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Douglas X-3 Stiletto FSX Native

Made some headway last evening with the tail feathers in place and the basic wings.
 

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BTW, if you're interested in seeing how militarized versions of the X-3 might have looked, you can see one of the ideas in this book, http://a.co/jeMEgpy

You can see it on the cover. It was sort of a U.S. Mistel/two stage attack plane to be launched off of the USS United States (not built in lieu of the B-36).
 
This one reminds me a bit of a cross between a Jaguar and a F-104 Starfighter.... and a very angry Mosquito!
Cool Model! (No this is not the first time I have seen photographs of the X-3 Stiletto.)

I hope performance and handling will be better than the real thing!

- Ivan.
 
Milton Shupe said:
Not at all. I have been busy with RW stuff (re-landscaping back yard), and a host of other things, not to mention a 1 year old kitten that will not stay off my desk when I am sitting at the computer.

But, also, am evaluating changing out some gauges for the real world counterparts. Scott has redone the Harpoon gauges for FS9 and will be looking at the Lodestar and Ventura for the same.

The betas are in good shape; enjoy them.
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Great news, as long as kitty does not walk on the delete key, looking forward to the new Lodestar!
 
Milton Shupe said:
I agree Tom; the planned engine should have taken this one to Mach 2; thanks.
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I might need to raise the elevator a few inches so it doesnt kill us in transonic turns.. The hard part for me would be creating this non developed engine from scratch.. I'm insecure with my level of command over my abilities any more.. Tom?? Would you like to give it a go??
 
Just go steal the parameters for something like the JT3C that powered the 707-KC 135 series. Fudge and adjust as needed.

T
 
"The X-3 research aircraft had been intended for the exploration of the unknowns of sustained Mach 2 flight, such as aerodynamic heating, intake scoop and air duct flow characteristics, and high-speed stability and control. But Westinghouse's failure to produce a J46 that could fit in the airplane (as promised) effectively transformed the X-3 into a low-speed test bed for aircraft having low-aspect-ratio wings joined to high-fineness-ratio fuselages, nothing more." Quote from "Probing the Sky".

Some similar handling issues notes from NACA about research aircraft (X-3 and XF92A included) and links to various studies:
http://tortuga.angarsk.su/unrar/hallir01/Text/ch3-3.html#n14
 
heh.. How about that. This thing didnt have flaps. only slats..

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The X-3 indeed had flaps, LE slats and TE split flaps. Covered extensively in the manual.

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Probably spurred some research into high speed tires as well!

I think as a kid I probably built an X3 model, it sure looked like a Mach 2 airplane!
 
fliger747 said:
Probably spurred some research into high speed tires as well!

I think as a kid I probably built an X3 model, it sure looked like a Mach 2 airplane!
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It did indeed spur advances in new hi-speed tire technology.
The first early tests kept losing the tire tread before lift off canceling a number of early tests before take off.
The temporary fix was to grind the tire tread down.
 
Here are some dimension and characteristic comparisons of test planes.
 

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Pam,

That is the first drawing I have seen showing the speed brake location and shape. Thanks for posting that. :applause:
 
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