US Supersonic Transport(SST) Program post-1971

[SOC]

Is the current SST research still focusing on lower altitude cruise to make NASA fund a good deal of the sonic boom reduction techniques?

 

[blackkite]

I believe that high altitude cruise is effective for sonic boom reduction.

 

[KJ_Lesnick]

I think they should have got rid of the canard and instead made a long strake at the front. Think L-2000 meets F-108 Rapier *drools*

 

[hesham]

Hi,

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20000044616_2000049515.pdf

 

[hesham]

Hi,

a starnge McDonnell Douglas design,it was from Douglas division.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19940028967_1994028967.pdf

 

[blackkite]

I think this growing boom shape is rather comfortable than sudden strong boom shape.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

the Lockheed Mach 4 SST.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910004119_1991004119.pdf

 

[hesham]

Hi,

the MD SST aircraft.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910020822_1991020822.pdf

 

[blackkite]

Hi hesham!
Thank very much for very interesting report.
McDonnell Douglas M3.2 SST study in1991.
Cruising speed:M3.2
Cruising altitude:65,708ft
Initial cruising weight:669,200lb
Range:6,500n.m
Canard shape for sonic boom reduction is very radical.
This study include LFC system study and noise evaluation for some engine type.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

the Boeing SST aircraft.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19900016628_1990016628.pdf

 

[hesham]

Hi,

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1975/1975%20-%202822.html

 

[Triton]

Boeing High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) concepts.

 

[blackkite]

Hi! Boeing's laminar flow control system from hesham's post.
We can design natural laminar flow wing without suction system by super computer calculation now.

 

[Triton]

Supersonic Cruise Technology by F Edward McLean, NASA, 1995.
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19850020600_1985020600.pdf

 

[PNorwood]

blackkite,

I was under the impression that you would require boundary flow suction on the leading edge with the rest of the wing designed as a natural laminar-flow wing

 

[airman]

All beatiful concepts !!!

I have impression that after crash of Concorde Flight 4590 in 2000 , all dreams about supersonic trasport seems gone !

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_2707

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-2000

 

[blackkite]

blackkite,

I was under the impression that you would require boundary flow suction on the leading edge with the rest of the wing designed as a natural laminar-flow wing

Hi! Last year I saw JAXA rocket lunched Mach 2 glider for SST technology verificaiton, there are no suction holes at leading edge of the wing. It's natural laminar flow wing. Natural means no additional devices are needed for laminar flow.

 

[PNorwood]

Hi! Last year I saw JAXA rocket lunched Mach 2 glider for SST technology verificaiton, there are no suction holes at leading edge of the wing. It's natural laminar flow wing. Natural means no additional devices are needed for laminar flow.

That's highly impressive

 

[blackkite]

Hi JAXA's Mach 2 glider.
It has natural laminar flow wing.
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5044.0.html

 

[Triton]

The 1989 High-Speed Civil Transport Studies by HSCT Concept Development Group,
Advanced Commercial Programs, Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California 1991

Abstract:

The results are presented for the Douglas Aircraft Company system studies related to high speed civil transports (HSCTs). The system studies were conducted to assess the environmental compatibility of a HSCT at a design Mach number of 3.2. Sonic boom minimization, exterior noise, and engine emissions were assessed together with the effect of a laminar flow control (LFC) technology on vehicle gross weight. The general results indicated that (1) achievement of a 90 PLdB sonic boom loudness level goal at Mach 3.2 may not be practical; (2) the high flow engine cycle concept shows promise of achieving the side line FAR Part 36 noise limit but may not achieve the aircraft range design goal of 6,500 nautical miles; (3) the rich burn/quick quench (RB/QQ) combustor concept shows promise for achieving low EINO(sub x) levels when combined with a premixed pilot stage/advanced technology high power stage duct burner in the P and W variable stream control engine (VSCE); and (4) full chord wing LFC has significant performance and economic advantages relative to the turbulent wing baseline.

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910014882_1991014882.pdf

 

[Triton]

Douglas Aircraft HSCT Status and Future Research Needs by H. Robert Welge, Douglas Aircraft Company, April 1992

Current activities on the High Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) at Douglas are focussed on baseline vehicle development at Mach 1.6 and 2.4. Parallel design activities incorporating the latest technologies in structures/materials, propulsion/noise, and aerodynamics are also being conducted and incorporated into the baseline to establish performance, economic viability, and environmental compliance. Studies are also being conducted to establish the feasibility of incorporating laminar flow control and minimized sonic boom concepts into the baseline. A decision point on these last two technologies is targeted prior to the start of the NASA HSR Phase 2 Program in 1993.

http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19940028948_1994028948.pdf

 

[Steve Pace]

Here's a Boeing concept.

 

[Triton]

Artist's impression of Lockheed SST concept circa 1979. Engines are mounted over and under the wing. Noise from lower engines masks that from the upper ones. It also leaves more wing surface free for control flaps, so wings can be smaller. Lockheed used a modified blended body; passengers in the midsection do not have windows.

Source: "New Aerodynamic Design, New Engines, Spawn a Revival of the SST" by Jim Shefter, Popular Science, July 1979.

 

[Triton]

Front and ventral view of Douglas Advanced Supersonic Transport (AST) model circa 1979.

Source: "New Aerodynamic Design, New Engines, Spawn a Revival of the SST" by Jim Shefter, Popular Science, July 1979

 

[Antonio]

Source: "New Aerodynamic Design, New Engines, Spawn a Revival of the SST" by Jim Shefter, Popular Science, July 1979.

I think that's not a Boeing SST but a Boeing fighter design.

Please anybody can confirm my words?


Thanks,

Antonio

 

[Antonio]

Hey found myself, the forum's resources are growing extraordinary

Look at Flateric's reply #4

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,398.0.html

 

[Sundog]

Model of Boeing SST concept circa 1979 with blended body. The blended body means that there are no windows in the passenger compartment. Passengers would have video monitors at each seat offering entertainment programs or outside views.

I've seen the engineering drawings for that concept as a two seat demonstrator/interceptor for the USAF, back when I was in school in the '80's, (Also see pometablava's reply above for the renderings) and if you check the patent drawings for the design it's for a supersonic bizjet.

See the patent here

 

[Triton]

Oh dear! Popular Science got it wrong. :-[ I found a report after posting from the NASA Technical Reports Server that describes the Boeing design as a supersonic demonstrator. It just isn't big enough to be a supersonic airliner.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

the Boeing SST.

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/aviation_week/on_space_and_technology/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=a68cb417-3364-4fbf-a9dd-4feda680ec9c&plckPostId=Blog:a68cb417-3364-4fbf-a9dd-4feda680ec9cPost:07856d18-29c1-411d-aa9f-6f6c9af19b3d&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest

 

[blackkite]

Beautiful! But tail stabilizer is very large. Why?

 

[Stargazer]

Nice, but the inward leaning intakes are extremely strange, I dare say...

 

[Sundog]

Nice, but the inward leaning intakes are extremely strange, I dare say...

The inward leaning intakes are just aligning themselves with the airflow over the top of the wing.

 

[XP67_Moonbat]

High-Speed Flight and the Military

A 1999 assessment of the HSCT for military use.

http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA397157

 

[Antonio]

Flug Revue May 1994

McDD concept

300 passengers
Mach 2,4
5000 NM

 

[The Artist]

While this will not add much to the discussions going on here, I thought I'd post this two page spread from Future Life, December 1980.

 

[Triton]

Model of Lockheed SST concept.

Source: http://www.fabiofeminofantascience.org/RETROFUTURE/RETROFUTURE6.html

 

[Triton]

Supersonic transport aircraft concept incorporating a natural laminar flow wing and thermal laminar flow control (courtesy of Northrop Grumman and Aeronautical Systems Analysis Division, NASA Langley).

Source: http://www.aee.odu.edu/fas.php?id=3

 

[Stargazer]

Boeing's HSCT (described elsewhere as Model 1080) appears in model form in four pictures released by NASA. Description is "Boeing 1873 Reference H HSCT Force Model", whatever that means.

http://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/Test_457:_Boeing_1873_Reference_H_HSCT_Force_Model

 

[Stargazer]

NASA's wind tunnel photos aoso contain a picture of an HSCT-type project by McDonnell Douglas, described as "McDonnell Douglas M 2-4-7a OPT 5 (HSR CA-17)", for what it's worth!

http://crgis.ndc.nasa.gov/historic/Test_470:_McDonnell_Douglas_M_2-4-7a_OPT_5_%28HSR_CA-17%29

 

[OM]

Source: http://www.aee.odu.edu/fas.php?id=3

...And here I thought Mooney had the patents locked up on the backwards tailfin ;D ;D