"ID this vehicle" contests

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On my blog I have the occasional contest where I post a drawing or drawing fragment and ask "what is this vehicle." The first commenter to correctly ID the vehicle gets free downloads of the various aerosapce documents & drawings or Aerospace Projects Review. Each contest is different in terms of duration and award value.

This is the latest contest...
 

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I love the idea behind such contests... but when the projects are not specifically associated with one particular manufacturer and the design is so linear and bland, it's really too difficult to find out!
 
Stargazer2006 said:
I love the idea behind such contests... but when the projects are not specifically associated with one particular manufacturer and the design is so linear and bland, it's really too difficult to find out!
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This was the first one from NASA, not a recognized manufacturer... and as you can see from the *other* designs in the earlier contests, they're rarely linear and bland. The next one up - which I actually do expect someone to get (at least to nailing nown the manufacturer and concept), is about as non-linear and bland as you can get.
 
"ID this vehicle" contest: Big Money

And a second one: http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=3111

This one is a bit different, in that I *don't* know what the vehicle is. But if you do and can back up your claim... $150.
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Feel free to post the link to the contest elsewhere. I *really* want to knwo what this is.
 
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Orionblamblam said:
And a second one: http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=3111

This one is a bit different, in that I *don't* know what the vehicle is. But if you do and can back up your claim... $150.
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Feel free to post the link to the contest elsewhere. I *really* want to knwo what this is.
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'Manned Upper Stage Reusable Payload' from here, is the closest I've seen:

http://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/1251_Models_M-P#Murp_-_Manned_Upper_Stage_Reusable_Payload

Slight variations over several years, some appear to have swinging wings...
 

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Just another drawing, I think from one of Penland's files.
(The Convair 1962 & Lockheed 1968 are also unknown to me)
 

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The Convair shape looks similar to one of the the SDASM pictures that was posted in a separate thread recently.
 
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Orionblamblam said:
This one is a bit different, in that I *don't* know what the vehicle is.
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"X-15" Prototype Model
An awesome black/white painted wooden North American Aviation prototype contractor's model that separates horizontally to show the air intake scoops and the interior fuel tanks. Note the duck-billed nose and the angled elevators. The model is painted in U.S. Air Force colors and stands on five wheels. There are slight faults, but this model is both striking and probably unique. It appears to be a variation of the NACA Ames Mach 10 Technology Demonstrator as illustrated in the 1987 book The Hypersonic Revolution offered in the High Altitude section of this catalog.
 
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Orionblamblam said:
"ID this vehicle" contest: Big Money

And a second one: http://up-ship.com/blog/?p=3111

This one is a bit different, in that I *don't* know what the vehicle is. But if you do and can back up your claim... $150.
x15model.jpg


Feel free to post the link to the contest elsewhere. I *really* want to knwo what this is.
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Is that secondary prize still good? ;) Confirmed NAA 'Space and Information Systems Division'

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Now I don't know if this is the very same model, if so it looks to be in worse condition than previous sale (upper nozzle plug & landing gear missing, fin tip damaged).

Taken from this now expired sale (sold for $325)
 
Lot description as follows:
A c. 1960s experimental hypersonic aircraft model, developed jointly by the United States Air Force and North American Aviation (NAA). The model features a wooden exterior that has been painted black with "U.S. Air Force," "USAF," and "North American Aviation, Inc. / Space and Information Systems Division" in white along the fuselage and vertical stabilizer. There is additional text indicating the placement of vents and exhaust. The model divides along the transverse to reveal interior metal engine and intake components.

NAA was a major aerospace manufacturer instrumental in the creation of many historic air and spacecraft, including the X-15 rocket plane. In 1967, NAA merged with Rockwell-Standard, going through a number of further mergers until its acquisition by Boeing in 1996.

9 x 13 x 30 inches

Estimate:

$200-$300​
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it also looks to be the same model in a worsened state - the minor notch in the lower leading edge of the vertical stab looks to be presnet on both, as does the marking on/near the port chine root.
 
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