8 hours agoNASA tests supersonic aircraft: Air revolution approaching (Video)
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)The US agency NASA has published a video showing how its supersonic X-59 launched tests in which it moved by its own power. NASA testing pilot Neils Larson, and the X-59 team, comprised of staff NASA and Lockheed Martin completed the first test of so-called taxation [...]
NASA testing pilot Neils Larson, and the X-59 team, comprised of staff NASA and Lockheed Martin completed the first test of the so-called plane taxation (the movement of low-speed aircraft at the 42 US Air Force plant in Palmdale, California.
At the same time, these are the last tests the plane performed before its first flight.
During low-speed tests, engineers and flight crews observed X-59 performance as it moved along the runway, working to control critical systems such as direction and brakes.
These controls help ensure the stability and control of the plane in a series of conditions, giving pilots and engineers confidence that all systems are functioning as expected. Over the next few weeks, it will gradually increase its speed, leading to a high - speed taxation test that will take the plane shortly before the point of rise.
