Object Details
- Manufacturer
- NASA, Aero Research Center
- Physical Description
- Small remotely piloted vehicle with oblique wing; tri-gear; 1976.
- Summary
- In the mid 1970s, NASA developed the Oblique Wing Research Aircraft (OWRA), a small remotely piloted aircraft to investigate the aerodynamics and flight characteristics of oblique wings. Its novel asymmetrical wing can pivot between 60 and 90 degrees around a central point on the fuselage.
- The subsonic, propeller-driven, proof-of-concept OWRA was built as a first step to test NASA aerodynamicist Robert T. Jones’ theory that a supersonic transport with an oblique wing would have twice the fuel efficiency of a conventional supersonic airliner. Test results encouraged NASA to build the AD-1, a manned oblique wing aircraft that confirmed the design’s low speed flight characteristics.
- Wingspan:6.8 m (22 ft 4 in)
- Length:5.9 m (19 ft 10 in)
- Height:2 m (6 ft 8 in)
- Weight, empty: 412 kg (908 lb)
- Weight, gross:499 kg (1,100 lb)
- Top speed:278 km/h (173 mph)
- Engine:McCulloch 43188
- Model O-100-1, 90 hp
- Manufacturer:NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.,
- Developmental Sciences Inc., City of Industry, Calif.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from NASA Ames Research Center
- Inventory Number
- A19810660000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- CRAFT-Test Vehicles
- Dimensions
- Approximate: 22ft x 15ft 6in. (670.56 x 472.44cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Modern Military Aviation
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19810660000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv934e2bc7f-6047-411c-8146-bcbd3065c14c
