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BELL X-1

CFS2 / FS2004/ FS2002
- 5 texture sets
-detailed virtual cockpit clickable and with animations
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specular reflectivity (dinamic shine)
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2D panel with gauges
- 2D panel pop-ups for radio, engine controls and brakes
- Canopy  animation
- Multiresolution
- landing light
- Shock absorber movement
- Wheel rotation
News pack with photos and documents about chuck yeager and bell x-1.


 
 
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On October 14, 1947, the Bell X-1 became the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. Piloted by U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager, the X-1 reached a speed of 1,127 kilometers (700 miles) per hour. Mach 1.06, at an altitude of 13,000 meters (43,000 feet). Yeager named the airplane "Glamorous Glennis" in tribute to his wife.


 
 
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Air-launched at an altitude of 7,000 meters (23,000 feet) from the bomb bay of a Boeing B-29, the X-1 used its rocket engine to climb to its test altitude. It flew a total of 78 times, and on March 26, 1948, with Yeager at the controls, it attained a speed of 1,540 kilometers (957 miles) per hour, Mach 1.45, at an altitude of 21,900 meters (71,900 feet). This was the highest velocity and altitude reached by a manned airplane up to that time.


 
 
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Many important structural and aerodynamic advances were first employed in the Bell X-1, including extremely thin yet exceptionally strong wing sections and a horizontal stabilizer that could be adjusted up and down to improve control, especially at transonic (near the speed of sound) speeds.


 
 
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Because of the stabilizer's success, later transonic military aircraft were designed with all moving horizontal stabilizers as standard equipment.
 


 
 
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The X-1's fuselage was shaped like a .50 caliber bullet. Even the windscreen was specially flaired to retain the bullet shape. The X-1 carried more than 230 kilograms (500 pounds) of flight test instruments.


 
 
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By 1950 the Air Force X-1 had served its purpose. On August 26, 1950, Air Force Chief of Staff General Hoyt Vandenberg formally presented the X-1 to Doctor Alexander Wetmore, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. It is now on display in the Smithsonian's National Air Museum


 
 
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Two additional models of the X-1 were built. One went to the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics' High Speed Flight Station at Edwards. From 1948 to 1951, NACA personnel used this X-1 to gather data on control, stability, buffeting and other aerodynamic phenomena associated with transonic and supersonic flight.


 
 
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On March 4, 1948, NACA test pilot Herbert Hoover became the first civilian to make a supersonic flight. The NACA X-1 was modernized in 1951 and again in 1954, and was redesignated the X-1E.


 
 
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The third X-1 was delivered to Edwards in April 1951, for contractor testing. With a larger fuel capacity and a new, low-pressure fuel system, this aircraft was programmed to exceed mach 2.


 
 
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Unfortunately the X-1 and its B-50 carrier aircraft were destroyed by an explosion in the research craft on November 9, 1951, during defueling following a captive flight.


 
 

 

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Specifications:
Power Plant:
Reaction Motors 6,000-lb. thrust, four-chambered, liquid-fueled (LOX and alcohol) rocket engine with a burning time of 150 seconds.
Dimensions: Length 31'; height 8' 2 1/2"; wing span 28'
Top Speed: 967 m.p.h.
Maximum Altitude: 73,000 ft.

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