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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The359: [QB] First off, the B-36 (which originally only had 6 rear facing propellers, but 4 jet engines were added) was partially swing-winged, though not as much as the B-52 or YB-60. Second, another showing of scaling in size. The X-33 is a working duplicate of what will soon become American's new Space Shuttle, the VentureStar. But, the X-33 is about 1/3rd the size of what the final VentureStar will be. Also, the X-38, a 'lifting body' shuttle is another example of the tesbed being smaller then the real thing. The curent X-38 is too small to fit anyone inside, but can be flown. The final version of the X-38 will serve as the 'escape pod' for the ISS. Yet another example. NASA's 'Dark Star', a pilotless, propeller driven recon plane. It is made of superlight materials, has I believe 8 propellers, and currently holds the record for the highest altitude reached by a propeller drive plane. The Dark Star is essentially a flying wing, but not like the B-2 Spirit, which has a large swept wing. The Dark Star has a large rectangular wing, extremely wide. NASA's final version of the Dark Star will nearly twice the width of the current version, and have nearly 20 propellers Now, to the 24th century. They obviously scale. You can't tell me the Nova's nacelles are the same length as the Sovereigns. And they are nearly identical in design. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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