Boeing Model 896 CAV / TAV studies

[flateric]

Boeing 1982-1983 TSTO concept, IRAD work completed under USAF/Battele Labs contract
Patent No. 4,802,639, 1989

 

[flateric]

More images from patent

 

[flateric]

Basing on 1982-83 concept and armed with NASP sad experience, Boeing offered new TSTO concept in 1993, Orbiter would be either rocket powered or NASP-derived airbreather

 

[flateric]

Extra images

 

[aemann]

Here's a few basic renders I did some years ago.

 

[flateric]

Have found these great CGI renderings of TSTO concept at www.robotpig.net

 

[flateric]

remaining pics...

 

[antigravite]

Boeing models No.896-1256 & No.896-128 (Boeing 1993 RLV TSTO program). Published in Alexandre Szames, "Contre-enquete sur le mysterieux Blackstar" [Blackstar mystery counter-analysis], Air & Cosmos, 24/03/2006, pp.26-28

 

[antigravite]

Thank you flateric!!!!

 

[overscan (PaulMM)]

Boeing 896-111 CAV/TAV study

http://www.dtic.mil/srch/doc?collection=t2&id=ADA259291

 

[robotpig]

Sorry to bump this old thread.

I've made this renderings at 2006, since then I have updated the article and corrected some mistakes (ex the orbiter's render lacks some fuel/oxidizer tanks). You can read the updated article with larger and slightly better images here:

http://robotpig.net/__aerospace/tsto.php

 

[Antonio]

A higher rez picture of Boeing Model 896-128 mothership from Air & Cosmos magazine hors-serie #45