Compass Cope Engineering Challenges

[quellish]

Relevant to current interest in high altitude
http://www.atf3.org/Ryan_Compass_Cope_2.html

 

[Sundog]

Wow, that was interesting. I hadn't realized that that was the Garrett engine, with specific differences of course, that powered the Tacit Blue demonstrator.

 

[Machdiamond]

Lots of unique info on that web site.
I particularly like the Dassault Falcon 20 photo with full afterburner. ;D

 

[sferrin]

If Dassault put that picture in their ads I'll bet there'd be more than one businessman that said to himself, "I NEED one of those!"

 

[blackkite]

Relevant to current interest in high altitude persistence:
http://web.me.com/jcefamily/ATF3/Ryan_Compass_Cope.html

Wow what a complicated engine! I like it. ;D

 

[Boxman]

Apologies if this is posted in the wrong location, as I was unable to find a thread dedicated to the Ryan YQM-98 Compass Cope R (R-Tern).

Here are some recently posted photos of the Compass Cope R at the Flickr San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) photostream, as well as a link to a bunch of others (link).
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/6870984093/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/6870983949/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/8477558798/

 

[AeroFranz]

I can't thank enough the SPF members behind the posting of the recent Teledyne Ryan stuff from SDASM. Great job guys!

 

[fightingirish]

Re: Compass Cope Engineering Challenges / Ryan YQM-98 R-Tern

F 1503 Ryan Aeronautical Compass Cope R
Film showing the Ryan YQM-98 R Tern unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Film from the mid 1970s. Digitized film from the Ryan Aeronautical Archive which was donated to the San Diego Air and Space Museum in the 1990s.

https://youtu.be/JPAu5FQwA-Q

https://youtu.be/JPAu5FQwA-Q

 

[sferrin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzMfF-8avQQ

 

[Boxman]

Among the gems in the latest postings to Flickr by the San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) Archives is an illustration and model of the Ryan Model 235 Compass Cope Lambda, with a kinked "Lambda" wing.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/34533320845/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/34532761505/

 

[AeroFranz]

It almost looks like the wing was supposed to fold...see hinge lines in line drawing. But maybe they're something else...I wonder what the mission was for this variant

 

[fightingirish]

Right topic?

Piction ID--Model, Teledyne Ryan Model 275, Compass Cope (GQM-98A Tern) high-altitude RPV, unbuilt prototype; (Design lost to Boeing's YGQM-94A, program cancelled before either was finished); Markings: USAF, U.S. Air Force; Black with red, white and blue AF logo, black stand with silver plaque--c. SDASM

https://flic.kr/p/2q7MBmz

View: https://flic.kr/p/2q7MBmz