton ohio has a good deal of these aircraft, among hundreds and hundreds of others, on static display.

www.wpafb.af.mil...

Brilliant post. I really enjoyed seeing all those x-planes. I wonder if the gaps signify aircraft that are still top secret? Maybe like theAvro/Lockheed Mach 5 flying saucer that was featured on a recent British TV programme?

Interestingly (or maybe not ) did you know that while the X-1 was based to a fairly large extent on the UK Miles M.52, mainly the fulselage shape and the flying tail, the X-4 and X-5 were virtually straight rebuilds of captured German aircraft?

Originally posted by waynos
the X-4 and X-5 were virtually straight rebuilds of captured German aircraft?

yeah. the only diferences were that the US versions used jet engines instead of LOX (i think) engines like the german versions.

I'm pretty sure that these German aircraft were jets too. But I know that Bell added a swing wing to the X-5 that wasn't on the original Messerschmitt, even though it couldn't be moved in flight.

Now I've gone and forgotten what the X-4 was based on. Was it an Arado?

Originally posted by waynos
Now I've gone and forgotten what the X-4 was based on. Was it an Arado?

the X-4 was based off the Me-163... i donno if that was codenamed Arado though. it was a rocket plane.

Its very similar to the Me 163 in many ways but I'm thinking of an actual german twin engined jet of the same basic design as the X-4. DAMN I can see it in my minds eye but can't remember the sodding name

Arado is a company, they also built the Ar 234, the worlds first jet bomber

Ah, it was the Heinkel P.1080 I was thinking of


There are several others;

The XF-84H was based on a Focke Wulf concept integrated into the F-84F airframe with turboprop power.




www.luft46.com...

While the Mcdonnell XF-88 owed plenty to this other Fw project;

www.luft46.com...

x-18 is too german disign. Do you know that? (I don't only today find out)




Therefor amirican plane Boeing V-22 Osprey is one of the folowers of german's designs.


info:www.luft46.com...

very impressive collections of x-planes...

most i have seen before but a few that i have never seen!

kudos

a reply to: cmdrkeenkid
The de Havilland DH 108 Swallow also had the same layout as the Northrop X-4 Bantam. In other words, American and British aeronautical engineers wanted to see if the design planform for the Me 163 could be aerodynamically feasible for fighter aircraft design in the US and UK.