Nov 5, 2015 · Researchers documented the X-29’s aerodynamic characteristics at high angles of attack using a combination of pressure measurements and flow visualization. Flight test data …

The Grumman X-29 is an American experimental aircraft that tested a forward-swept wing, canard control surfaces, and other novel aircraft technologies. Funded by NASA, the United States Air …

Feb 10, 2016 · On Dec. 13, 1985, the X-29 became the first forward-swept-wing airplane in the world to exceed Mach 1 in level flight, and flight results showed that a highly unstable aircraft …

Feb 9, 2014 · Research results showed that the configuration of forward-swept wings, coupled with movable canards, gave pilots excellent control response at up to 45 degrees angle of …

Jul 13, 2019 · Created at the height of the Cold War by a conglomerate of giants – NASA, the US Air Force, the “men in black” at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) …

Feb 3, 2000 · The X-29, featuring one of the most unusual aircraft designs in aviation history, was flown by the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California, as a technology …

Feb 6, 2002 · These are the image contact sheets for each image resolution of the NASA Dryden X-29 Photo Gallery. Two X-29 aircraft, featuring one of the most unusual designs in aviation …

The December 14, 1984, test flight of the X-29—the most aerodynamically unstable aircraft ever built—demonstrated forward-swept wing technology for supersonic fighter aircraft for the first …

Jun 1, 1994 · Two X-29A aircraft were flown at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center over a period of eight years. The airplanes' unique features are the forward-swept wing, variable …

The X-29A is 35% statically unstable longitudinally and is controllable only through the use of an advanced, digital fly-by-wire flight control system (FCS). The predicted aerodynamic …