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OverviewPlease note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The X-48 is an experimental unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for investigation into the characteristics of blended wing body (BWB) aircraft, a type of flying wing. It is currently under development by Boeing and NASA. Boeing had studied a blended wing body design. It found that passengers did not like the theater-like configuration of the mock-up. The company dropped the design for passenger airliners, but reserved it for military aircraft such as tankers.[N 1] McDonnell Douglas developed the X-48 concept in the late 1990s, and presented it during an annual Joint AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEA Propulsion Conference in 2004. The McDonnell Douglas engineers were confident that their design had all the advantages mentioned, but their concept, code named Project Redwood found little favor at Boeing after their merger. The most difficult problem they solved was that of ensuring passengers a safe and fast escape in case of an accident, since emergency door locations were completely different from those in a conventional aircraft. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Waylon Christian TerrynPublisher: Fer Publishing Imprint: Fer Publishing Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.181kg ISBN: 9786200963826ISBN 10: 6200963827 Pages: 116 Publication Date: 20 March 2012 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available  This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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