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Illustrations from several academic papers on variable-forward-swept-wing (VFSW) aircraft designs, whereby the aircraft can change its wing sweep angles based on mission/flight performance requirements/needs:
- Takeoff and Landing, Subsonic Cruise: Straight Wing
- Aerial Combat: Forward-swept Wing
- Supersonic Penetration: Delta Wing
The titles of the associated academic papers are as follows (in Chinese):
1. 《开裂式方向舵在变前掠翼布局中的操纵性能研究》
2. 《面搭接嵌套网格及其对变前掠翼性能的计算》
3. 《三角翼无尾布局全动翼尖的操纵性能研究》
4. 《一种新的变前掠翼无人机气动布局》
5. 《对变前掠翼布局隐身特性的数值分析》
6. 《可变形飞行器新概念升阻特性分析》
Posted by @Crosshairs十字线 on Weibo.
- Takeoff and Landing, Subsonic Cruise: Straight Wing
- Aerial Combat: Forward-swept Wing
- Supersonic Penetration: Delta Wing
The titles of the associated academic papers are as follows (in Chinese):
1. 《开裂式方向舵在变前掠翼布局中的操纵性能研究》
2. 《面搭接嵌套网格及其对变前掠翼性能的计算》
3. 《三角翼无尾布局全动翼尖的操纵性能研究》
4. 《一种新的变前掠翼无人机气动布局》
5. 《对变前掠翼布局隐身特性的数值分析》
6. 《可变形飞行器新概念升阻特性分析》
Posted by @Crosshairs十字线 on Weibo.
Well, there was a real world concept/study by Northrop Grumman many years ago called Switchblade, and patented too... and those are just some aerodynamic studies, so it isnt really a big deal.
I hope you don't actually think just because an aerodynamic study of something exists that a planform is going to actually be developed
Does anyone knows the location of this RCS testing and evaluation facility?
(The photo is only attached for reference, of which the relevant discussions have already been conducted in early-2024.)
(The photo is only attached for reference, of which the relevant discussions have already been conducted in early-2024.)
Looks like a scrap yard to me though.
Which is where designs with vertical slabs belong.
