Nuclear Powered Aircraft Projects

[Archibald]

a nuclear 747 ?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu72WS8cxhw

 

[Orionblamblam]

a nuclear 747 ?

Yep. The document resulted in this artwork (by Rob Parthoens) for US Recon & Research Projects #03, available here:
http://www.aerospaceprojectsreview.com/blog/?p=3580

 

[Foo Fighter]

I am just grateful that these nuclear powered aircraft did not come to be, we have enough problems from dropping conventional aircraft.

 

[GWrecks]

Does anyone have more information on the first Northrop nuclear-powered flying wing proposal?

I would say something about the Convair nuclear seaplane proposal but I don't think it would be off to assume you actually know more than me.

 

[Orionblamblam]

I would say something about the Convair nuclear seaplane proposal but I don't think it would be off to assume you actually know more than me.

Say what now?

 

[Foo Fighter]

no clue here either.

 

[GWrecks]

I would say something about the Convair nuclear seaplane proposal but I don't think it would be off to assume you actually know more than me.

Say what now?

It's just stuff from the Convair Advanced Designs books.

I imagined at least Orion would have them already.

 

[Orionblamblam]

I would say something about the Convair nuclear seaplane proposal but I don't think it would be off to assume you actually know more than me.

Say what now?

It's just stuff from the Convair Advanced Designs books.

I imagined at least Orion would have them already.

A lot of us have those books. Some of us even have some of the original reports and diagrams. But your original statement remains confounding. English not your language?

 

[GWrecks]

I would say something about the Convair nuclear seaplane proposal but I don't think it would be off to assume you actually know more than me.

Say what now?

It's just stuff from the Convair Advanced Designs books.

I imagined at least Orion would have them already.

A lot of us have those books. Some of us even have some of the original reports and diagrams. But your original statement remains confounding. English not your language?

Well...maybe I'm making too many assumptions. Basically, what I meant was that I felt that you probably knew more about the Convair seaplane than I did, so I didn't feel there was much I could say to contribute to the topic myself. And it felt wrong to ask when I didn't have something to provide myself, though I guess I've provided maybe one or two things on other boards since then.

I was probably confused, and I was also in a rush, so that would probably contribute to it. Sorry about that.

 

[Orionblamblam]

Well...maybe I'm making too many assumptions. Basically, what I meant was that I felt that you probably knew more about the Convair seaplane than I did, so I didn't feel there was much I could say to contribute to the topic myself. And it felt wrong to ask when I didn't have something to provide myself, though I guess I've provided maybe one or two things on other boards since then.

Perfectly fair to ask. There are, however, three generally accepted rules about asking for stuff;
1: Go through the thread and make sure it hasn't already been asked & answered
2: Don't get pushy and demanding.
3: Don't ask for high-rez scans of books and articles that are currently available for purchase.

There is no quid pro quo demanded, nor can one be reasonably expected. There is always going to be a "hierarchy" where a few people have mountains of archives and a lot of people have very little.

That said, feel free to put a few hundred thousand dollars into my tip jar.

 

[circle-5]

Well...maybe I'm making too many assumptions. Basically, what I meant was that I felt that you probably knew more about the Convair seaplane than I did, so I didn't feel there was much I could say to contribute to the topic myself. And it felt wrong to ask when I didn't have something to provide myself, though I guess I've provided maybe one or two things on other boards since then.

Perfectly fair to ask. There are, however, three generally accepted rules about asking for stuff;
1: Go through the thread and make sure it hasn't already been asked & answered
2: Don't get pushy and demanding.
3: Don't ask for high-rez scans of books and articles that are currently available for purchase.

There is no quid pro quo demanded, nor can one be reasonably expected. There is always going to be a "hierarchy" where a few people have mountains of archives and a lot of people have very little.

That said, feel free to put a few hundred thousand dollars into my tip jar.

GWrecks – that's a bargain. Usually he wants several hundred million dollars ...

 

[aim9xray]

Unless Mr. Bigglesworth has vet bills.

In that case, the fee is raised to ONE BILLLLIONNNN Dollars.

 

[youROKer]

Some nuclear aircrafts.
Source: https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/560272/

 

[TomS]

Makes me wonder if the model builders or Star Trek had seen these drawings. Last one especially...

 

[hesham]

Some nuclear aircrafts.
Source: https://www.sae.org/publications/technical-papers/content/560272/

Oh my God,you made my day YouROKer,many thanks.

 

[hesham]

From Ali Nouve 4/1951,

a hypothetical nuclear-powered bomber.

 

[Orionblamblam]

That is a *terrible* A-plane design: it puts the reactor and the crew almost right next to each other.

 

[LowObservable]

Il faut souffrir pour être beau.

 

[Orionblamblam]

Il faut souffrir pour être beau.

Hmmmph.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

here is a nuclear-powered bomber Project,but I can't ID it,and maybe it was just a Hypothetical
one ?.

http://www.avia-it.com/act/biblioteca/periodici/PDF%20Riviste/Ali%20nuove/1952/Ali%20nuove%201952%2007.pdf

 

[hesham]

Hi,

here is a nuclear-powered aircraft based on Hughes H-4,who can collect it without
that blue spine ?.

http://www.airplanesandrockets.com/magazines/american-modeler/images/Atomic-Powered-Airplane-Air-Trails-January-1952.jpg

 

[edwest4]

Another drawing:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1958-Press-Photo-Artists-drawing-of-a-Nuclear-Powered-Commuter-Rocket-Glider/352594636508?hash=item5218472edc:g:dCwAAOSwFXdbx3J0

 

[hesham]

From Air Pictorial 10/1958.

 

[martinbayer]

Right...

 

[Grey Havoc]

Probably referring to that Tu-95M that was used as a flying reactor testbed. Officially designated Aircraft 119, or alternatively, LAL (Letayushchaya atomnaya
laboratoriya [Flying Atomic Laboratory]). It also was known more informally as the Lastochka (Swallow). Mentioned way back in the thread.

 

[hesham]

From; Flieger Revue 2006 10

 

[hesham]

I found two Lockheed projects to start the topic

Source: Avion (magazine) January 1959

From Ailes 1/3/1958.

 

[hesham]

From Ailes 31/5/1958.

 

[hesham]

From Icare 1971.

 

[flateric]

( 12 ) United States Patent
Podrog
( 10 ) Patent No . : US 9 , 797 , 309 B2
( 45 ) Date of Patent : * Oct . 24 , 2017
( 54 ) HAFNIUM TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD OF OPERATION

 

[Zoo Tycoon]

( 12 ) United States Patent
Podrog
( 10 ) Patent No . : US 9 , 797 , 309 B2
( 45 ) Date of Patent : * Oct . 24 , 2017
( 54 ) HAFNIUM TURBINE ENGINE AND METHOD OF OPERATION

That’s the one I’ve seen before.

It’s priority date 9 April 2013

 

[Bottleship]

A. Fedorov 1927 nuclear project - hybrid of rocket and airplane. (also, post-war project, post-WW1 )
Lenght 60 m, diameter 8 m, weight with fuel 80 t, speed in the atmosphere 1000 kmph, in spacr - to 25 kmps.
In space, wings and propellers were removed.

 

[hesham]

it is the first time in my life to see like this.

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19780021103_1978021103.pdf

The Lockheed,from L+K 4/1984.

 

[royabulgaf]

A. Fedorov 1927 nuclear project - hybrid of rocket and airplane. (also, post-war project, post-WW1 )
Lenght 60 m, diameter 8 m, weight with fuel 80 t, speed in the atmosphere 1000 kmph, in spacr - to 25 kmps.
In space, wings and propellers were removed.

I think about seven or eight years later, a Russian emigre named IIRC Zharkov developed it.

 

[hesham]

From Aviation Week october 1967, concepts studied by the USAF.As the article says,
mainly to analyze roles, nuclear powered aircraft could be used for.

A clearer view.

https://archive.aviationweek.com/image/spread/19671030/21/2

 

[Sierra977]

According to now-retired senior engineers at General Dynamics Fort Worth U.S. Air Force Plant #4, plans were developed for an "All-Electric Airplane" using an onboard nuclear electric generator similar to what was flown on NB-36H powering electric motors not internal combustion or nuclear ramjet (like also locally developed Vought Corporation Supersonic Low-Altitude Missile aka SLAM).
Design goals - virtually unlimited range, increased altitude ceiling, low IR profile, low acoustic profile to evade Soviet acoustic sensor network, etc

Went black in 1958.

ETA: In 1964, William C. Brown at Raytheon flew a model helicopter that received all of the electric power needed for flight by microwave power transmission.

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[edwest4]

Thank you for your post.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

https://twitter.com/x/status/1241883096363999234

 

[galgot]

Found this in an old 1969 Spirou magazine . Nuclear airship, project from Prof. francis Morse.

 

[riggerrob]

Dear gal got,
A nuclear-powered zeppelin makes perfect sense.
OTL the US Navy flew a variety of ASW and AEW blimps during WW2 and the Cold War. They only retired their last N-Class blimp in 1962, as spy satellites entered service.