Rockwell unknown VSTOL transport aircraft of 1977

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Hi,

I displayed this aircraft before,but I can't identify it,who can ?.

Low speed aerodynamic characteristics of a vectored thrust V/STOL transport with two lift/cruise fans
Renselaer, D. J
NASA-CR-152029

Low speed aerodynamic characteristics of a vectored thrust V/STOL transport with two lift/cruise fans - NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS)

A wind tunnel test was conducted to obtain power on low speed characteristics of a twin fan vectored thrust V/STOL transport aircraft. Longitudinal, as well as some lateral directional data, were analyzed. Hover, STOL, and conventional flight modes were investigated. Determination of STOL...
ntrs.nasa.gov ntrs.nasa.gov

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I think, it's the entry for the A V/STOL competition, here's another
picture from Aviation Week 1977:
 

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a Model for it.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19770022151_1977022151.pdf
 

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This reminds me of a proposal to replace the Lockheed S-3 Viking with a VTOL with tilting turbo-fan engines. The first sketches included gull wings and a canard, but - after wind-tunnel testing - they concluded that the canard was not needed because the huge engine cowlings generated sufficient lift to balance the airplane in cruise.
 
I located the original report and fixed the link in the first post.

It's a Rockwell report, and it links the tested design to an earlier Rockwell report published by SAE:

Three-Engine Two-Fan Navy Multimission V/STOL Aircraft Considerations
J.C. Ford, Rockwell International

Three-Engine Two-Fan Navy Multimission V/STOL Aircraft Considerations

A three-engine, two-fan arrangement for an advanced vertical and short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) lift/cruise multimission aircraft has many advantages.With three engines, sufficient engine-out thrust is available for safe operation, over the range of multimission emergency landing requirements. T
www.sae.org www.sae.org

Wing design is obviously different but I think it's part of the Rockwell VSTOL Type A lineage. Probably will merge this topic to https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/th...30-and-na-431-us-navy-type-a-proposals.15481/
 

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Oh right - sorry - I thought you were replying to the whole topic, you were replying to Riggerob''s off-topic post :) You are correct :) As you were.
 
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