MDC flies new concept demonstrator

1997-08-13T00:00:00

A McDonnell Douglas (MDC) remotely piloted blended-wing-body (BWB) demonstrator aircraft, designed and built by Stanford University in California, has been successfully flown at El Mirage Dry Lake, also in California. The 6%-scale model is part of a $2.3 million project to evaluate flight-control laws for a full-scale 85.4m wingspan BWB ...

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